English 015 - Americans Abroad
02B: Roman Fever
Pride
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Karen Tang
Pride. From Henry James’ Daisy Miller and Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever, we can see that the Americans bring pride along with them to Italy. Being present at a foreign land seems to have made the Americans more confident, bold and proud. What Mrs. Slade and Daisy Miller have in common...
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Posted by ktang on September 23, 2003 at 10:40 PM
American Mothers
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Meaghan Tanguay
What kind for mothers are the women in Daisy Miller and Roman Fever? The American mothers, Mrs. Ansley, Mrs. Slade, and Mrs. Miller, let their daughters run around freely at all hours while in Rome. Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade do not care when their daughters get back from their...
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Posted by on September 23, 2003 at 02:11 PM
Who has the power?
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Bryan Ciborowski
In both ‘Daisy Miller’ and ‘Roman Fever’, the women seem to have an upper hand over the men. There is role reversal between the two and it is clear in both stories. In ‘Daisy Miller’, Winterbourne is completely controlled and mesmerized by Daisy, and in ‘Roman Fever’, Delphin Slade is...
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Posted by on September 23, 2003 at 02:05 PM
BLOG
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Ben Ledue
Similarities in the portrayals of Americans are abound within Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever" and James's Daisy Miller. Passion, secrecy, and jealousy reign supreme in Wharton's tale of two friends reminiscing of their youth in Rome, as well as in James's story. Both stories reveal American's obnoxiously unrefined behavior in Italy,...
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Posted by on September 23, 2003 at 11:20 AM
Portrayal is Perception
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Meg Gray
Daisy Miller and Grace Ansley both caught “roman fever” as a consequence of enjoying a rebellious late night escapade. Daisy died amidst the flurry of malicious gossip that surrounded her tryst at the Coliseum. Grace, who “was supposed to have gone to see the moon rise,” held on to...
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Posted by on September 23, 2003 at 11:01 AM
Redefining limitations
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Simon Parsons
The idea of liberation from native sexual boundaries and customs whilst visiting foreign territory reveals itself in both Roman Fever and Daisy Miller. As the two authors dealt with characters from American “high society,” one could expect that the way in which James showed “sophisticated” limitations undergoing attrition in...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 11:14 PM
Similar Americans
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Matt Nickel
Late night visits to the Collosseum, affairs with different men, followed by confession: both stories could be mixed up and the reader would be none the wiser. “Roman Fever” closely echoes “Daisy Miller’s” portrayal of American behavior in Italy. In “Daisy Miller,” most Americans are in Europe for the...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 10:25 PM
Roman Fire
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Kelsey Abbruzzese
Daisy Miller and the women of “Roman Fever” danced around the Roman fire thinking they would never be burned. Their youth made them reckless with their own lives and the hearts of others because they believed they were invincible. When Mrs. Slade explains she wrote the letter that instigated the...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 10:22 PM
The Coliseum's deadly allure
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Thomas Buehrens
Carriages don’t turn to pumpkins, but aside from that, both Daisy Miller and Roman Fever describe vividly the dangers to young girls staying out late. In both Henry James’s Daisy Miller and Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever, young American girls are characterized by their imprudence and unwillingness to adhere to social...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 10:05 PM
The Bores of Italy
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Hope Stockton
Americans in Italy, according to both Daisy Miller and “Roman Fever”, are bored. Rome is just like any other city, and to counteract this, these Americans must create their own space and alienate themselves from their surroundings. In Daisy Miller, this space is within the carriage of Mrs. Walker. Mrs....
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 10:01 PM
The Colosseum in "Daisy Miller" and "Roman Fever"
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Diana Heald
In both “Daisy Miller” and “Roman Fever,” the Colosseum looms in the horizon, literally and figuratively. Although the dangers in the two stories are different, for both Daisy and Mrs. Ansley the Roman ruins serve as an illicit meeting place and as an escape from the constraints of American expatriate...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 07:53 PM
"Roman Fever" vs. Daisy Miller
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Eric Robinson
“Roman Fever” both echoes and refutes Daisy Miller’s portrayal of American behavior in Italy based on specific characters’ decisions as to whether or not to openly state their negative feelings towards other individuals. Throughout Daisy Miller, none of the characters actually assert their true emotions to the person concerning...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 04:13 PM
Sexual Limitations
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Ross Stern
When traveling, Americans often feel at liberty to abandon their behavioral limitations. For some, this abandonment leads to exposed chest hair, Hawaiian shirts, and gaudy hats; however, for others, this abandonment leads to something much more intense, much more serious. The latter case is expressed in Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever,...
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Posted by on September 22, 2003 at 01:08 PM
Daisy and Alida
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Zac Milner
It seems whenever a young American travels to that ever-attractive Italian city, she comes down with a case of Roman Fever. She doesn’t necessarily contract an illness. Rather, a fever invades her mind-state, causing her to do unthinkable things. A sense of romanticism, rule-breaking, and jealousy peaks out among the...
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Posted by on September 21, 2003 at 11:36 PM
Sexual Freedoms and Tragic Fates
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Tom Lakin
Edith Wharton’s Roman Fever and Henry James’s Daisy Miller resonate with each other in the way they explore the idea of sexuality in Italy. Both seem to warn against overtly public and uninhibited sexual behavior through the tragic consequences befalling those characters, Daisy and Mrs. Ansley, who do display this...
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Posted by on September 21, 2003 at 11:16 PM
Roman Fever
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Andrew Plowman
I believe the women visiting Italy in Roman Fever and Daisy Miller were portrayed as having low self-confidence which can only be satisfied by feeding on the misery of others. Roman Fever unexpectedly echoes Daisy Miller’s image of American behavior in Italy by reinstating the evils of lust. Mrs....
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Posted by aplowman on September 21, 2003 at 04:55 PM
Second blog assignment
Category: 02B: Roman Fever | Mark Phillipson
Does “Roman Fever” unexpectedly echo or pointedly refute the novel Daisy Miller’s portrayal of American behavior in Italy? Defend your answer through comparison of specific details or gestures that appear in both texts....
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Posted by mphillip on September 18, 2003 at 02:24 PM