Ragtime
In what ways are Evelyn and Emma similar?
Part one of the novel only. Must be detailed.
Part one of the novel only. Must be detailed.
On the surface of things the two look to be polar opposites: Emma Goldman is an anarchist, and Evelyn, a model. Still, both defy gender roles. Goldman is outspoken and educated instead of subservient and quiet while Evelyn embraces infidelity and her sexuality. There is a subtext of an intimate union between the two suggesting an amount of homo-eroticism.