Lecture 11-03-08

English 171 with Photos at University of Wisconsin - Madison

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By: Nicole Knutson
Textbook:

Antony and Cleopatra (The Pelican Shakespeare)

Daisy Miller (Penguin Classics)

In Our Time

Ruth Hall and Other Writings (American Woman Writers Series)

The Awakening and Selected Stories (Penguin Classics)

The Bluest Eye (Oprah's Book Club)

The Classic Slave Narratives

The Women of Brewster Place (Penguin Contemporary American Fiction Series)
Created: 2008-11-03
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James wants us to see Daisy as someone who is sinned against more than someone who sins. A comparison between Daisy Miller and Cleopatra: Both are live in worlds that look down upon them for their ?unsophisticated? nature Cleopatra chose her death, Daisy didn?t At the end of the book, Winterbourne realizes he has made a mistake and misjudged Daisy. James is a realist. Realists were usually authors of the second half of the 19th century. One form of realism is ?local color?. ?Local color? is the depiction in fiction of the unique features of a particular region. Cult of true womanhood: Piety Purity Domesticity Submissiveness