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Edith Wharton was one of the famous female writers of America in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.Scholars studied main characters,psychologies of characters and the marriage system in it.The author of this paper will analyze two different images between May Welland and Ellen Olenska.Through analyzing the times,social background in the nineteenth century and the reasons that caused their differences,the author of this paper will try to reveal women’s suffering and depression in traditional patriarchal society.
Edith Wharton was one of the famous female writers of America in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century.Scholars studied main characters, psychologies of characters and the marriage system in it. The author of this paper will analyze two different images between May Welland and Ellen Olenska.Through analyzing the times, social background in the nineteenth century and the reasons that led their differences, the author of this paper will try to reveal women’s suffering and depression in traditional patriarchal society.