Diverse Cultures in "Daisy Miller"

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Within the story of "Daisy Miller", Henry James brings into question the benefits of European-American assimilation through three types of characters. The paper examines how the author manages to address social issues in a very amusing way.

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"In Daisy Miller, there are essentially three types of characters portrayed. First are the visiting Americans (i.e. the Miller family) who have brought with them the strange combination of vulgarity and innocence that James perceives as "typically American". Second are the Americans who have become "Europeanized" as a result of having spent the majority of their lives in Europe. James views these characters, namely Frederick Winterbourne and his headache-prone Aunt, Mrs. Costello, as cultured and sophisticated, yet also somewhat pretentious and shallow. The final type of character is the European-born, which is represented chiefly in the personas of Giovanelli and Eugenio."

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