Northanger Abbey
After reading Northanger Abbey, one may conclude that the characters in the book are too obsessed with money and it is the most important thing in their lives. The wealthy characters in the book are supposed to marry other wealthy characters, the characters that do have money are constantly showing it off through their possessions, and parents even make sure that their children marry within money. The two main characters that are the most obsessed with money are General Tilney, and Captain Frederick Tilney General Tilney is the selfish father of Henry, Eleanor, and Captain Frederick Tilney. He takes great pride in his home, Northanger Abbey. Northanger Abbey is a huge castle that is relatively modern and everything is fixed up except for the original arched windows. One night when Catherine and the General Tilney are about to eat in the dining parlor, they start to talk about the great size of the parlor. "The dining-parlour was a noble room, suitable in its dimensions to a much larger drawing-room than the one in common use, and fitted up in a style of luxury and expense which was almost lost on the unpractised eye of Catherine, who saw little more than its spaciousness and the number of their attendants. Of the former,
Allen's, which makes him feel better about himself. When Captain Fredrick comes to Bath, he becomes acquainted with Isabella Thorpe. Allen's dining-parlour was not more than half as large. Throughout the whole book General Tilney thinks Catherine is a wealthy girl, so he is always nice to her in hopes that one day she will marry his son, Henry. This shows that money is so important to General Tilney that he is willing to deprive his son of love and happiness just to keep money in the family. She was guilty only of being less rich than he had supposed her to be. Then one day Eleanor informs Catherine that she must leave. "The General had nothing to accuse her of, nothing to lay to her charge, but her being the involuntary, unconscious object of a deception which his pride could not pardon, and which a better pride would have been ashamed to own. It also shows how money makes him too superior to be acquaintances with Catherine. ' The General's good-humour increased. General Tilney then forbids his son, Henry to marry Catherine because he has just found out from John Thorpe that she is poor. Frederick flirting with Isabella Thorpe leads her to break off her engagement with James Morland. Eleanor Tilney then invites her to stay at Northanger Abbey with their family and the General is very nice to her the entire time she is there. Fredrick then abandons Isabella in Bath. ²" This quote shows that money is so important to the General that he can not help to not forgive her for being poor, even though being poor was something which she had no control over.
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