develops contrast between city and Blithedale community
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Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House is a chapter that highlights the differences between urban life and the idealistic Blithedale community, emphasizing the novel’s central social and psychological tensions.
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| develops contrast between city and Blithedale community canonical | 1 |
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literary-theme
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narrative-motif ⓘ |
| appearsInChapter | Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
disillusionment with reform movements
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psychological conflict ⓘ social alienation ⓘ tension between idealism and reality ⓘ utopian community ⓘ |
| author | Nathaniel Hawthorne ⓘ |
| emphasizes | differences between urban life and Blithedale community ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
rural communal experiment
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urban life ⓘ |
| genreContext |
American Romanticism
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American literary realism ⓘ |
| highlights |
central psychological tensions in the novel
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central social tensions in the novel ⓘ |
| isPartOf | The Blithedale Romance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRelatedTo | Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | novel ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to intensify the novel’s central conflicts
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to juxtapose idealized community with actual city conditions ⓘ |
| settingContrast |
Blithedale community
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city ⓘ |
| supports |
exploration of characters’ inner lives
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overall critique of social reform ⓘ |
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Chapter XVIII: The Boarding-House
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develops contrast between city and Blithedale community
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