Daisy Miller Chapter 3 vocab and quotes

Discuss at least three key quotations from the conflict of the carriage scene. 3

"... that- to save my reputation-I ought to get into the carriage" Daisy doesn't care about her reputation because she knows that it doesn't matter. She cares about enjoying herself instead of conforming to society.

What are the most important quotations from Ch.3?

"If, after what happens - at Vevey and everywhere- you still desire to keep up the acquaintance, you are very welcome. Of course a man may know every one. Men are welcome to the privilege." (James 32) "A cynical compatriot had once told him that American women - the pretty ones, and this gave largeness to the axiom - were at once the most exacting in the world and the least endowed with a sense of indebtness" "Alone my dear - at this hour? Mrs. Walker asked. The afternoon was drawing to a close - it was the hour for the throng of carriages and of contemplative pedestrians... You'll get the fever as sure as you live." (James 37) "I know ever so many people, and they are all so charming. The society's extremely select." "I have never allowed a gentleman to dictate to me, or to interfere with anything I do."

Discuss at least three key quotations from the conflict of the carriage scene. 1

"It's a pity to let the girl ruin herself" Everything is always about behavior and status, but Daisy is advanced and knows that she can do whatever she wants.

Discuss at least three key quotations from the conflict of the carriage scene. 2

"The finest gallantry, here, was simply to tell her the truth" The truth is always the best choice even if it is the hardest. Daisy needed some advice because she was embarrassing herself, and she put Winterbourne on the spot.

Mrs. Walker

An American lady who had spent several winters at Geneva; very accomplished; lived in the Via Gregoriana

Vulgar

Characterized by ignorance or lack of good taste; crude, coarse, unrefined

Jocosely

Characterized by joking; humorous

Idiom

Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

Imperious

Domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing

Zeal

Eager desire; fervor

Contemplative

Given to deep thought and meditation

Ineffaceable

Indelible

Mr. Giovanelli

Intimate friend of Daisy's; Italian; handsomest man in the world; tremendously clever; perfectly lovely; little man; carries a cane; handsome face; a glass in one eye; small bunch of flowers/nosegay in his button-hole; brilliant smile; intelligent eyes; spoke English cleverly; spurious; a clever imitation of a gentleman

The Fever/Roman Fever

Malaria; characterized by attacks of chills, fever, and sweating: formerly supposed to be due to swamp exhalations but now known to be caused by a parasitic protozoan transferred to the human bloodstream by a mosquito

Inscrutable

Not easily understood; mysterious

Obsequious

Obedient, servile, dutiful

Exacting

Rigid or severe in demands or requirements

Indebtedness

State of owing something to another

Partisan

Supporter who shows a biased allegiance

The pretty ones, and this gave a largeness to the axiom

The pretty ones, and this gave credit to the common rule,

Edified

To instruct or benefit; uplift

Had once told him that American women

Told him that American girls

Axiom

Universally accepted principle or rule

"He remembered that a cynical compatriot"

Winterbourne remembered that a skeptical native

And the least endowed with a sense of indebtedness

and the least provided with a sense of owing someone

Cynical Compatriot

skeptical; inhabitant of one's own country

Were at once the most exacting in the world

were once the most demanding in the world