The Lady Maid’s Bell

by

Edith Wharton

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The Lady Maid’s Bell Symbols

The Bell

The titular bell in “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” symbolizes the relationship between the working class, represented by Hartley and the Brymptons’ other servants, and the aristocracy, represented by Mr. and Mrs. Brympton. Ordinarily, the…

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Snow

Snow symbolizes purity and renewal in “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell,” but it is a purity and renewal that the characters are ultimately unable to fully grasp, and thus the symbol of snow only accentuates the…

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