Schizophrenic Characterization in The Golden Bowlby Henry James
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This thesis analyses Henry James’s Novel The Golden Bowlvia schizophrenic
characterization. Money is at the centre of the novel; hence, we find the reciprocal
relationship amid the characters. Money evokes multiple desires in these characters
which are never to be mitigated. Characters are the desiring machines that are after
their desires, be it social, professional or erotic. James very cunningly postulates the
failure of family life in the Western Culture because of extreme capitalism. Every
character is schizophrenic and paranoid having unlimited desires. The character like
Charlotte is haunted by her erotic instinct as well as money. Amerigo, the main
protagonist is also multi-dimensional who betrays all his well wishers. This is to say
that Henry James presents schizophrenic characters that are crushed into the
capitalistic mode of production; for this reason, they are multifaceted and unstable.