Two different Jamesian heroines: Daisy Miller and Catherine Sloper
Literatura Nordamericana Moderna Teacher: Aránzazu Usandizaga Student: Rebeca Esparza Lavado THE BUILDING OF TWO DIFFERENT JAMESIAN HEROINES: DAISY MILLER AND CATHERINE SLOPER The American writer Henry James wrote a great number of stories in which the role of the main character was a woman. He was very interested in the femenine world and this is the reason why he tried to explore what defines feminity in termes of genre. I have chosen two short stories about this author: Daisy Miller (1878) and Washington Square (1880). Their main characters are both heroines and they also have a lot of points in common but I have analysed the different techniques that James used to design the female characters of Daisy Miller and Catherine Sloper respectively because the different procedures meant inevitably different literary results. In a first attempt to analyse Daisy and Catherine we realise that they can be defined by opposite adjectives: Daisy is spirited, independent, well meaning, young, beautiful, flirtatious but also ignorant, shallow and provincial; on the other hand, Catherine is bad-looking, shy, plain and painfully. Consequently we could consider them highly distinct but, in fact, they are the one and the other women who have to face their reality by fighting against oppresive forces: Daisy against social conventions and Catherine against her tyrannical father.
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy... How are Tom and Daisy reflective of a certain class of Americans during the Roaring 20s?
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy...” How are Tom and Daisy reflective of a certain class of Americans during the Roaring 20s? In the last chapter of The Great Gatsby, Nick calls Tom and Daisy “careless” after finding out that they conspired to let Gatsby take the fall for Daisy after she killed Myrtle in a car accident. Nick realizes the pattern in which whenever Tom and Daisy did wrong, they would “[retreat] back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.” This shows how Tom and Daisy are so corrupted by their wealth and perception of things that they become “careless” - people with little to no moral value. Since Tom and Daisy are both from the old money class, their actions in the novel also represent common characteristics that Fitzgerald was critiquing within that class. Tom and Daisy reflect how such a class filled with material goods that prioritizes overindulgence are also shallow and egoistic. Most importantly, they represent the moral decay of the upper classes through the pursuit of their own happiness without consideration for others. Throughout the entire novel, we see how indulgence and hedonism runs rampant in the upper classes, as well as the meaning of marriage between those in wealth. This is represented through Tom's multiple
Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby, dedicates his life to finding his lost love, Daisy, despite changes that may have occurred since the relationship ended.
Quach1 Kathleen Quach Mr. Speckels English 10 Period 3 5, January 2013 The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald Obsessing too much over anything is unhealthy for a human being. Gatsby, in The Great Gatsby, dedicates his life to finding his lost love, Daisy, despite changes that may have occurred since the relationship ended. It is a love from the past that he longs for once again. Gatsby’s obsession gets to the point that he will do almost anything to retrieve the life that he once lived. Due to Gatsby’s attachment to the past and obsession to relive it, he forgets to live in the present and dedicates everything in searching for the history he once knew. Life becomes unsatisfactory until his longing is fulfilled. Gatsby’s love forms before he leaves for war, to a young woman named Daisy. “She was the first ‘nice’ girl he had ever known (p. 148)”. However, he has to leave right when he starts to realize his love for her. While at war, they write letters to each other. Then, Nick retells Gatsby’s story: After the Armistice he tried frantically to get home, but some complication or misunderstanding sent him to Oxford instead. He was worried now- there was a quality of nervous despair in Daisy’s letters. She didn’t see why he couldn’t come. She was feeling the pressure of the world outside, and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside
Compare and contrast Buchanan and Mondermans approaches to the production of order in public spaces.
