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Leonard’s End
Minor characters in literature contribute significantly to the author’s overall message within his or her work. ... Forster utilizes this special type of character to enhance an intrigue amongst his more major characters in Howards End. ... Helen, on the other hand, interpreted Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony as goblins that “merely observed in passing that there was no such thing as splendour or heroism in the world” (28), but “Beethoven chose to make it right in the end… He brought back the gusts of splendour, the heroism, the youth, the magnificence of life and death, and, amid vast roarings of a superhuman joy, he led his Fifth Symphony to its conclusion. ...
The narrator of Howards End has certain views about poverty and the lower class. ... After Helen and Leonard read Margaret’s letter, a feeling of hopelessness comes upon them, and they end up making love. ... Helen doesn’t speak to Margaret of her pregnancy until Helen visits Howards End to pick up some books. ... He makes the long trip to Howards End, and, when he shows up, Charles attacks him with flat of the blade of a sword. ... Fourteen months later, Helen, Margaret, and Henry all live happily in Howards End.
Leonard’s death was essential to how the protagonists of Howards End would conjure a happy ending. ... Helen gave birth to Leonard’s child and was now going to be raised at Howards End. ... Although Leonard Bast seemed to be a fool, never making the most of what he had, he was an essential character to the plot of Howards End and a palpable catalyst in the development of its protagonists.
Approximate Word count = 1388
Approximate Pages = 5.6
(250 words per page double spaced)
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