...Why Daisy Miller is a Study on Daisy Miller Daisy Miller is a novel written by Henry James and was first published in the summer of the year 1877. Daisy Miller, the novel, brought international success to Henry James and has been hailed as the first “international novel” by many, and I agree that this novel is known worldwide. However, the novel is not as famous as it is now as it was in the year it was first published. The full title of the book is Daisy Miller: A Study and the content holds truth to its title as the story progresses through observations on the character of Daisy. The story of Daisy Miller does not actually begin with Daisy Miller herself or her as the narrator of the story. It first begins in Vevey, Switzerland with a young American man named Winterbourne, who is the narrator of the story. Winterbourne first meets, not Daisy, but the girl’s younger brother Randolph Miller. Winterbourne later becomes acquaintances with Daisy Miller, whom he finds intriguing and different from the European girls as she is an American, and accompanies her on a trip to the famed castle nearby. After the two part ways in the end of part one, Winterbourne is still curious about Daisy Miller. He goes to Rome, Italy; where his aunt has an apartment, to visit Daisy whom he had promised to meet. When he arrives, his aunt informs him of the latest gossips surrounding Daisy, as the young American girl has become acquainted with many gentlemen friends in Rome; the most talked about...
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...Great in Meaning Throughout James' “Daisy Miller: A Study” I have neither given nor received help on this work, nor am I aware of any infraction of the Honor Code. ------------------------------------------------- Date: Signature: Critics of Henry James' “Daisy Miller: A Study” largely focus on main characters, such as Daisy, Winterbourne, or Mrs. Walker. In his preface to the novel, James exemplifies how Daisy defies society's objective to confine women in a rigid sphere, describing her as “... a child of nature and of freedom...” (James 267). In her critic, Dunbar demonstrates how James' international theme comes in effect as Mrs. Walker turns her back to Daisy, declaring, “Mrs. Walker, whose cutting of Daisy seals the young girl's social doom, is in the revision given symbolic value by references to her as ʻthe voice of civilized societyʼ...” (Dunbar, 314). In another critic, Kennedy elucidates Winterbourne's willingness to classify Daisy, stating, “But why is Winterbourne so obsessively determined to categorize Daisy in the first place when his interest clearly extends beyond what would be aroused by an anomaly in his mental filing cabinet?” (Kennedy). Those critics however, omit Randolph Miller, whose meaning in the novel cannot be overlooked. Introduced early in the novel, Randolph Miller's meaning for the whole plot seems limited. However, him requesting lumps of sugar enables Winterbourne to introduce himself to Daisy Miller. Furthermore, Winterbourne uses...
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...begin with, “Daisy Miller” is a short novella where the main character Daisy miller whose real name is Annie P. Miller refuses to follow the strict and severe Europeanpropriety laws that directbehavior, especially relations between young andunmarried ladies with gentleman like Mr. Wnterbourne or Mr. Giovanelli .She becomes the topic of discussion and raises many eyebrows among the noble society of the countries she lives in. The novella is in the genre of comedy and tragedy of manners.Among all the symbols of the story the ones that impressed me a lot where the chosen locations for the actions to take place, the combinations of old and new and also the name selection of the main characterThe locations of the novel were not chosen advisedly though it is not mentioned in the novella. The author wants to bring out the argument that new is not always perceived. The author of “Daisy Miller” Henry James wants to remind us of romantic stories that happened in the locations and also the history of the old countries and buildings where the actions of the novella take place, but he does it implicitly. For example, the places where Miss Miller and her family lived in: Rome and Geneve, the coliseum where Daisy’s encounter with Mr. Winterbourne takes place. All these places contain a huge history and different love stories which are somehow thematically and secretly connected to “Daisy Miller”. I would like to mention also the name selection for the main character Daisy Miller whose real name...
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...explain ways this takes place. Realism has a set of criteria that make it unique, and one of the critics doing so is William Cain. Morality, subjectivity, psychology, and the types of characters all help mold realism into what it is. Through the characters and how distant they are to the audience, it is easy to see how both Henry James’s “Daisy Miller: A Study” and Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” fit well within Cain’s ideas on realism in Literary Realism in America. When reading “Daisy Miller: A Study” the main character and protagonist is Winterbourne, but the most intriguing character is Daisy Miller. Unlike Winterbourne, you do not have access to her thoughts, and it is up to you and Winterbourne’s thoughts to determine what to think of her. “He had never yet heard a young girl express herself in just this fashion; never, at least, save in cases where to say such things seemed a kind of demonstrative evidence of a certain laxity of deportment. And yet was he to accuse Miss Daisy Miller of actual or potential inconduite.” Cain says that in realism characters should not fit the mold of what society has made for them. Daisy is a perfect example because of her being an American woman in another culture and not meeting the expectations that previous generations have put on the young people of the time. Cain states, “Realism also suggests taking...
