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"Daisy Miller is Henry James' examination of the personality and social bearing of a naive young American girl being exposed for the first time to the corruption of the old world in Rome and other areas of Italy. The young man who falls in love with her berates himself for loving someone who is so terribly gauch, but he can't help it - her naivity is what draws him in. The fact that she also encourages the attentions of men the main character despises and then ends up dying as a result of her own naivity, are what makes the psychological struggle so compelling. Only James could make such a transparently simple plot worth gold when written."
Kelly Whiting, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- poor loving rich
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- (general) search for identity/new understanding
If one lover chases another...
- he chases after her
Disability or addiction?
- physical disability/sickness/injury
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- squeaky clean virgin
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
City?
Yes
City:
- dirty, dangerous (like New York)
- wealthy
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- resort/hotel
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related?
- 60%
Focus of story
- Her
How much dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
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