Impact of Parent's Conflict upon Child Psychology in Henry James What Maisie Knew: A Study of Child Right

Abstract

This novel,What Maisie Knew intensely depicts the behavior and life style of the Victorian aristocratic people, who have lived more irresponsible personal life than the social one. The present dissertation entitled“Impact of parents' conflict upon child psychology in Henry James'What Maisie Knew: A study of Child Right”evaluates how Maisie, a six-years-old daughter of divorced parents becomes victimized of that culture, full of evil and immorality and her attempts to lead herself into maturity. The major emphasis of the research is to study Maisie's deprivation of childish celebration and freedom due to her parent's conflict, misunderstanding, suspect and insult between them. Her biological parents as well as stepparents not only behave her as an object of possession but also as a messenger to express their rage and hatred. Those behaviors really violate the Maisie's freedom and happiness that she has expected from them. But it becomes the immense power to Maisie that leads her into mature world out of the chaos and disharmony.