![]() The author’s purpose seems to be to show that a woman can get the man of her dreams without having to compromise, despite many misfortunes along the way. The characters are types, almost stock characters, meant to provide opportunities for Radcliffe to demonstrate one or another idea. The landscapes and settings of the book’s actions are, instead, reflections of what mental and spiritual struggles and victories the characters are undergoing, or triggers for some emotional state that the author wishes the characters to experience. ![]() This is because the novel instead reveals, via in its assumptions and apparently trivial details, much about contemporary expectations of women. However, for the modern reader, the setting and even the specifics of each character’s personality are less important. ![]() Additionally, Radcliffe’s development of her characters is irritatingly vague for a modern reader. ![]()
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