... reports that Mrs. Miller is a good nurse during Daisy's illness, but it is too late. Her lack of agency has already produced fatal results. Mrs. Miller knew the danger of "Roman fever", but again and again, she fails to provide her daughter with guidance that she needs to save herself. Since Henry James does not reveal Mrs. Miller's reaction to Daisy's death ... unforgiving society. More importantly, Daisy sits beneath the cross, in the position of the Virgin Mary; there she is symbolized as purity and protected by forgiveness. Giovanelli stands before her, a Roman soldier figure, and t...

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