Daisy Miller

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Part 1: Les Trois Couronnes Part 2: Rome

Themes

All Themes European and American Character Observing vs. Living Judgment, Knowledge, and Knowability Innocence Female Independence

Characters

All Characters Daisy Miller Mr. Winterbourne Mrs. Miller Randolph Miller Mrs. Costello Mrs. Walker Mr. Giovanelli Eugenio

Symbols

All Symbols Roman fever (malaria) Eleven O’Clock Geneva

Literary Devices

All Literary Devices Alliteration Allusions Dialect Foreshadowing Genre Hyperbole Idioms Imagery Irony Metaphors Mood Motifs Oxymorons Paradox Setting Similes Style Tone Verbal Irony

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Introduction Intro

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Summary & Analysis Summary

Part 1: Les Trois Couronnes
Part 2: Rome

All Themes
European and American Character
Observing vs. Living
Judgment, Knowledge, and Knowability
Innocence
Female Independence

All Characters
Daisy Miller
Mr. Winterbourne
Mrs. Miller
Randolph Miller
Mrs. Costello
Mrs. Walker
Mr. Giovanelli
Eugenio

All Symbols
Roman fever (malaria)
Eleven O’Clock
Geneva

All Literary Devices
Alliteration
Allusions
Dialect
Foreshadowing
Genre
Hyperbole
Idioms
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Oxymorons
Paradox
Setting
Similes
Style
Tone
Verbal Irony

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