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...English 102 20 February 2014 Question 5: Question 5: Women at the End of the 19th Century Daisy Miller is the female main character in the short story by Henry James. Mr. Winterbourne describes her as a pretty American flirt, suggesting she is somewhat liberal and improper, as per the young man’s impression. Mr. Winterbourne is also a relatively young American man, about twenty-seven years old. He has spent a lot of time in Europe, becoming accustomed to a different world view from that of the American family and more specifically that of Daisy Miller. When the story begins, Winterbourne is seated at the garden of a hotel in Vevey when he meets Daisy’s younger brother Randolph, a pleasant little fellow, brave enough to ask a stranger for sugar, and justifying his request by saying that he is an American boy who misses candy from back home. When his sister Daisy appears and is introduced to Winterbourne, he expects her to be as proper and uptight as the women in Geneva. He even fears for his image, as he struggles to decide what would be proper for him to say to her, considering that he found her attractive. However, Winterbourne is put at ease when he finds Daisy more liberated than he had seen in a long time. When James describes her, as “…very charming; but how deucedly sociable” (12), he gives the impression that he had expected her to exercise some form of restraint upon their acquaintance, since they had just met. He did enjoy her company, but he certainly wasn’t entirely...
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...The American in Europe Daisy Miller is one of the first works to treat what became Henry James’s most famous theme: the international theme. James was interested in the problems that result when independent and free-spirited Americans are introduced into a European society older, more sophisticated, and more restrictive. On the one hand, James admired Europe’s centuries of tradition, its art, and its culture, and he deplored America’s rawness and vulgarity. On the other hand, he distrusted Europe as overly refined, perhaps corrupting, and he applauded American energy, optimism, and innocence. The theme of the American in Europe has many facets in Daisy Miller: the natural versus the artificial, innocence versus knowledge, age versus youth. The characters in the story offer many variations on the theme. Daisy is a young American visiting Europe for the first time, Winterbourne a young American raised on the continent, Mrs. Costello and Mrs. Walker older Americans who have been thoroughly Europeanized. Each of them reacts to Europe and to America in different and revealing ways. Appearance v. Reality James shows you that the gap between what people believe to be true and the actual truth can be large. To the Europeanized Americans of Vevey and Rome, Daisy’s independence makes her appear immoral. She agrees to an unchaperoned excursion to Chillon with Winterbourne, she treats her family’s courier like a friend. She travels around Rome with known fortune hunters, flaunts her affection...
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...attempt to get his novella, Daisy Miller, printed, he was told the piece was an “outrage on American girlhood” and was promptly turned away (Isaacs 49). American publishers, quite frankly, were leery of the novella’s eponymous character, a young woman from New York who wreaks havoc on European high society. Unphased, James decided to send the piece to European publishers and in 1878 Daisy Miller made its literary debut in London’s Cornhill Magazine. Pirated copies of the piece quickly began to circulate among curious Americans and a great social divide took hold: “Daisy Millerites” versus “Anti-Daisy Millerites” (Werlock 163). To Daisy Millerites, the character upheld the fiery, independent, and bold spirit colonists had died for in the previous century....
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...CHANGE MANAGEMENT MENTOR GRAPHICS THE ROLE OF VISION ORGB 2605 Group 5 Taylor Nicholson - A00839192 Courtenay Anderson - A00665468 Wendy McLeod - A00545182 Ana Cielo Tanjuaquio - A00748789 When Gerald Langelar first imagined his “Vision” for Mentor Graphics he failed to remember that, “It is imperative that change is aligned with a clear vision and business strategy and that subsequent activities and interventions are coordinated and consistent.” (Victor and Franckeiss pg. 249) 1. Mentor Graphics used vision several different ways over the years. Their initial vision of “Build something people will buy” was, as stated in the text, an unarticulated vision. The vision of the company is meant to be inspiring, motivating, and resonate emotion. Mentor Graphics was thought to have missed the mark with this by creating a far too simple vision. The initial intentions were good but the process in the creation of the subsequent visions, which were primarily good, however, as time passed, became vague, confusing, and ultimately the vision returned to the original vision of getting back to the core principles of the organization. 2. The multiple visions both strengthened and weakened the company during the process. The visions strengthened the company by being able to connect the vision to the organization's inner voice. This was true of the original vision, however the two of visions; the “10X Imperative” and “Changing the Way the World Designs Together” were...
