Daniel Deronda, Chapter 4: riassunto

Cosa succede

1. Mr. Gascoigne wants Gwendolen to appear favorably in local society and make an advantageous marriage.
2. Gwendolen enjoys the power of attracting suitors but regards marriage as a restriction on her freedom.
3. Her confidence in her accomplishments and judgment makes her feel capable of directing her own destiny.
4. Her family and servants arrange their behavior around her comfort and approval.
5. The narrator questions whether beauty explains her authority, suggesting that determined selfishness also makes others submit.
6. The narrator closes by distinguishing contradictory feelings, which can coexist, from opposite actions, which cannot.

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