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Appearance vs. Reality in Sedgwick's Hope Leslie
Title: Appearance vs. Reality in Sedgwick's Hope Leslie
Category: Literature
Details: Words: 836 | Pages: 3.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Appearance vs. Reality in Sedgwick's Hope Leslie
In her novel, Hope Leslie, Catharine Maria Sedgwick supplants the importance of strict adherence to religious tenets with the significance the human conscience and following one's own heart. This central theme of the novel is intimated to the reader in the scene where Sir Philip Gardiner, a character that completely defies this ideal, is described. Although he "had a certain erect and gallant bearing that marks a man of the world . . . his dress was strictly …showed first 75 words of 836 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 836 total…her sister and wishes to keep her home, she respects the sanctity of Faith's Christian bond with Oneco, albeit Catholic, and is happy for Faith when Oneco rescues her. Hope transcends the Puritan religion and embraces a universal religion, respecting others' differing relationships with God as holy. Hope, unlike her society, rejects strict adherence to religious tenets and follows her own heart.
Works Cited
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria. Hope Leslie. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers U P, 1995.
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