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The Portrait of A LADYoutlineThe main characters:OsmondRalphMadame MerleIsabel ArcherRalphMr. TouchetteMrs. TouchettecousinuncleauntPansyIsabel ArcherdaughterhusbandpursuerGilbert OsmondLord Warburton“friend”Caspar GoodeoodloverMadame MerleplotIsabel, from Albany, New York .Her cousin Ralph Touchett, a invalid and friendly boy, loves her and gives heritage to her. Isabel declines Warburton’ s proposal of marriage ,she rejects the hand of Caspar Goodwood, the charismatic son and heir of a wealthy Boston mill owner leaves much of his estate to Isabel upon his death travels the continent and meets an American expatriate.She accepts Osmond’s proposal of marriage promoted by the accomplished but untrustworthy Madame Merle, another American expatriate settle in Rome . Due to Osmond’s overwhelming egotism and his lack of genuine affection for his wife.Pansy, Osmond’s presumed daughter, wants to grant her wish to marry Edward Rosier, a young art collector, snobbish Osmond would rather that Pansy accept the proposal of Warburton.Isabel suspects, that Warburton may just be feigning interest in Pansy to get close to Isabel again learns that Ralph is dying in England and prepares to go to him for his final hours, but Osmond selfishly opposes this plan.Meanwhile , Isabel learns that Pansy is actually the daughter of Madam Merle, who had an adulterous relationship with Osmond for several years. Isabel pays a final visit to Pansy who desperately begs her to return some day without telling her spiteful husband, to comfort the dying Ralph in England. Where she remains until his death.Goodwood encounters her at Ralph’s estate and begs her to leave Osmond and come away with him, he passionately embraces and kisses her, but Isabel flees.Goodwood seeks her out the next day, but is told she has set off again for Rome.Characteristic analysisIsabel Archer:1.Contempt secular and money2.Seek freedom and independence3.Erudition (博学) and the pursuit of truth 4. Innocent and confident