In-Depth Summary and Analysis of Daisy Miller by Henry James
In part one of Daisy Miller, an unseen unnamed. First person narrator gives the reader a tour of vevey Switzerland, a popular summer, vacation spot for wealthy Americans in the 1870s, the trois Quran, where the first scenes of Daisy Miller take place is a luxurious and well-known Hotel Frederick winter born at 27. Old American expatriate living in Geneva. Is there to visit his aunt mrs. Costello, finding her indisposed with a headache. He dines in the hotel's Garden where he needs a nine year. Old American Boy, Randolph, Miller Randolph tells winterbourne bluntly that he hates Europe and finds America Superior to it in every way. He introduces winterbourne to his older sister Daisy, Daisy Miller is a beautiful young woman She talks only to Randolph until winterbourne mentions, that he and Randolph know, each other. Even then she's cool toward winterbourne. Who continues trying to gain her attention? He wonders if she's a dangerous flirt but decides against it soon, he wins her over and they chat. Amicably. Daisy. Whose real name is Annie intends to spend the winter in Rome along with her mother and brother her father is at home in Schenectady New York.
He runs a big business Daisy likes Europe, but she's disappointed in the lack of society. She tells them how popular she is in New York City, particularly with men. Poor winterbourne, doesn't quite know how to respond to Daisy's Kanda. The story may be called Daisy Miller, but the young woman in question is in the protagonist. All main character of James's tail, that distinction goes to winterbourne, with whom the Story begins and ends. And whose point of view the narrator relates everything, the reader knows about Daisy comes, strictly From winterboers perspective, or from what he hears about her from others, she exists primarily to be the object of his desire and to inspire his tonal struggle about social customs and propriety, which is the story's major conflict. It is considered improper in Europe for unmarried women to go out with unmarried men without a chaperone. But Daisy Miller agrees to visit the nearby Sion Castle alone with winterbourne who finds us both shocking and exciting. Eugenio the Millers, higher travel companion. Appears, he seemed skeptical of daisies, Hasty arrangements to see the castle with winterbourne. So winterbourne vows to introduce her. To someone who'll vouch and his aunt mrs. Costello his armed, however, wants nothing to do with Daisy or her family. She does not consider the Millers to be socially respectable even winterboers, protestations about Daisy's Beauty just won't sway her part of the problem is how familiar the Millers act with Eugenio whom she feels they treat like a familiar friend like I couldn't gentlemen this leads winterbourne to decide that Daisy is rather Wild. Although he's the protagonist of Daisy Miller winterbourne is not the hero more often than not. He seems to be the villain. He looks down on Daisy whom he considers uncultivated or uncultured, she's an amusement for him. And he reduces Daisy to one word. Pretty click on decide whether her actions which indicates she's a low woman outweigh her appearance and manner which make us seem like a nice girl. This is ultimate conflict. The. To the character of Daisy Miller is interpreted by almost all the other characters in the story. In one of two different ways, she's either a complete innocent, who's knows not the Havoc she reeks or she's a manipulative flirt who thrives on male attention and the subsequent Scandal, Daz seems aware of her actions and their effects. This is also the opinion of two of her more outspoken opponents, in the novel, mrs. Costello and mrs. Walker later, that night winterbourne Tells Daisy, his aunt will not meet with her because of her recurring headaches. She doesn't want to know me Daisy. Laughs before, winterbourne can make his move Daisy's. Mother approaches, she isn't surprised. When Daisy announces winterbourne is going to take her to the castle. Nor does she seem to think it improper that they intend to go without a chaperone and Eugenio arrives and tells her? It's a bad idea and then changes his mind when he learns that winterbourne is to take Daisy changes her mind and decides she doesn't want to go anymore. She just wanted someone to make a fuss.
James may have intended for daisies character to be seen as an innocent and the novella made presenters even more complex than that. But even readers of the original 1878 printing, misinterpreted, his depiction of her, they believed her to be guilty of the social sins of the era forward flirtatious impetuous and interested in premarital relations. This is in part, Because of winter borns uncertainty about her character and in part because the reader sees Daisy's actions, but is left to guess. Her motivations winterbourne was already devoted to an older woman in Geneva to whom he returned after daisies death. Why is this sort of behavior, okay, for him, but not for Daisy, he liked James is Victorian audience holds women to a higher standard of conduct than is expected for men. Winterbourne, and Daisy. A shuttle bus, your two days later winterbourne is disappointed because he hoped she would be flustered and embarrassed to have everyone on the steamboat looking at her. But Daisy is calm and pleasant as usual. She Chatters happily throughout the tour of the castle and afterwards, asked him, if he would like to accompany them to Rome as Randolph's, tutor winterbourne says he would love to, but he has other commitments and plans to return to Geneva the next day days.
Throws a fit and decides he must be hurrying home to a mysterious charmer. Winterbourne denies that there is another woman at Daisy's request. He promises to visit her in Rome over the winter.