Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World

Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World

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Fanny Burney

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Evelina: or, The History of a Young Lady’s Entrance into the World Symbols

The Theater

The theater represents fashionable 18th-century society and the different class structures which operate within it. Like the theater, which is split up into different levels and where people from different classes sit separately, 18th-century society…

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Wigs and Hats

Wigs and hats symbolize artifice and falsehood. When Evelina first arrives in London and is still very innocent about fashionable society, she is taken for a makeover before her first trip out. During her makeover…

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Berry Hill

Berry Hill is Evelina’s childhood home where she was raised by her adopted guardian, Mr. Villars. Berry Hill represents Evelina’s innocence, virtue, and purity. It’s is the place where Evelina’s story begins (she…

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