May Bartram's behavioral change in Henry James's "The Beast in the Jungle"
Title: May Bartram's behavioral change in Henry James's "The Beast in the Jungle"
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 604 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
May Bartram's behavioral change in Henry James's "The Beast in the Jungle"
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 604 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Henry James's short story "The Beast in the Jungle"
illustrates the changeable behavior of May Bartram. May
Bartram shows her wide range of emotions towards John
Marcher, the story's main character, who is deeply and
increasingly in love with her. From her slightest interest
in him, to her disinterest in him, then to her deepest
confessions of love for him, May Bartram shows how her
behavior of such can change from chapter to chapter.
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…showed last 75 words of 604 total…if I could." (565) She realizes her time is coming
and that John is the only thing that, if she could, would
continue to live for.
In all, Henry James's short story "The Beast in the
Jungle" demonstrates May Bartram's transforming behavior.
Each chapter is designed to show May's behavior towards
John Marcher. From her faint interest in him to her
confessions of love for him, May Bartram shows her
fluctuating behavior from chapter to chapter.