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 * Th 9/12:** Edith Wharton, //The House of Mirth// (1905)

Visual Powerpoint: By Hannah Neville, Alex Farmand, & Hana Floyd
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Hannah Neville, Visual Element

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This video is a scene taken from the movie //Aladdin//. Here we see Aladdin pretending to be someone he's not, someone of a higher social status so that Princess Jasmine will speak to him. When Princess Jasmine claims they are all the same, Aladdin loosens up to show off more of who he really is. Princess Jasmine begins to love Aladdin for who he is, not for his social status or wealth. This relates to the book because Lily tries to fit in with a higher social status when Selden cares and accepts her for who she is, regardless of Lily's social standing.

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This Youtube video analyzes the question “can money buy happiness?” The main argument that the narrator makes is that money can buy happiness if it is spent the right way. I like that the narrator says that when money is spent for the good of other people, instead of being showy, then it can cause happiness. This pertains to //The House of Mirth// because Lily struggles throughout the novel to figure out how to spend her money properly, which is the reason she finds herself in debt and faces problems. The narrator points out that buying a rug for thousands of dollars might not give you the same sense of happiness that spending a few dollars on a coffee you got with your friends would, which is something I would have loved to tell characters like Bertha and Lily. Citation: //YouTube//. //YouTube//. YouTube, 20 Dec. 2012. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.

Hana Floyd

Olive Penderghast of //Easy A// can easily be compared to the character of Lily in Edith Wharton’s //The House of Mirth.// Both women are rumored of being promiscuous while none of these claims have any factual basis. The sign Olive is holding in this picture is a great description of the situation that happened to Lily because Lily began with a great reputation as one of the most beautiful girls in society but her reputation was completely ruined in a short time by a rumor.