In the beginning of the novel Forster presents repression within the English class system resulting in a life with no view which is represented by the actual fact that Lucy and Charlotte did not have the rooms overlooking the Arno that they expected. Charlotte presents the stiff and conventional population that is positioning Lucy again. Charlotte's "protecting embrace" offered Lucy the "experience of fog". She needs Lucy to respond in a "ladylike" way and wants her to avoid..
Main