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...Daisy Bates is remembered as an American Civil Rights Activist, who was not only a role model, but an important figure in the movement. As a young child, Bates suffered, but soon overcame several hardships that later shaped her into an influential African American. Bates’ most known endeavor was working to desegregate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas. Daisy Bates and her family faced numerous threats along the way to desegregation. Daisy Bates inspired others as an influential African American through her progress as a Civil Rights activist, the risks and struggles she endured during her work, and her impact on society. Daisy Bates encountered a harsh childhood, that directly shaped her as the American Civil Rights activist she then became. “Daisy Bates” was born Daisy Lee Gatson on November 10, 1914 in Huttig, Arkansas (“Bates, Daisy” 1). Beginning from a rough start, when Bates was a young girl, her mother was raped and murdered by three white men (“The Death” 46). Daisy Bates was then raised by friends of her parents, after her father fled (“Documenting the American” 1). From this incident on, Bates was furious for a majority of her life. Adding to her hatred, Daisy Bates herself attended a segregated public school (“Bates, Daisy” 1). Bates was able to experience the...
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...Input Devices Input devices – is devices that we put INTO the computer from the real world to receive data or information. ID can be as human interaction as keyboard and mouse or simply environmental data as sensors. This is the list of possible examples of input devices such as : Camera , Compact Disk, Keyboard , Mouse , Digital Camera, Microphone , Drawing Tablet , Scanner, Disk Drive , Joystick , Touch Screen, Barcode reader , Business Card reader , Magnetic-stripe reader, etc. First of all, an input device is any hardware device that sends data to the computer, without any input devices. In other words the input unit is formed by the input devices attached to the computer. An input unit takes the input and converts it into binary form so that it can be understood by the computer. Camera is used during live conversations. The camera transmits a picture from one computer to another, or can be used to record a short video. Compact Disk (CD) - The CD can be put into another computer, and the information can be opened and added or used on the second computer. There is one possible thing like a CD-R or CD-RW can be used as an output device. Keyboard is a way to input letters or numbers into different programs or web-bourses. A keyboard also has special keys that help operate the computer. For ex. key “Microsoft” that helps us to open “start” section whenever we need. Mouse is used to open and close files, navigate web sites, and click on a lot of commands (to tell the...
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...Mr. Clark, Comp. 1 Formal Essay #1 (Final Draft) 02.09.11 Paycheck-to-Paycheck A popular phrase when out with friends is “I’m so broke.” However, it’s just a figure of speech, right? Most of us are fortunate enough to be well off with finances and have the luxury to have a little shopping spree here and there occasionally. But for the Millers that’s not the case at all. They have to live paycheck-to-paycheck and barely make ends meet. The town of Wanaque, New Jersey is very small, three miles long to be exact. But in this small town there are all types of social and economic classes from very poor to very wealthy. A family with a set of twins and another child just hitting elementary school would certainly be affected by this economy, yet the Millers still fight to keep their family functional. People take many things for granted like food, water, and shelter. Most of us can simply pay our utilities bills, sleep under a safe roof, and go grocery shopping when your refrigerator is empty. For the Millers it’s a different story. Anna Miller, mother of three, works part-time as a nanny for two homes and in retail. Eric Miller has been working at the same job for the past six years, and although he gets a holiday bonus every Christmas, he has never gotten a raise. Their three kids, twins Jason and Justin, and third child Jared are all attending the middle school in town. The family lives on the outskirts of our town in a neighborhood that’s not so great. They live in...
