Character Analysis Irene

Irene is the ideal romantic girl — beautiful, unintelligent, and passive. She is like a flower — close to nature and unlearned. Although she becomes stronger after her love affair with Tom Corey is abruptly ended, she is not further developed. Practical enough to know that she must leave home after the blow, she does not return until the need for her arises during her father’s difficulties with business. Her practical abilities are an asset to the family, as she keeps the house in perfect order. A better housekeeper than a student, she does not mentally fit into the Coreys’ society, where but for her father’s money, she might have been their maid.