The novel has a robust symbolic framework.[3] Critical approaches have noted that the character of Marian Forrester symbolically embodies both the American Dream,[4][5] as well as the gradual decline of the American West.[6]
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The Question and Answer section for A Lost Lady is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
In the novel's conclusion, we learn that Mrs. Forrester married to a rich Englishman. We do not know if she attained happiness, but we also learn that she is now dead.
I think Shakespeare is saying that if the flower becomes sick, it develops a “base infection”—then it becomes more worse than the “basest weed.”
The Forrester's home is located in a town called Sweetwater.
