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A 5 page analysis of Virginia Woolf's short story 'The Legacy' and Phyllis Bentley's 'Love and Money.' The writer examines similarities and differences in the two stories between their themes and plots, arguing that the differences lie, for the most part, in the way that each author used characterization. No additional sources cited.
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class, successful British men and their relationship and attitudes with their wives. Also, the stories are structurally similar regarding the plot, in that both stories concern the alienation of affections
that occurs between husband and wife. However, there are also major differences between the two narratives. For the most part, these differences involve the ways that the themes and plot
are developed through characterization. Nevertheless, it is clear that these two female authors, who were contemporaries during their careers, had quite similar thoughts about the nature of relationships between upper
class men and women in British society. As Woolf relates the details of Angela Clandons death and the reactions of her husband as he begins to deal with her
belongings, she carefully builds up a subtle characterization for Angelas husband, Gilbert Clandon, who is a successful British politician. As the story opens, Gilbert obviously conceives of his marriage as
happy, that both he and Angela saw it as a full, rich life. While Angela has left a small gift of remembrance for each of her friends-almost as if she
had "foreseen her death"-her legacy to her husband is her fifteen-volume diary (Woolf 2335). Gilbert begins to read her diary and his reflections on what his wife has written
reveal details of his opinion regarding her. While granted Gilbert loved his wife, his attitude toward her was distinctly condescending. For example, he finds where she has written down everything
he told her about the Doges on a trip to Italy and thinks, "One of the delights of travelling with Angela had been that she was so eager to learn.
She was so terribly ignorant" (Woolf 2337). Rather then respect his wifes keen and inquiring mind, it is obvious that Gilbert prefers to look on her as a child,
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