Adherence To Tradition
Tanya Auchampaugh
American Voices
Mr. Hynes
January 9, 2001
The Gilded Age; a time in New York City ruled by the
nouveau riche, a time of living within primitive tradition
and customs. The dramatic novel The Age of Innocence,
written by Edith Wharton explores the troublesome road a
young May Welland must travel in order to survive and keep a
good name among the New York City elite. The novel also
provides a look into the pain …
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…tradition in which a
women would not give away her thoughts.
The limited existence involved in the keeping of
the conventional lifestyle led to heartache for the young
May Welland. Without the realistic look on the society of
“old New York,” provided in The Age of Innocence, the truth
about this way of life may never have been uncovered.
Therefore the canon of American literature was eminently
strengthened by this Edith Wharton original.
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