Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Money v.s. Love

The Mysteries of Udolpho shows us that money isn't always important for love. Emily falls in love with Valancourt while on a trip with her father going to Switzerland. Valancourt thinks that he is not good enough for her because he doesn't have any wealth. Emily used to be wealthy before her mother and father died. For a while she wasnt wealthy and I feel that it didnt annoy her. Emily truely loved Valancourt and even when she had moved away she still was faithful. I feel that Emily didn't need the money to make her happy. She saw that she was already happy with him and money wasnt a priorty. But in the end she ends up with both wealth and the man she loves. I believe the story ends like this because she was not money hungary. She was just a regular girl trying to find her place in society. After her parents died she found her place with Valancourt.

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