The Loyalty Of Love
Turner i
The Loyalty of Love
Thesis Statement: Catherine Sloper chooses to love her father and her lover who both misjudge her loyalty of love, out of their own vanity.
I. Plot Summary of Washington Square
A. Austin Sloper, the domineering father
B. Catherine Sloper, a simple minded daughter
II. The Character?s Goals
A. The Positive Feel of Satisfaction
B. The Future Hopes and Dreams
III. Catherine?s Loyalty of Love
A. The Nature of Catherine
1. Father?s Avoidance
2. Lack of Acceptance
3. Into the hands of Townsend
IV. Manipulation
A. Morris Townsend, the immortal villain
B. Aunt Penniman
V. Resolve to Change
Turner ii
A. Victim and Victimizer
The Loyalty of Love
Washington Square by Henry James tackles love and loyalty on his very complex character, Catherine Sloper. The novel is set in Washington Square, New York in the mid 1800s. In the house, Catherine lives with her domineering father, Doctor Austin Sloper and his sister Lavinia Penniman. Doctor Sloper is a rich and popular physician while his sister is a widow starving for romance who is financially dependent upon her brother. Mrs. Penniman was left without a fortune and is prone to romantic fantasies unlike their pragmatic sister Mrs. Almond. She however is Doctor Sloper?s favorite sister and confidante.
Austin Sloper, himself is a widower. His
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