In the play, Away, written by Michael Gow, there are many characters who are trapped in their distinctive worlds. However there are two characters that are in desperate need of change. Gwen who is a very materialistic and sarcastic person while Coral who is very withdrawn from reality due to her son’s death. Gwen, who is stuck in her domestic world, has a habit of asking hypophoric questions like ‘Whose idea was it to do Shakespeare? Very silly choice if you ask me’.
In this story Panttaja says it is both mothers that are wicked. Panttaja states the real mother “plots and schemes, and she wins” (Panttaja 660) when it comes to fulfilling the wishes of Ashputtle. But actually the two mothers have the same goal in mind; to have their daughters married off and have a joyful life. To be able to do this, the real mother puts a charm on the prince to make him fall in love with Ashputtle instead of anyone else. The prince did not dance with anyone else all night and would always say “she is my partner” (Grimm 630).
The story goes by and the setting does not change, that is why the woman goes crazier and starts crawling into the wallpaper trying to help get the woman out. It is not to late before she realizes that she is insane and the woman she tries to get out of the wallpaper is only herself. There is also some kind of irony in the story because her husband puts her into that room without activity or work to help her problem. But the irony is that instead of helping her, it just makes the woman more insane because she imagines more things. The setting impacted the character in the story because the woman was in that lonely room the whole time and the woman just felt more insane.
We are so dependent on how we look and if were popular with our pears that we don’t show the real side to us and have a fake image that projects to everyone. But sooner or later our charade falters and crumbles into dust leaving your real personality. All though you lose some friendships, you can develop more real friendships on truth and honesty. In the ‘Little Red Hen written by Diane Blacklock’ he main character, Meg was shown to be naïve to the opposite sex, when she saw him on the train she thought that from one look that he was hot and also she believed in her mind that he was a ‘nice guy’. So when he came into the chicken shop after she was
Misha Myles Ms. Broaddus English AP 12 December 2011 Miss-Judgment Judging others by only their outward appearance and background isn’t always an effective way to get to know or understand one’s nature. In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen the character Elizabeth is influenced by one’s vanity and demeanor and is quick to judge their character. Which she later realize about her grave mistake when she understands that she has miss-judgment of both Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth plays an important role in the novel; she is the most logical out of all of her sisters. Austen reveals Elizabeth’s character as an example about how she wanted to have her own self independence during that time period.
After Stanley leaves for the Four Deuces, but he says, “Not in front of your sister”(P.78). Blanche nervously asks Stella what people have been saying about her. She begins to confess that she was not always so good when she was under the stress of lossing the Belle Reve. She begins to talk frank of being soft and growing old and worrying that she no longer has what it takes to “turn the
Even though these people lead completely different lives, they are somehow interconnected with one another. Carolyn is a difficult character to figure out during the entire film. The beginning scenes show her tending to her beautiful roses. In later scenes, the audience will soon realize she cares more about materialistic things than her own family. She is very controlling and rude to her husband Lester and daughter Jane.
These stories of Flo’s keep Rose’s mind wondering what to expect on the train ride and again when she arrives in Toronto. Rose doesn’t have the best self esteem as she is always concerned with what people think of her. She often fantasizes about older men in her hometown and these experiences carry with her onto the train ride. Rose is a very shy young woman who is concerned about her appearance and what others will derive from it. The purpose of her trip to Toronto is to acquire some different things for herself and a few things for Flo, mostly cosmetics and toiletries.
Then the author uses the word “magic” to describe puberty as if it is something spectacular. Once puberty occurs the girl is accused of having a “great big nose and fat legs” which are looked down at in modern society. Even though she is also acknowledged as “healthy” and “tested intelligent” which is something most try and fail to achieve she goes around “apologizing” for her looks. This plainly demonstrates negative peer pressure since all she can focus on is the negative aspects of her life and no matter how she good she is in everything else “everyone saw a fat nose on thick legs”. Some advised her to “play coy” a trait many girls go by while others told her to be “hearty”, fit in with the boys, neither of these were her.
She is as duped by her husband, Iago, as much as the rest of the cast and she tries to amend her wrongdoings in the end by telling the truth to Othello although she is too late to save her mistress, Desdemona. Bianca on the other hand is women who I believe is in on the whole plot to ruin Othello. In my readings I think that Iago uses this women for his