ملتقى طلاب وطالبات جامعة الملك فيصل,جامعة الدمام

e.m. forster
characters

1-mrs.Herriton: strict,unemotional,respected.
2-Philip:likes to,passive,not selfish.
3-Lilia: careless,she wants someone to control,unexperienced,short-sighted.
4-Harriet: very religious,narrow-minded.
5-ms.A: nobel,snobbish,frank,smart,courageous.
6-Gino: naive,sensitive,responsible,civilized,foolish,igno rant,has carefree spirit.

THEMES
1-broken family ties.
2-matriarchy.
3-snobbery.
4-development (spiritual&phisical).

THE PLOT:
It is about Lilia, a widow who is going to travel to Italy with
Caroline. Lilia is expecting Italy to be good place to go to in
order to change something in her personality. When she went
to Italy, she engaged to Gino. She sent a letter to tell the
Herritons to tell them and Mrs.Herriton decided to go to Italy to
stop this marriage.

*THE NARRATOR:
3rd person method of narration – objective.

*SYMBOLS:
1- Pears: Lilia is without guardian.
2- Journey: development.
3- New baby: new life.
4- Baby scene: purification.
5- Death of the baby: end of the relationship between the Herritons & Gino.
6- Breaking of the glass: end of the conflict caused by the death of the baby.

*FORESHADOWINGS:
1- Fish: death of Lilia.
2- Mud & stone wall: Gino's personality.
3- The battle: Gino is the one who will win at the end.
4- Ammonia's bottle: death of the baby.
5- Baby scene: Miss.Abbott will never get married.

*The importance of the Italian words in the novel:
To indicate
1- the lack of communication between the Italians & English.
2- Convulsion of Lilia's life, personality & loneliness.
3- Settings of place.

*SARCASM:
1- Philip's colored ties & squa