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Need help with my writing homework on How Edith Wharton Manipulates Point of View in the Short Story Roman Fever. Write a 1000 word paper answering; Grace Ansley and Alida Slade, the two protagonists in “Roman Fever,” are childhood friends and good neighbors even into their respective marriages. The Ansley family lives at No. 20 East 73rd St. in New York, the Slades at No. 23 across the street. As such, Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade must have thought the world of each other, right? On the surface, yes, but not inside the women’s hearts. And there lies the story. Wharton sets the mood for her story by establishing the social status of the two protagonists and their relationships (well-to-do women friends into middle age and knitting, with not “much else to do”). At first Grace Ansley and Alida Slade are all smiles as they engage in friendly, idle talk about their daughters, the beautiful Roman scenery, a headwaiter that needs to be tipped. Gradually, the author steers the conversation into a situation where, from smiling sweetly at each other, Mrs. Ansley and Mrs. Slade begin to bare their fangs. From leisurely conversation to ugly confrontation. And the switch is made by using fictional elements cleverly, putting conditions and the characters’ mood changes in their proper perspective so as to move the story to its surprising climax without showing any strain.Here’s how Wharton did it: She shows Mrs. Slade and Mrs. Ansley to be genuinely friendly with each other at first at a restaurant that commands a view of the Colosseum, one of the eight wonders of the world. Wharton gets Mrs. Slade thinking on this.