
『The Portrait of a Lady』
『The Portrait of a Lady』 was written by Henry James in 1881. He was born in America, and he was flourished in England.
The heroine of 『The Portrait of a Lady』 is Isabel Archer. She is an intelligent young American woman. She came to Europe with dream and hope in the future. She is very beautiful and wise, so popular with many boys. But she doesn’t want to marry, she want to be freedom. In the passage, she said ‘I really don’t want to marry, or talk about it. I must be independent.’
However she judged wrongly, so she becomes very unhappy. She demands for freedom, but she married Osmond. He is a bad man and also restrains her life.
She tried to run away from Osmond, and then she goes to Ralph. Ralph is her cousin and he is the most understanding her. Ralph loves her, but he is illness and he is dying.
After Ralph’s death, Isabel go back to Osmond. She noticed about Ralph’s big love for her, but it’s too late.
I think her mind was grown up from this experience. So this choice was correct for her.
The heroine of 『The Portrait of a Lady』 is Isabel Archer. She is an intelligent young American woman. She came to Europe with dream and hope in the future. She is very beautiful and wise, so popular with many boys. But she doesn’t want to marry, she want to be freedom. In the passage, she said ‘I really don’t want to marry, or talk about it. I must be independent.’
However she judged wrongly, so she becomes very unhappy. She demands for freedom, but she married Osmond. He is a bad man and also restrains her life.
She tried to run away from Osmond, and then she goes to Ralph. Ralph is her cousin and he is the most understanding her. Ralph loves her, but he is illness and he is dying.
After Ralph’s death, Isabel go back to Osmond. She noticed about Ralph’s big love for her, but it’s too late.
I think her mind was grown up from this experience. So this choice was correct for her.