TMA 04 Compare and contrast Buchanan and Monderman's approaches to the production of order in public spaces. Before the use of cars dramatically increased, the main source of transport available to people was either by horse or by foot. Thus, UK towns were designed to accommodate these movements. However, from the 1960's onwards, the number of people who owned and used cars increased significantly and towns were adapted to accommodate these changes. This led to structures being built, such as roads and bridges, to separate the movements of pedestrians and vehicles. Silva (2009) suggests that, 'a number of government initiatives at national and local levels have sought to plan, design and implement road systems following different philosophies about the benefits of segregation of pedestrians and motor vehicles' (Making Social Lives, p. 325). This essay will examine two different approaches to the production of order in public spaces. The first approach is that of Colin Buchanan. The Buchanan Report, published in 1963, highlighted the need to segregate vehicles and pedestrians and was very compelling. The second approach relates to that of Dutch engineer, Hans Monderman. His work promotes the idea of 'shared space', and his notion of the 'naked street' has gained credibility in the early twenty-first century. Table 1 shows us that the number of cars on UK roads between the
Character analysis of Myrtle and Daisy in "The Great Gatsby".
Two of the main characters in "The Great Gatsby" are Myrtle and Daisy. There are definition connections between Daisy and Myrtle. For instance both of them are unhappy with the person that they are married to. This is because they are both in love, in different ways, with Tom. Myrtle attempts to appear as a high class citizen but the reader notices that there are many holes in this disguise. Myrtle wishes to emulate the appearance of a high-class citizen but the reader see a clear disparity between her ideal vision of herself and reality. Myrtle does not have the figure of a high-class woman. She is neither skinny nor beautiful. " ...her face contained no facet or gleam of beauty". Unlike Daisy Myrtle is not a physically attractive person. The book makes reapeated references to her being "stout" or "thick figured" All of the high-class people that live on East egg come across as physically attractive. This quality comes though very clearly in Daisy. Myrtle clothing is one of the ways that she tries to project this upper class image. At one point in the book she changes her clothes three time in one chapter. This repeated changing of costume is her attempt to be seen as though she os wealthy and can afford to have many different dresses. The material that her dresses are made out of is also very expensive and this is one of the ways that the author makes it look like she
Memoir. The day I met his love, Daisy Buchanan, all I saw was her sad face filled with beautiful features. However, I must admit I wasnt in the best of moods as I had just woken up from a nap and was quite embarrassed to be caught in the act when Gatsb
The Story of Music A Memoir by Ewing Klipspringer Music is who I have been, who I am, and who I long to be. Music comes to a person in strange ways, sometimes it arrives in the form of a haunting whir of harmonics. But for me, its power resonates through the pauses between notes, the sound that breaks silence, and the moment of reflection in the chaos of life. For me, music came in the form of the instrument of my heart. The piano, a forgotten relic from the previous owners, towered in our sitting room like a sixth member of the family. There she stood, proud and unfaltering in our small dingy shack with creaky floorboards, broken walls, and rats for pets. Yet my parents never sold her. Instead, my brother and I learned to play her; first scales, then Sonatinas our father used to hum while cooking dinner. My mother even made an attempt at cooking tunes, plunking away at the unfaltering grace of chords as I sat under its old wooden frame in the boom of the tingling strings. And somehow, music became our survival, as my brother and I toured around playing duets and cheerful dinner tunes for dimes. After the war, I never went back to that excuse of a home; rather, I ended up at many. I started off playing at small parties where men and women sat in around me with their coffee-cups. I saw them as a circle of ghosts, lifeless and uncaring, sipping oblivion out of delicate china.
Eva Smith/Daisy Renton’s Diary.
