In Edith Wharton’s story “Roman Fever”, Alide Slade and Grace Ansley gave up their friendship because of the pursuit of love and personal interests. They lost their right judgement and lost their self-worth, making their choices for the common lover Delphin Slade, and this choice changed their lives. Alide wants to defend her love, in order to eliminate her rival, write a letter to Grace in Delphin’s tone, wanting Grace to get sick and die. And Grace is a gentle and kind woman who pursues her love at all cost, even health and virginity. In a word, their friendship was the forfeit for their incorrect judgments.
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I agree with your statement about forfeiting their friendship for their judgment. Even though these events happened years ago the two women cannot move past their poor judgment. Its a bit juvenile for them to dwell on these incidents which I think is another example of poor judgement.