However he had a tragic flaw but him confessing leads up to his tragic death that causes the audience to feel sympathy. John Proctor’s downfall is initiated by a human flaw which was his inability to control and resist his desire. When his wife Elizabeth got sick began to catch feelings for Abigail. When John Proctor stated “but I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach out for you” (page 15, act one) he shows how at one point he was having an affair behind his wife back and this lead up to all the madness in the town of Salem. When Abigail was talking to Proctor she says “She is telling lies to about me!
Later in the poem, Hughes accuses his wife of abandoning her family. The repetition of “you” in the lines “unravelled your marriage, left your children echoing like tunnels in labyrinth, left your mother a dead-end” emphasises the immensely accusatory tone of the poem. These accusations in The Minotaur show that Hughes puts all blame for their failed marriage onto his wife, and is not taking any of the responsibility. Hughes’s view of Plath is a conflicting perspective to society’s view of the couple’s relationship. How Hughes portrays his conflicting perspective
The man never responded to Curley's wife and she ended up with Curley. 33. Curley's wife compares Lennie's actions to that of a child's and doesn't percieve him as a threat. Steinbeck could be showing Curley's wife's want to fulfill her own needs. She could be overly worried about her loneliness getting to her to where she would go as far as letting Lennie touch her.
In this instance, John’s social standing as a husband and a doctor conspire against the narrator’s enunciation of her illness. A metaphor is offered that serves as a reverberation of the author’s paradigm. Elaborating on the woman’s vision, “she is ... always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight” (Gilman 10). In its generality, the role of the married woman is obstructed by the public eye. The need to obey societal normality hinders a couple from venturing astray from the fray and furthermore, seeking independence.
Due to Candy’s bad impression of Curley’s wife to George and Lennie, George became paranoid and gave Lennie strict rules to follow, which eventually caused Curley’s wife to die as a result. Furthermore, Candy is in the barn staring at Curley’s wife’s dead body and cursing at her by saying, “You God damn
Explore the ways sympathy for and/or dislike of a character is created Lennie in Steinbeck’s novel, Of Mice and Men, is among the principal characters and Lennie’s simplicity is central. Since the tragedy depends upon the inevitable outcome and we know from the start that Lennie is doomed, we must be sympathetic to him. Steinbeck creates sympathy for Lennie because of his utter helplessness in the face of the events that unfold. Lennie is totally defenseless. He cannot avoid the dangers presented by Curley, Curley’s wife, or the world at large.
Amir’s mother died in childbirth and at times, Amir feels like Baba resents him for taking the life of his beautiful wife. Throughout the novel, Amir continues to resent himself for not living up to his father’s reputation as a great man. Amir often backs down from confrontations, something Baba would never do. When Hassan is being raped for Amir’s kite, Amir watches only for a moment before running away. Baba on the
We are introduced from the beginning of Raymond Carver’s Cathedral to a man that seems to be perturbed and agitated. The husband “ wasn’t enthusiastic about [Robert] visit, he was no one [he] knew. And his being blind bothered [him].” (20) He is uninterested in the relationship that Robert has with his wife. (21) The only reason he knows any thing about Robert is because she told him, he didn’t ask and didn’t care to know. We see how selfish and self centered the narrator is as he has thoughts of, “this blind man” “coming to sleep in [his] house” and telling his wife “maybe [he] could take him bowling” (22).
He was not open up to changes; he preferred to stay in his old ways. When his wife had purchased a new sofa, he was not comfortable with the change. He wished he still had the old one which he would be more comfortable. This goes on to show that he was trapped in his own way and does not readily accept changes. The narrator showed little appreciation for his wife and had no friends.
Lord Cap, a friendly, yet temperamental guy, is now devastated. “Death, that hath at’en her hence to make me wail, ties up my tongue and will not let me speak.”(IV.v.33-34) Lord Cap is speechless, however, he had a lot to say when Juliet told him the truth about what she wanted. He didn’t know what was awaiting him until it came. Now Lord Cap is full of despair and guilty. He states, “O Heaven!- O wife, look how our daughter bleeds!