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Roman Fever - Research Paper

Roman Fever

by Edith Wharton is a story about two well-to-do American widows who escort their unmarried daughters on a grand vacation. Alida Slade and Grace Ansley are the primary characters in Wharton's tale that incorporates love, mother/daughter relationships and sexuality into a compelling piece of literary work. The story's beginning finds the older women partaking of the glorious view of the Forum from their restaurant seats. The younger ladies, on the other hand, have announced that they plan to take an excursion without their mothers' supervision. While alone, the mothers compare with each other the extent to which their own mothers hovered over them, so overprotective and confining. ...

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and vindictive gratification regarding the fact that Grace double-crossed her in love. It seems that Grace feigned an illness one evening in their youthful years, begging off any further activities following a late night sightseeing expedition. What really occurred, which did not escape Alida's knowledge, was the fact that Grace had a rendezvous with Alida's fiancé, Delphin Slade. Alida barely controlled her anger enough to compose a letter that she penned as though she were Delphin, beckoning Grace to a prearranged meeting. The reader then considers which character is the most illicit in her actions: Grace for undermining Alida's relationship with Delphin or Alida for sabotaging Grace.
The setting of Wharton's is instrumental to the story's blatant theme about love, considering the fact that Rome is one of the most romantic spots on earth. It plays a significant role with respect to the mother/daughter relationship, as well as to the issue that deals with illness. This ...

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Added: 5/27/2005 11:29:04 PM
Category: Book Reports
Type: Free Paper
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