Lucy represents woman’s struggle to receive freedom from the oppression of society. The irony laced throughout the novel reveals the true social norms that held woman bound to rules and silly norms. Two key examples of this irony come both during the discussion of changing rooms when the Emersions enter the story and again when Charlotte argues over paying the cab fair. The face/words that is given is a mask to cover true desires and feelings. It is a society caught up in a mesh of having to present oneself in a certain way in every situation. Lucy is not allowed to form her own identity by society but unlike other woman who allow their identity form secretly or allow their identity to mold into the definition society has drawn, Lucy allows her independent identity begin to show and shine through the mask of society.
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