AbstractThe Portrait of A Lady is a famous novel of Henry James, which shows a strong color of freedom
It describes a story of an American girl, Isabel, who seeks freedom, independence, and happiness, finally suffers a painful marriage
Isabel believes that freedom is independence, freedom of choice and self establishment
And after experiencing all kinds of hardships,Isabel’s view of freedom develop from juvenility to maturity
This paper analyzes Isabel's view of freedom from the perspective of Emerson's Transcendentalism and the mature process and performance of her freedom view,and the contradiction in her view of freedom
Through the analysis of Isabel's view of freedom,Deep and detailedly understand what is women's freedom and how to realize self-freedom
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