Washington Square Henry James
ESSAY MODEL: ‘WASHINGTON SQUARE' – HENRY JAMES
EMPHASIS ON CATHERINE'S CHARACTER:
In ‘Washington Square', Henry James used a refined technique of narration, language, symbolism and irony as he explored the psychological dimensions of his characters' actions, motivations and interpersonal relationships. He did so as he confronted the tragedy of the immorality of human beings, personified in the characters of Dr. Sloper and Morris Townsend, in dominating the spirit of Sloper's daughter, Catherine, for their own ends.
In other works of fiction where the oppressive circumstances of protagonists usually arise from failures of society and within the specific individual there is often an optimism to the extent that it is suggested that progress might eventually lift the individual or mankind beyond the scope of the type of situations depicted. In ‘Washington Square', however, James' depiction of Catherine's tragedy could well be interpreted, at a universal level, as our......
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