The physical or social environment in a literary work is frequently used to externalize the internal conflicts or values of the characters. How do two works you have studied explore this idea?
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In both The Great Gatsby and A Doll’s House, the environment is not a neutral backdrop but an active mechanism through which internal conflict is made visible. Fitzgerald uses a sharply stratified social and physical landscape to externalise Gatsby’s desire to transcend class, while Ibsen turns the apparently comfo