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Essay Archive - Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Innocence vs. Experience
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets - Innocence vs. Experience
It is believed that the world exists in two fashions, innocence and
experience. Neither can exist without its opposite. Innocence is where
humans begin, and they must pass through experience on their way to heaven.
One figure from turn-of-the-century literature are prime examples of
innocence lost which characterize this idea. Maggie, author Stephen
Crane's main character in Maggie: A Girl of the Streets is a soul whose
story shows the trauma of the loss of innocence through experience. Thi....
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