The Facade of Friendship in Edith Wharton’s Short Story, "Roman Fever"

What makes a relationship with a woman makes them very complicated. How can two best friends quickly become enemies. Women tend to conceal their true feelings rather than men and create tension and resentment that hurt their friendship. From a very young age girls will feel an implicit conflict that can be upgraded only in their lifetime. The envy of new girls' new shoes eventually turned into a coveted career or fiancé. When the delicate balance between friendship and competition is broken, you can feel jealousy and hatred that hurt this relationship.

EDITH WHARTON's "Roman fever" has been often selected since her short story "The World Over" (1936) was published. "Roman fever" is a lifelong climax of a single "mature but carefree American woman" who loved "Delphin Slade", who perfectly built voices and satirical tone of various stories. Edith Wharton uses his inner monologue to contrast the conversation between Grace Ansley and Alida Slade and shows women's most valuable New York values. Hypocritical: The agreement and respect, the theme of Wharton's repetition. She hinted that the two women are truly violent and destructive. She was unaware that Grace answered Delphin and reached the actual date.

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According to Petry, Edith Wharton's "Roman fever" is probably "Edith Wharton's most famous short story" (163). It is full of symbols, trailers, plot twists and brilliant explanations. However, it is different from other stories in the importance of simple, seemingly harmless weave behavior. Mrs Ansley's weaving tells the climax of the story and symbolizes the relationship between Mrs. Ansley and Mrs Slade so it plays a central role in the story. As the number of occurrences increases, Wharton has focused on making more reliable fabrics, the location and timing of their appearance is incredible and in many cases coincidental. Therefore, the narrator can infer that Mrs. Anthry's "dark red silk distortion" was calculated certainly and was intended to produce a deeper meaning of the story than other situations (Wharton 12 : 1)

Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever" tells the story of the two women and their relationship in a long-term friendship. These women, Mrs. Annesley and Mrs Slade grew almost together, and they think they almost know each other. But as the story progressed, they noticed that they did not speak to each other more. Edith Wharton adds excitement to the story using various kinds of lighting, plots, and characters from the story. She also uses settings and expressions in a very unique way, giving a story and sarcasm. Many ironic themes of this story makes it interesting and links the main parts of the story together.