... who produces works in any of the arts that are primarily subject to aesthetic criteria. Artists such as Stephen Dedalus from James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man," and Lily Briscoe from Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse," are both effected by how society interprets their art. These two characters embody their author's perspectives on what it means to grow and be a true artist. At the same time they receive contrasting messages ... from the society around them, which in turn affects ... ...

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... it is no surprise that the biggest influences come from other people. As often illustrated in literature, the views of family, friends, and community ultimately contribute to the way an individual thinks not only about himself or herself, but the way he or she learns to see the world around him/her. As shown in Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce, "The New Dress- by Virginia ... Woolf, and even my own life, characters' identities are constantly subject to the push and pull of external social influences and the individual's own decisions to re-examine ... or even reject ...

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