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How does The Footsteps at the Lock develop the theme of Class and Aestheticism?
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The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald A. Knox develops Class and Aestheticism across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.
The contrast between Derek's conventional, dissipated lifestyle and Nigel's affected aesthetic poses highlights tensions within the English upper classes, with Nigel's disdain for 'unforeign' things and his theatrical 'river-man' costume.
Nigel's deliberate cultivation of an aesthetic, rebellious persona contrasts with Derek's conventional dissoluteness, reflecting class and cultural tensions.
Evidence in the book
- I: Two Cousins
Nigel's deliberate cultivation of an aesthetic, rebellious persona contrasts with Derek's conventional dissoluteness, reflecting class and cultural tensions.