Daisy Miller-- why she came to such a bad end

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Originally Posted by Antiquarian

I was also sometimes a little annoyed with her because I believe that when visiting another country, one should make an attempt to acclimate oneself to that country's culture and not expect the citizens to acclimate themselves to you. But then, I don't think Daisy knew how to acclimate herself to Europe and it's culture. And of course, yes, that's mostly what made Daisy, Daisy.

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I have mixed feelings about this. I think in someways she truly was just completely unware of what others thought, or that she was doing anything "wrong" but on the other hand, I also think there might be a slight difference between respecting another's country's culture, and simply trying to appease the propriaty of high soceity.

And I think that was the main issue. The European High Society did not apporve of the way she conducted herself. And it seemed like it was mostly visiting Americans that took issue with her.

Yes he seems to express a similar idea in an International Episode, in that story it seemed he portrayed both and affection and cynicism for Americans

He also seems to express a fondness of travel and foreign cultures.

Aren't Daisy and her mother are magnificent in the face of sham?

Verses from Oscar Wilde's ballad encapsulate the poignant ending:

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Yet each man kills the thing he loves
By each let this be heard,
Some do it with a bitter look,
Some with a flattering word,
The coward does it with a kiss,
The brave man with a sword!

Some kill their love when they are young,
And some when they are old;
Some strangle with the hands of Lust,
Some with the hands of Gold:
The kindest use a knife, because
The dead so soon grow cold.

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