Characters of Sister Carrie

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What do Carrie and Hurstwood symbolize?

2022-02-03

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• RhodriLau
  They both symbolized the collapse of the American Dream. Particularly, Hurstwood is like all men at that time. He deemed fortune and fame as his life-time goal. He thought that fame, fortune and luxury life are symbols of a successful man. And the end of his life is also a symbol of the collapse of American Dream.

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• Savrina
  Although Carrie's fate is ill-fated, she embodies a positive and optimistic attitude towards life and a spirit of not bowing to fate. Hurstwood is a self-intoxicated figure. He is unwilling to admit his failure and can't reconcile the gap between the past and the present.

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• Inesines
  Carrie represented the underclass women in America at that time. Only when they lose their morality and sell themselves can they gain money status and real happiness. Hurstwood is a figure who fell from the upper echelons of American society. His role is also a manifestation of the cruelty of capitalist society.

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