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James's 'The Europeans.' (Henry James)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 19940322
Author:Petitjean, Tom

The Baroness Eugenia Munster in Henry James's 'The Europeans' contrasts Americans and Europeans through Eugenia's ostentatious use of curtains. Eugenia, a European in America, finds small American homes bare and garish and fills her home with curtains of all sorts. The curtains symbolize lies and half-truths, which Eugenia is known for. The symbolism is reinforced by a later reference to the use of curtains in the theater, which also suggests the theatricality of Eugenia's character.

Curtains play a very important part in the life of Eugenia, the Baroness Munster, in Henry James's The ...

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