Eva Smith/Daisy Renton's Diary. September 1910 I have just returned from my time in the country to a huge disturbance among the workers at Birling & Co. this was very surprising as I was very happy with my job and I believe my supervisor was also very happy with my work, as I was told that I was to be promoted by one of the other girls who was close to the foreman. But many of the other girls had decided that the twenty two and six they were getting was no longer enough and I agreed with this because it was enough to buy the essentials with and kept us healthy but it left room for little else such as social events. Unfortunately I decided to go with the group of girls who were going to confront Mr Birling and ask him for more money so I volunteered and a group of about five or six of us marched towards his office. This moment was almost the most nervous I have ever experience. I had never met Mr Birling before but I knew that he had been the mayor here in Brumley and so I thought that he would be no pushover and it would take some convincing before a man like Mr Birling would loosen his purse strings. How right I was, we asked for the pay to be risen to twenty five shillings a week and he just refused point blank and left no room from discussion, so we went on strike. Because we weren't working we were earning no more money and we could not last much longer as we had just
Flower imagery in The Great Gatsby brings about the idea of life and death and the unavoidable downfall of something beautiful. This symbolism compared to two characters in this novel and gives us a clear insight on their personalities. Daisy
Flower imagery in The Great Gatsby brings about the idea of "life" and "death" and the unavoidable downfall of something beautiful. The notion of flowers suggests the idea of something being ugly, yet depicted as beautiful. Fitzgerald uses flower symbolism to symbolize his belief that the "Roaring Twenties" represented something momentary, passing by and far from permanent. The duplicate and fading imagery helps to enhance this theme. It also represents the transitory of life feeding into death in this novel. This symbolism compared to two characters in this novel and gives us a clear insight on their personalities. The first character is Daisy Buchanan. Image of Daisy at the start: In the beginning of the novel, Daisy is described as a pretty, gorgeous, happy and elegant woman just like the beautiful flower daisy. Nick tells us that she has "bright eyes, a bright passionate mouth, and gorgeous laugh" and describes her as an angelic figure. Her physical appearance was very appealing which it was attracted everyone to her. Nick was one of them who was mesmerized by her. Daisy's affection and personality had an effect on Nick. He admired her, was charmed by her and appreciated her compassion towards him. Symbolism of daisies: . As we know, daises are little delicate flowers. Daisy is very delicate and sensitive. This can be proved as in chapter 1, she bruised her knuckle
An Inspector Calls Diary Entry. Daisy Renton has got to go. Shes history!
Friday 4th July 1912 I can't do it anymore. I want to but I just can't. It was supposed to be a bit of fun, I thought it was fun, but not that I'm engaged to the love of my life, it's simply too hard to carry on. I must finish with Daisy. She has got to go. I know it's not right and I do feel guilty towards her, I mean I did set her up and I gave her a home and we were really getting along but it's not fair on any of us. I wish I didn't do it. Why did I do it? I knew it would end badly but still I went along and did it. I have to do this. I have to leave her, for everyone's sake if not mine. But I started to fall in love with her and now I am forced to leave her, never to see her again, but I will give her some money in order to keep her going for a while. I can't do this to her. No! I have made my decision. She isn't right for me and mother and father would be absolutely mortified if I was to stay with Daisy who is so clearly below our social status and it could end up sabotaging our reputation in society. I would be mocked and laughed at. Anyhow Sheila is the one for me; she is the one I love. Daisy Renton has got to go. She's history! I must leave her but I can't hurt her feelings, we were so happy together. I guess it's true then eh, all good things really do come to an end. This can never come out. No-one must ever know. Ever! I've got to make my life with
"Daisy Miller is, essentially, a young person of the reckless class". How far do you agree with this statement? Daisy Miller is a young woman from Schenectady, USA, where she was always surrounded by society
Vivekan Brunschwig IGCSE " Daisy Miller ", Second draft ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ "Daisy Miller is, essentially, a young person of the reckless class". How far do you agree with this statement? Daisy Miller is a young woman from Schenectady, USA, where she was always surrounded by society. "Last winter, I had seventeen diners given me; and three of them were by gentlemen" (p.18). Daisy Miller likes to attract attention, especially from gentlemen. "I have always had a great deal of gentlemen's society"(p.18). Her craving for male attention is encouraged by her parental neglect: her mother is uncaring or incompetent and her father is absent. Her mother's lack of authority and parenting are shown on page 38: instead of herself asking Daisy to stop, she begs the courier Eugenio to stop Daisy from going in the boat at night with Winterbourne. As a result, Daisy is obsessed with attracting attention and Randolf, her younger brother, is spoiled. When Winterbourne first meets Daisy, he is impressed by this "pretty American girl" (p.12). However, he frequently wonders throughout the novella whether Daisy is truly innocent or is just a reckless American flirt. He believes that she is "wonderfully pretty" (p27) and that she is totally uncultivated. From Mrs. Costello's point of view,
