1. Age Of Innocence
... her refusal to embark on a clandestine affair with Newland, displays a considerable degree of ethical standards which are not dictated by society. In chapter four, when Newland and May go to Mrs Mingott's, it is clear that Ellen is the one who is independent and follows her own course of action, whilst the others are concerned with unimportant details of social convention such ... ethical on the surface is in fact corrupt underneath. It is ironic that he worries about his own marriage also becoming corrupt, in view of the later interaction with Ellen in which the prospect of infidelity ...
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