... mind set. Despite the unfairness of the period in which the story takes place, certain women try in their own way to rise above the binds of tradition and show feminine power. In The Odyssey, through cunning manipulation and plotting three women stand their ground in individual protests to get what they want; Penelope’s trickery in evading the impatient marriage proposals by suitors, Helen’s deceit over Menelaos during the Trojan War, and finally the control that Nausicaa seems have upon first meeting Odysseus each illustrate power possessed by females of the epic. At the Epic’s beginning the reader finds Penelope, Odysseus’ wife in Ithica ...
... classic Greek definition of a tragic hero. One characteristic of the tragic hero, which Jon Proctor possesses, is that he is a man of stature. This is evident from the very beginning of the play in the exposition about Proctor. The author says, “He was a kind man-powerful of body, even tempered and not easily led”(20). He goes on to say that he has a “quiet confidence and an unexpressed hidden force”(21). He is well respected in the community and Mr. Parris, the town Reverend, goes as far as to say that he has “followers”(30). Also, at the end of the play Parris and Danforth want to post his confession of being in league with the devil on the Church ...
... by all the commotion which was taking place. This story is truly a legend because it is stated in the introduction of the book that there was actually a King Arthur who lived many centuries ago. This story has also been handed down through many generations. Though there are many parts in the book that stray away from the legend, this is a novel that lets the reader use his or her imagination and wonder in far off places. This book “remains an enchanted sea for the reader to swim about in delighting at the random beauties of fifteenth-century prose.” The fact that this is a myth allows the reader to be prepared for some strange occurrences. Obviously most of the ...
... in the book. David Herbert Lawrence was born in 1885, in Eastwood, England. Eastwood is an industrial town, the main industry being coal mining. In the novel, Eastwood becomes the town of Bestwood. As in the novel, Lawrence’s family was poor and working class. Lawrence was a sickly child (Croom, 1996). He had bronchitis a mere two weeks after he was born, and lung problems would plague him all his life, eventually developing into repeated bouts of pneumonia which permanently weakened his lungs (Meyers, p. 248). Eventually, it was tuberculosis, which attacked his weakened lungs, that killed him (Moynahan, p. xiii). At that time, one of the few ways for a poor perso ...
... is an example of the excessive pride because he feels that he can sin and meet with the Devil because of this promise that he made to himself. There is a tremendous irony to this promise because when Goodman Brown comes back at dawn; he can no longer look at his wife with the same faith he had before. When Goodman Brown finally meets with the Devil, he declares that the reason he was late was because "Faith kept me back awhile." This statement has a double meaning because his wife physically prevented him from being on time for his meeting with the devil, but his faith to God psychologically delayed his meeting with the devil. The Devil had with him a staff that ...
... character and grows throughout the story. Another irony near the beginning of the story is when Taylor's car breaks down and she is given an Indian baby, she finds herself in the predicament that she was trying to avoid in Kentucky. Back in Kentucky she was proud that she made it through high school without becoming pregnant and having to take on that responsibility. When she leaves her home town she also wants to leave it all behind. It's is symbolized by her changing her name and leaving without second thoughts. I found it interesting that Kingsolver decided to make Taylor one eighth Indian and have the baby full Indian. This might have been done to try and ma ...
... and create a bias. One can not know what was going on in the salesperson's mind. By providing her own evidence in an example, Tannen limits some of her open-mindedness and replaces it with bias. The context of this example can affect the interpretation because the reader knows nothing about the salesperson except for his profession. The man might have feared the thought of losing his job if he had not known how to fix Tannen's camera. The man's boss might have been standing next to him when this incident occurred. Tannen's interpretation of this example is that the salesperson gave her all the unwanted information on her camera in order to prov ...
... needs, Kino symbolizes "clearly good and innocent" (McCarthy 108), but Kino changes in his desperate attempt to bring about wealthy reforms. Even his conscience, which is symbolized by the music in Kino's head, tries to warn him about his greed. This ‘music' symbolizes ones own conscience in the real world. By the end of this relentless parable, the reader sees the irony in the fact that even a good person can be led astray by his feeling of inner responsibility to provide for his family (Warren 128). Kino's actions, which are being motivated to raise Coyotito, his son, in greatness leads to the death of Coyotito, which is Kino's greatest loss (McCarthy 108). ...
... they meant so much to him, Unlike the child “ A Child’s Christmas in Wales”. In both of the stores the similarities can be contrasted by saying. Is that one similarity that stood out and also really brought the two stories together. Was how both of these family’s in both of the stores had such a love for each other and which in both of the store brought them together and how the both of the family’s prepared there food around the Christmas time. Also the Christmas feeling that both of the family’s had around the Christmas time. From the falling story’s “ A Christmas Memory “ by Truma Capote, and “ A Child’s Christmas in Wales” by Dylan ...
... to write. She does not even have a say in the location or décor of the room she is forced to spend almost even moment in. Furthermore, visitors are absolutely not allowed. She says, “It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work…but he says he would as soon put fireworks in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now”(Gilman 635). Mrs. Mallard in “The Story of an Hour” had to deal with the same sort of affliction. Her husband had control over her “body and soul”. She felt that he lived her life for her and did “not believe that anyone had the right to ...
