Monday, September 29, 2008

Royalty!


“A small crowd meanwhile had gathered at the gates of Buckingham Palace. Listlessly, yet confidently, poor people all of them, they waited; looked at the Palace itself with the flag flying…and all the time let rumour accumulate in their veins and thrill the nerves in their thighs at the thought of Royalty looking at them” (19).

This shows how society worships the royalty of a country. To stand outside the palace, eagerly awaiting the arrival of the Queen or the Prince just for the chance to have their eyes meet is absurd, but to these people it is very important. Woolf is using sarcasm to cast a disapproving tone on the actions of society and show that she does not agree with the worshipping of the royalty.


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1 comment:

  1. very nice.. and how interesting that her characters should be in that class bridging the everyday people to the royalty

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