contain our emotions. We act in a certain manner in order for people to perceive us in the

way we want to be perceived. Usually this is only how we want to appear, and it is not

how we really feel. These actions become masks. One may have many masks, and it

depends on what social group is observing at the time. People from every area of the

social spectrum want to be accepted by their peers, just as Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley in

Edith Wharton's "Roman Fever." These two fictional characters are from upper society,

yet even they wear masks. Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley, though fictional, reflects true

human behavior by putting on masks of pleasing others, emotions, and deceit.

Though knowing each other since childhood, Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley knew

nothing personal about each other. Truthfully, they both secretly despised each other;

neither of them would have ever admitted that to anyone for f

Things may appear in order, but underneath the surface is complete and total chaos. Life

The two main characters wear a mask to please others, a mask to cover emotions,

nature has always and will always be predictable yet in a very unpredictable manner.

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Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)