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...Vision was not used effectively at Mentor Graphics. Presence of competing visions existed and it continued to change for several years while the management tried to get a hold on their fear of failure. Their initial vision "Build Something That People Will Buy" was not a motivating for the employees but did send the message to the customer that they would get what they want. Mentor Graphics experienced all three of the debates of linking vision to change. Their first vision drove change as it did provide intent, however it lacked specific strategy. Their second vision ("Beat Daisy"), emerged during change and was driven by the need to get back on top of the market after Daisy Systems out sold Mentor Graphics. Their final vision in the early 1990's also emerged during change. Mentor Graphics vision, early on, helped their change, but once they began to feel like they were losing business to Daisy Systems, they changed the vision and it was then a hindrance to change. Their revolving vision weakened the company and eventually affected the staff morale. Despite growing revenues in 1985 Mentor Graphics product quality declined and coordination within the company was lacking. Mentor Graphics started with a vision that spoke an attainable goal, but it was very abstract. It lacked specific attainable goals for the...
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...Daisy Bates was born on November 11, 1914 Huttig, Arkansas and was an American Civil Rights Activist, publisher and writer who is best known for her involvement in the struggle to integrate Cental High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was an advisor to nine black student trying to attend a previously all white school. She was also an important figure in the seminal moment of the civil rights movement. As a publisher and journalist, she was also a witness and advocate on a larger scale. Bates endured numerous hardships, but in the coming pass years her generous labors on behalf of equality opportunity have earned her many praise. Bates and her husband were important figures in the Little Rock Integration Crisis in 1957. The Bates published a local black newspaper, the Arksansas State Press, which advertised the violations of the Supreme Court's desegration rulings. She guided and advised the nine students, known as Little Rock Nine, when they attempted to enroll in an all white school. Ultimately, the Little Rock Nine were able to attend Central High, and many of them went on to impressive careers. The price for her husband and herself was high, and the advertisers caused the local black newspaper to dry up quickly. It was forced to shut down in 1959. Daisy Bates received many honors and rewards. In 1988 she received the American book award and Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in the University of Arksansas, 1984. Arkansas has established the third Monday in February as George...
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...Explore the ways in which Arthur Miller presents the character of between his entrance and Parris’ line ‘What happened?’ in Act 1 Miller presents the character Proctor as a character that is isolated form the Salem Community by choice as he does no believe that there is witch craft nor does he like the way Revlon Parris leads the service. Act one is when Miller first shows the audience Proctor and Abigail alone together in the play at Parris house. The way in which Miller decides the actions towards each org and their speech shows they once had feeling for each other. Miller uses colloquial language within their convosation which indicates to the audience that the feelings may still be their between them. The use of the speech," Give me a word, john, a soft word..." Conveys to the audience Abigail lust and desire for Proctor , the response from Proctor is the falling of his smile, which indicates the past haunts him and therefore he must try to rid of it. The audience can see that Proctor knows what is right but is finding it hard to move of from the past affair he had with her. Proctor trying to rid such feelings for her shows to the audience that he knows the has made a huge mistakes and is trying to fix this; therefore making him appeal to the audience as many could relate. Also Miller makes the audience sense the determination from Proctor and the want to change his ways. This can be seen in " I would cut of my hand before I ever reach for you again." The noun "ever"...
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...11/28/2011 Driving Miss Daisy At the 62nd Academy awards Driving Miss Daisy received a total of four awards out of nine nominations. Driving Miss Daisy also won three Golden Globe Awards, and went on to win Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1989 Writers Guild of America. Jessica Tandy who played Daisy Werthan (Miss Daisy) and Morgan Freeman who played Hoke Colburn (Miss Daisy’s chauffeur) won the Silver Bear for the Best Joint Performance at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. Driving Miss Daisy was also the last Best Picture winner to date to receive a Pg rating and is the only film based on an off Broadway Production ever to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Jessica Tandy,81 , became both the oldest winner and the oldest nominee in history of the Best Actress category. This film gives some great examples of patience,kindness ,dedication, racism , prejudice and dignity in a very difficult time and situation. Driving Miss Daisy is a comedy-drama film that came from Alfred Urhy’s play Driving Miss Daisy. Opening weekend (17 December 1989) Driving Miss Daisy brought in $73.745 the movie grossed $145,793,296. Some of the filming locations were Atlanta, Georgia,Decatur ,Georgia and Douglasville ,Georgia. Overcoming racial prejudice is an important theme in the movie along with growing older, and the importance of friendship. You are also Reminded of the situation in the south, During the time of the civil rights movement. The years 1948-1973...
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