A Love Story in E.M Forster’sA Room with a View - 1352 Words

E.M Forster’s, A Room with a view, focuses on the love story and development of Lucy Honeychurch who is torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearning of her heart. Although, A Room with a View largely explores the idea of deciding between true love and meeting the expectations of behaviour and beliefs of the society, the novel also follows Lucy’s coming of age. The conflict between social convention and true love is shown through the comparison of Lucys love for George which is completely unacceptable according to social standards and her match with Cecil which is far more conventional. On the other hand, the novel also focuses on the development of Lucy and and how she matures into a young women with the help of Mr. Emerson, and George. Hence, while choosing between true love and social etiquette is the central focus of the novel, Lucy’s coming of age is also an important theme in the book. Throughout the novel, Forster emphasises on the social mores of the british society placed upon Lucy of having a socially acceptable marriage with Cecil in comparison to her unconventional marriage with George. Lucy decides to marry Cecil at first, to please the society and her family especially her mother Mrs. Honeychurch who values the prevailing social definitions of respectability as Foster display her contentment through her likeness of Cecil marrying her daughter because of his considerable social connections. She enumerates Cecils