... buildings, like the Colosseum, may be in decay, but the social code remains in tact. Unfortunately, the innocent Daisy is unable to negotiate her way through the complex web of propriety. As a result, the story ends with her demise (decay) both socially and physically. James also develops the theme of man's inhumanity to man. He uses Christian symbolism in the story to drive home the ... point that Daisy was "sacrificed" at the hands of a cruel society. At the climax of the story, she sits in the Colosseum at the base of a cross, the Christian symbol for sacrifice and forgiveness. Ironi...

• Word Count: 1567
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... novel while having trouble keeping her out two men's grasps. Quote: "He immediately perceived, from her tone, that Miss Daisy Miller's place in the social scale was low- (19). Device: diction foreshadowing Speaker: Winterbourne Commentary: Here again is another wonderful perception from Winterbourne. He realizes that she can be understood through her "tone- ... damaging her friends, including Mrs. Walker's reputation. Daisy used to be a sweet girl, but now, Mrs. Walker has a list of problems about her behavior. By including all of the reasons for her feelings, Mrs. Walker creates a stron...

• Word Count: 1336
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

... Daisy. "..Their love is founded upon feelings from the past, these give it, notwithstanding Gatsby's insistence on being able to repeat the past , an inviolability. It exists in the world of money and corruption but is not of it." (Lewis 48 ) In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald uses the uses of literary technique of symbolism ... as representing some kind of detached intellect, brooding gloomily over life in the bleak waste land surrounding it, and presiding fatalistically over the little tragedy enacted as if in sacrifice before it." (Miller 36) The eyes not only symbolize a god "...

• Word Count: 1405
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School