Daisy Miller's Ultimate Fall Henry James novel, Daisy Miller: A Study, reveals a tension between Europe and America. ... James story depicts Daisy Miller and her family's travel to Europe and their confrontation with Europe's old customs and traditions. Daisy Miller's character is unlike many of the Americans' living there. ... Society did not only reject Daisy Miller's flirtatious character, but they also disapproved her cleverness. ... It may well be that James uses Daisy to show that limits exist. ...

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Henry James's "Daisy Miller" and "The Beast in the Jungle" are by far the influential tragedies because they talk about common determinations and wasted lives. ... But there is a blunt difference in the way Henry James approaches his story-line and character technique to deliver the stories tragedies. ... The way that James tells us about Daisy Miller's tragic qualities are very subtle; it is at the end that we see the struggle that Daisy Miller faces to be accepted in the European culture. ... " Marcher, who, unlike Daisy Miller, as the narrator describes that he is not one we...

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Henry James, another great American author, was born in New York City in 1843. As a young child, Henry James had only private tutors. ... Henry James was the first writer to introduce the theme of an American in Europe. His best-known masterpieces include Daisy Miller (1879), where the young and innocent American Daisy experiences life in Europe. ... Henry James died on February 28, 1916. ...

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