Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever"

[CPT O'Reilly]

What are your reactions to "Roman Fever"? Do you think the dramatic
irony Wharton employs is forced or earned?

[Malone, W]

At the beginning of this story it is a little hard to understand and
to comprehend. The story gets a little crazy and gets you into the
story when the ladies start to talk about the past. I believe that the
dramatic irony of this story is earned because Mrs, Slade wrote the
letter to Mrs, Ansley and that was what caused the lady to respond to
the letter and for them to meet in the end. The only thing that i do
not understand is that Mrs, Ansley said that the thing that she has is
Barbara, so does that mean that Barbara's dad is Mrs, Slades husband?
That is the only thing that i did not get in the story. Besides that
the story was boring all the way until they started to talk at the end
and then it got really interesting. -Malone

[K-Rona]

The story in the begining was hard to understand i didn't get it, but
as i kept reading the story talked about two women having a
conversation among themselves. i feel that the dramatic irony is
earned in the story Mrs. Slades writes the letter to her friend to met
her husband

[tito]

"Roman Fever" is a creative peace of work, where we find true Drama.
From my perspective Wharton forces Dramatic Irony, we as readers are
aware of all the events happening in between the characters. Dramatics
Irony is exposed at its best, when Mrs. Slade reveals the secret to
Mrs. Ansley, that it was her that actually wrote the letter instead of
Mr. Delphin. And towards the end Mrs. Ansley reveals to Mrs. Slade
that Barbara, her daughter, is is an illegitimate child she had with
Delphin. I really enjoy this type of Irony, it gives such a good twist
to the story.

[jermaine mallett]

I thought that Roman Fever was a great story. Whartman did earn the
dramatic irony in this story because he worked up to it. He did not
force it on his readers.

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[philm...@yahoo.com]

Roman Fever was a little hard to understand at first,
but then it started to come to me....
the dramatic irony in this story is definately earned
because Wharton slowly came up to it..
especially showing that mrs slade actually wrote the letter.

[Harrison M]

Roman Fever recieved my attention. The writer does a good job of
getting the readers attention. Many writers say stuff that try to
desperatly get the readers attention but he just wrote and stuck to
the topic.

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, "CPT O'Reilly" <jesse.o.orei...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Bertman]

"Roman Fever" was a story that wasn't for me. This reading to me was
hard to understand,I didn't get what the Wharton was trying to say. I
think that dramatic irony was earned in the story . The two ladies
writing letters to one another, then lead to the ladies then meeting
later on in the story. This story was a chick flict to me. I think it
was women to read to learn how to bond with one another. For the most
part, this story was boring to me .

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, "CPT O'Reilly" <jesse.o.orei...@gmail.com> wrote:

[fleming]

The story to me is mostly boring over all and i believe the dramatic
irony is earned because the story works you up too it; from boring to
drama. I would not want to read this story again but would like to see
a quick movie with a twist like this of the two women writing one
another talking bout the guy and their situations.

[jonesc]

The dramatic irony was well earned, not forced.

On Feb 5, 7:49 pm, "CPT O'Reilly" <jesse.o.orei...@gmail.com> wrote:

[IP4U1L]

It's about revenge, redemption, jealousy, and deception. Both like the
same man but tried to get back at each other. But funny how things
turns out later that the daughter wasn't really related. More like
earned.