Author(s)

Juan He and Jie Dai

Corresponding Author

Juan He

Abstract

Henry James is a pioneer at the turn of the nineteenth century in revolutionizing the art of narration. As one of the most important works of by Henry James, Daisy Miller portrays the American girl Miller’s travel in Europe and her relationship with the American expatriate Winterbourne. On the basis of the Personality Structure Theory founded by Freud, this thesis explores the psychological changes of Winterbourne in getting along with Daisy by analyzing Winterbourne’s psychological conditions respectively in Vevey, in Rome and after Daisy’s death so as to defend that Winterbourne was no scientific observer.

Keywords

Daisy Miller; Personality Structure Theory; conflict