Bulstrode's inner turmoil and Eliot's "Imagined community"

Passage: "Night and day, without interruption save of brief sleep which only wove retrospect and fear into a fantastic present, he felt the scenes of his earlier life coming between him and everything else, as obstinately as when we look through the window from a lighted room, the objects we turn our backs on are still before us, instead of the grass and the trees. The successive events inward and outward were there in one view: though each might be dwelt on in turn, the rest still kept their hold in the consciousness."

Wales

Wales was mentioned in north and south when Mr Hale arrived to Melton and he was rethinking his choice by saying" I wish I had gone into some country place in Wales.". Elizabeth traveled around the world and one of the country's she went to was Wales.

Oxford

Oxford is a city in south central England, located in Oxfordshire. It hosts Oxford University, which is the oldest university in England. Several notable literary alumni include W. H. Auden, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Hugh Clough, John Donne, T. S. Eliot, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Aldous Huxley, C. S. Lewis, Percy Sysshe Shelley, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Oscar Wilde. The city’s main industries are the steel and manufactured motor vehicles. As of 2001, its population was 132,248.

Cornwall

Cornwall is a city in England. It was once one of England’s most populated southern counties. The city’s main exports today are Mr. Lemon Hart’s rum, cream, art, and pottery, though the city used to host thriving tin mines (Cannon and Crowcroft).

Rome

Rome became the capital city of Italy in 1871. In 753 BC, it was founded by Romulus. Initially, Rome began on the Palatine Hill, though it eventually grew to encompass “the other six hills of Rome (Aventine, Caelian, Capitoline, Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal Hill)”. The Roman Republic began after King Tarquinius Superbus was expelled in 510 BC.

Burnley UK

Here is a picture of a factory on the Leeds and Liverpool canal. this is very significant for its importance in cotton making in the industrial revolution of the 1800's. This is the home of the cotton mill.  so this town is a large portion of the setting and background information. 

Regent Street or Oxford Street

Oxford street is one of the busiest streets in London . It is a shopping destination to various well known brands. The place appears in North and South when the coach heads to Milton he most likely came across this street. 

It is well known to be a high priced shopping destination that maybe in the 1800's was one of the biggest markets in London were people did their trades. The street was completed in 1825 and was one of the first devolpments in UK. There are many events were held on this strret such as yearly festival and fashion and design month. 

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