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Miserable Knowledge in Henry James’s The Portrait of a Lady

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This study explores the relationship between acquisition of knowledge and innocence, and contends that innocence premises the acquisition of knowledge contrary to the notion that innocence is identical to ignorance. Isabel assumes that acquiring miserable knowledge is necessary for her growth and consciously pursues this knowledge. Through Isabel’s acquisition of miserable knowledge and the process of contemplating and absorbing this knowledge, The Portrait of a Lady examines how knowledge and innocence are combined. The novel explores how Isabel gains and deals with the knowledge that Osmond and Merle, whom she believed to be innocent, have used and betrayed her for their own profit. Isabel accepts miserable knowledge as the condition of life and maintains her relations with those who have committed evil against her, instead of avenging or isolating herself from them. In the process of acquiring and processing miserable knowledge, she embraces those who have made her miserable. By possessing and maintaining her innocence even after her acquisition of knowledge, Isabel revises the meaning of innocence.

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This study explores the relationship between acquisition of knowledge and innocence, and contends that innocence premises the acquisition of knowledge contrary to the notion that innocence is identical to ignorance. Isabel assumes that acquiring miserable knowledge is necessary for her growth and consciously pursues this knowledge. Through Isabel’s acquisition of miserable knowledge and the process of contemplating and absorbing this knowledge, The Portrait of a Lady examines how knowledge and innocence are combined. The novel explores how Isabel gains and deals with the knowledge that Osmond and Merle, whom she believed to be innocent, have used and betrayed her for their own profit. Isabel accepts miserable knowledge as the condition of life and maintains her relations with those who have committed evil against her, instead of avenging or isolating herself from them. In the process of acquiring and processing miserable knowledge, she embraces those who have made her miserable. By possessing and maintaining her innocence even after her acquisition of knowledge, Isabel revises the meaning of innocence.

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