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Interpreting Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"
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Definitive criteria for judging the success or failure of a work of
fiction are not easily agreed upon; individuals almost necessarily introduce
bias into any such attempt. Only those who affect an exorbitantly refined
artistic taste, however .... Middle of Term Paper
... in the space of just a few pages. "Roman Fever" is truly
outstanding: a work that exposes the gender stereotypes of its day (1936) but
that moves beyond documentary to reveal something of the perennial antagonisms
of human nature.
From the story's first sentence, upon the introduction of two women of
"ripe but well-cared-for middle age," it becomes clear that stereotypes are at
issue (Wharton 1116). This mild description evokes immediate images of demure
and supportive wives, their husbands' wards. Neither woman is without her
"handsomely mounted black handbag," and it is not until several paragraphs into
the piece that Mrs. Slade and ... |
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