The speaker's identity is unclear—it's not known why he's on the train going to London, or how he personally relates to the subject of marriage. His view of the ceremony is cynical, however, and he views the rest of the passengers with a sort of ironic detachment.
The anonymous wedding-goers are homogenous enough to be considered one character, portrayed on the whole as shallow, artificial, and silly.
The Question and Answer section for The Whitsun Weddings is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Throughout the poem, the speaker takes a cynical attitude towards marriage, seeing weddings as a “farcical” ceremony full of artificial costumes and embarrassing family members. He is also skeptical of the lasting love marriages supposedly honor,...
Throughout the poem, the speaker takes a cynical attitude towards marriage, seeing weddings as a “farcical” ceremony full of artificial costumes and embarrassing family members. He is also skeptical of the lasting love marriages supposedly honor,...
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