(Everybody knows) she's a femme fatale

To go back to Daisy Miller, I thought it was funny that she was typified by Professor Sexson in class as the Jungian image of "the anima: the girl in white, a religious or mystical figure of innocence, a projection of purity". Are we talking about the same character? Maybe the term "anima" by itself I could concede to as a description of this girl's role, since the anima in Jungian theory is supposed to represent the feminine impulses within the male subconcious. But as for the rest of that- "woman in white, projection of purity"- I think we're giving this girl a little too much credit. I think Daisy Miller falls under another category of archetypical females: the "femme fatale" . The Velvet Underground (with the help of singer Nico on this track) wrote a song paying homage to this devious figure (that comes to us off this really amazing album ^) in which they much summed up Daisy and her kind in one line in the chorus: "She's just a little tease". I think it is made obvious in the text that Daisy's relations with Winterbourne and other men in the story are simply her leading them on- like we said, she's a "pretty American flirt". Well, I'm saying flirting can be "fatale" (was it really the fever that did her in?) So I don't know how other people are interpreting Ms. Miller's role, but I just don't find teasing of this calibur to be "innocent" or "pure". She is a "deadly woman" - using her feminine charm to evade and allure and fulfill a hidden agenda. I'm definitely not saying that the men are victims in this story thought. Daisy Miller is completely transparent yet they still allow themselves to be at her mercy, even though "everybody knows she's a femme fatale"