Stephen Crane, in his novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets clearly states the way he thinks about poverty at least in his time of living which actually relates to William Hogarth an artist that interpret his ideas of poverty very well this makes them converge in similar themes that they use across their lives. Many people such as Alice Hall argue that Crane actually used some of Hogarth’s paintings (Gin Lane in particular) to inspire his story novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets As stated previously some
“Gin Lane” and “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” William Hogarth´s engraving “Gin Lane” depicts despair, misery, and death. This engraving shows a society where the dominant factor is gin. We also observe people dead due to starvation and people committing suicide. There is also a black dog which is a symbol of depression. In Stephen Crane´s novel “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” we read through a series of events that shows us the particular case of a family that’s evolves through alcohol issues,
Oppression of a certain group, in this case women, is perpetuated by the oppressors, rather the patriarchs who create and manipulate societal values in order to objectify and limit women. Both Kate Chopin’s The Awakening and Stephen Crane’s Maggie: A Girl of the Streets examining two distinct female characters who are eventually strangled by the shared threads of oppression and sexual independence. Their rebellion against such subjugating environments is not only indicative of the state of nineteenth century
Throughout the book “Maggie the Girl of the Streets” almost all the characters have at least one thing in common, they all want their part in the American dream, Even though some want it more than others. Yet the most of the characters without realizing it blurred their vision from reality. When you read the story, “Maggie Girl of the Streets” you can tell that Maggie wants more in her life. The American dream, Maggie is chasing the American dream in a sense. In fact most of the book Maggie is trying to
each person wants to have good health, be wealthy and be prosperous. In Of Mice and Men and Maggie, a Girl from the Streets each person has a different understanding of the American Dream but they both know they want more substantial and finer lives than the ones they already have. For George and Lennie, their thought of the American Dream was to live on a ranch with many farm animals and no boss, but for Maggie it seemed as if any life out of her bad life was ideal. The theme of an American Dream incorporates
newborn she is prohibited from seeing has a hidden meaning. It leads to the assumption she is suffering severely. Inabilities to meet her motherly expectations are also symbolic. This shows that a woman is addressed more of a child than an adult did. A Girl of the
and their reactions rather than based on plot. He relied on strong characters rather than a strong plot to carry his story forward. Stephen Crane was one of the most popular realist writers of the nineteenth century. He wrote the novels Maggie, a Girl of the Streets: a Story of New York, The Red Badge of Courage, and The Open Boat. Stephen Crane
intend for a double standard to be present, but it is still interesting to pull that out as a discussion for events in a novel. For Maggie A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane, the double standard is not one of the key points of the novel but it does add to the discussion about the views of womanhood that Crane integrates within his story. Women are characterized in Maggie by similar actions that add to the idea of a double standard. My argument is that Crane portrays women as a creature made to fulfill
speculation, amongst the residents of this Colony. 237, which lies empty and abandoned today, used to be the residence of the Wilson family- young, handsome Agnel Wilson, his seemingly demure but ostensibly beautiful wife Rebecca, and their infant girl, Mary Wilson. “But since Agnel died and Rebecca was taken away by them, no family has come to live here since. This house has been on the market for five years, but no one has
inspiration to become a self-employed writer. Stephen began living a nonconformist life among the local artists. This gave him firsthand experience with poverty and living on the street. (Bio 1) Crane used the experience he gained from this period of his life to add a realistic aspect to much of his writings. His first work, Maggie, was rejected by several publishers, so Crane published it independently, under a fake name. The publishers thought that the realities of the slums, as depicted by Stephen,