The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen.

This research paper explores the role of the doppelganger in two of Wilkie Collins's sensation novels, The Woman in White and The New Magdalen. Collins's unconventional approach to the doppelganger motif in these two novels overturns previous assumptions about doppelgangers. He portrays th...

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Main Author: Ng, Kai Xin.
Other Authors: Tamara Silvia Wagner
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-521372019-12-10T12:32:08Z The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen. Ng, Kai Xin. Tamara Silvia Wagner School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Humanities::Literature This research paper explores the role of the doppelganger in two of Wilkie Collins's sensation novels, The Woman in White and The New Magdalen. Collins's unconventional approach to the doppelganger motif in these two novels overturns previous assumptions about doppelgangers. He portrays the doppelgangers in both novels as victims, suggesting that there exists a cycle where the younger generation of the upper classes are victimised by their ancestors' sins. He then illustrates that the only way to break free from this cycle is through death or departure from England. By using such extreme solutions, he exposes the hypocrisy that is prevalent in Victorian society. This paper argues that Collins uses the doppelganger motif in the two novels to advocate change in Victorian society. Bachelor of Arts 2013-04-24T03:20:00Z 2013-04-24T03:20:00Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52137 en Nanyang Technological University 37 p. application/pdf
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The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen.
description This research paper explores the role of the doppelganger in two of Wilkie Collins's sensation novels, The Woman in White and The New Magdalen. Collins's unconventional approach to the doppelganger motif in these two novels overturns previous assumptions about doppelgangers. He portrays the doppelgangers in both novels as victims, suggesting that there exists a cycle where the younger generation of the upper classes are victimised by their ancestors' sins. He then illustrates that the only way to break free from this cycle is through death or departure from England. By using such extreme solutions, he exposes the hypocrisy that is prevalent in Victorian society. This paper argues that Collins uses the doppelganger motif in the two novels to advocate change in Victorian society.
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title The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen.
title_short The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen.
title_full The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen.
title_fullStr The doppelganger : advocate of change in The Woman in White and The New Magdalen.
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