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Wharton shows conflict through Newland Archer's struggle between his own desires and the expectations of New York society. He is engaged to May Welland, but Ellen Olenska makes him question the strict rules that control women's lives and their future. When Archer says, "Women ought to be free-as free as we are," it reveals that his feelings for Ellen are causing him to challenge the values he once accepted (Wharton).
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So far in the book, there has been gossip in the society of New York of women and men about who they like and the drama in their lives. A character named Archer just proposed to Miss Welland, but there is some drama about a women named Ellen Olenska. I predict that the drama of Ellen will show soon, "'She knows as well as I do, ' he reflected, 'the real reason of her cousin's staying away..." (Wharton 17).
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