... their favors. Orlando is, however, unwilling to settle down his feelings on one female, "for Orlando's taste was broad; he was no lover of garden flowers only; the wild and the weeds even had always a fascination for him" (P19), until he meets Sasha, the daughter of the Russian Ambassador. Although ... falls in love with Sasha, what he really concerns is "the means for making her irrevocably and indissolubly his own", for, in his opinion, a woman should be obedient. Therefore, Sasha's betrayal to him makes him a misogynist: Standing knee-deep in water, he hurled at the faithless woman al...

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... reduced these down to the essentials: "a set of enduring values " benevolence of spirit, clarity of understanding and integrity of action, faithfulness to friends, family, and ideals, love and its redemptive power "that serve to focus the moral vision promoted in the novel as a whole ... determined to enjoy as long as I can follies, that may move my uncle's spleen, excite my laughter."" For him, Bath is a site for broad observation of the panorama of human folly and pretension, not something he considers himself a part of, but merely a source of general amusement. He sees ... deep perso...

• Word Count: 3172
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate