“She saw her evening-dress and opera-cloak lying in a tawdry heap on a chair” (Wharton 136). This line shows Lily’s continued revulsion to dullness and ugliness. This is a suggestion though that this may be a continuance in her future. It also represent he fall from the riches standards. The use of the word tawdry in the sentence still represents her will to bring herself out of dullness. It is an effective use of diction by Edith Wharton. It represents the vernacular of the cultured class. It also shows how ingrained in Lily the mannerisms of the high class have been driven that even in such a depressed state she still acts regal.
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