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Novelists frequently take their readers inside the minds of their protagonists, relating their inner-most thoughts and character. To a realist writer, such as Henry James, this sort of storytelling is unrealistic. The realistic novelist in the late nineteenth century felt that their work should hold up a mirror to reality and reflect the world not as they wished it to be, but as it is (Realism in Am. Literature). Consequently, to the realist, characterization is more important than plot and this is a feature that is particularly true of Henry James' novel Daisy Miller. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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storytelling is unrealistic. The realistic novelist in the late nineteenth century felt that their work should hold up a mirror to reality and reflect the world not as they wished
it to be, but as it is (Realism in Am. Literature). Consequently, to the realist, characterization is more important than plot and this is a feature that is particularly
true of Henry James novel Daisy Miller. The novel begins Winterbourne, a young American who has lived in Geneva, Switzerland, for quite some time, doing little if anything with
his life. He meets Daisy MIller, who is touring Europe with her mother and younger brother Randolph. Compared to very proper European girls, Daisy is brash, fresh and flirtatious. Rather
than being reserved with a totally strange man, Daisy enthralls Winterbourne with a "history of her movements and intentions and those of her mother and brother in Europe...in particular, the
various hotels at which they had stopped" (James). Winterbourne cannot decide if Daisy is as innocent as she seems. In a European woman, Winterbourne would have judged such behavior
to be sexually evocative. He recalls that he had known "two or three women--persons older than Miss Daisy Miller, and provided, for respectabilitys sake, with husbands--who were great coquettes--dangerous, terrible
women (James). It is clear that if Daisys flirting is not as innocent as it seems, then this would make her unacceptable to Winterbourne for any sort of serious relationship.
In many ways, this novel is a realistic look at the double standard of morality, which was particularly strict in the late nineteenth century. At one point, Mrs. Costello,
Winterbournes aunt, describes Winterbourne as "innocent." To this description, he replies, "My dear aunt, I am not so innocent...smiling and curling his mustache" (James). As this indicates, the standards of
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