The House of Mirth
Edith Wharton
Chapters V & VI, pages 40-60
ARGH! WHY?! Lily and Selden were so close! But alas, we are not finished with the book, so there is always still a chance of their falling in love. We shall see...
Again in this section, we are presented with a connection between the weather and the mood of the Miss Lily Bart herself. As we saw in the first chapter of the book, the rain outside of the train station appears out of nowhere similar to the random appearance of Lily Bart. "The light air seemed full of powdered gold; below the dewy bloom of the lawns the woodlands blushed and smoudlered, and the hills across the river swam in molten blue," (Wharton, 46). The weather at this part of the story is agreeable and beautiful; it compliments Lily's mood and foreshadows the mood of the conversation between Selden and Lily.
Another reoccurring motif that I have noticed is Lily's wanting to enter the upper social ring of the married women no matter what the level of her happiness is. I'm interested to see whether Lily finds a love that makes her happy or a love that makes her rich.
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