A Room with a View by E.M. Forster is an example of a bildungsroman because the novel revolves around the growth of the protagonist, Lucy. She changes from being timid to being bold about her passion. Since the English society deems the display of passion as an unacceptable behavior, during Lucy’s first trip to Florence, she shows her timidity. First, she apologizes for playing the piano because her music displays great passion. Second, she flees to Rome as soon as passion touches her lips when George kisses her. Both times, Lucy fears her unconventional behaviors will stun the English society. However, when Lucy reencounters passion in Surrey, where she lives, she faces her passion and embraces it as soon as she breaks off her engagement with Cecil, her upper-class fiancé, and marries George, her unrestrained lover. She is able to face criticism from society and Mrs. Honeychurch, her mom, when she professes her love to George publicly. When she denies society, she allows herself to love fully instead of having to deny her secretive love all through the novel.
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