A Character Analysis of Daisy Miller :: Daisy Miller, Henry James

In Daisy miller, Henry James slowly reveals the nature of Daisys fictional character through her interactions with other characters, especi every(prenominal)y Winterbourne, the main character. The author uses third psyche narration however, Winterbournes thinkings and point of view dominate. Thus, the audition knows no more ab fall out Daisy than Winterbourne. This technique helps maintain the ambiguity of Daisys character and draws the audience into the story.At first glimpse, Daisy is portrayed as a pretty American flirt whose innocence Winterbourne is unsure of, and yet he says he was most grateful for having found the formula that applied to Miss Daisy Miller (James 1563). same many multitude do in first impressions, Winterbourne feels the need to label Daisy right away. In the beginning, the stereotype seems to fit. Daisy is novel, unsophisticated, chatty, and brags about all the society, especially gentlemens society she had in New York (1562). She enjoys teasing and getting reactions out of people just for the sake of it. For example, the second time she and Winterbourne meet, late one even out in the garden, she asks him if he wants to take her out in a sauceboat on the lake. Of course, her mother and the courier protest while Daisy laughs and declares, Thats all I want a little fussShe had no end of going she just wanted to get a rise out of someone. Bidding good-night to Winterbourne, she says, I hope youre disappointed, disgusted, or some occasion (1572). She is being flirtatious, only if this kind of teasing is also just part of her sense of humor.Daisy Miller may be uneducated, as Winterbourne and his aunt describe her, but she is witty. unrivaled illustration of her humor takes place at Mrs. Walkers ships company when Winterbourne is criticizing her for her relations with Giovanelli. He says they dont understand that sort of thing herenot in young married women.Daisy cries, I thought they understood nothing else and goes on to say , It seems to me more proper in young unmarried than in old married ones.Daisy typically speaks and behaves frankly, almost in a child-like fashion, but this shows, as the narrator describes it, a startling materialistic knowledge (1587). Daisy is somewhat rustic but smart. She has a natural elegance and a mixture of innocence and crudity, and yet, as seen in her response, her character proves to go beyond the boundaries of this character type of the natural beauty (1564 and 1574).