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Why Is There A Good Connotation In A Room With A View
In the book “A Room With A View” by E. M. Forster, there are two places that differ completely with the connotations directly applied with them. One place being Bertolini Pension in Florence, Italy and the other being Summer Street in the Surrey Hills of England. Summer Street brings a negative connotation with it and Florence carries a joyful connotation. In Florence, a connotation arises that is joyful at the end. The connotation of joy comes with the fact that it was the place that George and Lucy have their kiss as well as where the go the following Spring after everything happened. The reason that Surrey Hills has a negative connotation carried with it is because that is the place she agrees to marry Cecil as well as breaks off the engagement
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