Contrary to that, there are also multiple similarities between their societal behaviors involving mental illnesses and ours. In Jane Eyre, there can be many arguments made on characters that can be considered ‘mentally incompetent’ or ‘insane’. One example would be Aunt Reed, who found it impossible to care for Jane as her own child simply because she did not like the child’s mother. Today, Aunt Reed would be designated as having Avoidant Attachment Disorder. This mental illness would be diagnosed based upon her hostility, her criticism, her self-important image and her lack of empathy towards Jane.
When they finally are able to move back into Angela’s hometown of Limerick they live in a house that is not much better than what they left in the United States. In fact, this house is considerably worse than their home in New York. They have to share a lavatory, which is located right in front of their house and leaves a nasty odor and sometimes overflows, with their neighbors. Being in Limerick, which is a part of southern Ireland, makes finding a job even more difficult because the southern Irish hate those from the North like Frank’s father. Not only does this make finding a job next to impossible it also gets him a great deal of disrespect from the community, especially from Angela’s sister and mother.
John Proctors wife Elizabeth becomes upset when she learns the alone time Proctor and Abigail shared and is convinced they are pursuing an affair. This shows the lack of connection in their relationship, which makes Elizabeth feel lonely and upset. The lack of acceptance shown by Proctor takes a toll on Elizabeth, as she believes Abigail will accuse her of witchcraft. Another text that relates to belonging includes the film Little Miss Sunshine. The lack of communication and acceptance is a key concept throughout the movie.
Within the short story "The Painted Door" Ann shows that she experiences feelings of depression, and isolation. Ann's negative mood is apparent through the story and can be seen at any time during the story. Ann's husband is named John and through the story she says many sarcastic and condescending comments, "plenty of wood to keep me warm - what more could a women ask for" (Ross 288). It is clear that Ann is unhappy with John and not satisfied with him. She does not want John to go to his father's house to check on him because she does not want to be left alone in the house when there is a snowstorm is taking place outside.
Upon the Burning of Our House In the poem, “Upon the Burning of Our House,” Anne Bradstreet demonstrate a gloomy yet appreciative attitude towards gods, spiritual of the possessions. S: Subject: The woman has her house burned down P: Purpose: Your possessions in the human world is meaningless, that only things that worth meaning is the heaven, eternity. O: Occasion: Anna Bradstreet were mourning over her house got burned down. She then begins to feel the remorseful and realize that Puritan, her religion belief that the possessions you own does not belong to you but God’s. T: Title: The title describe the women with her riches house got burned down T: Tone: Anne Bradstreet poem, “Upon the Burning of Our House” is resentful and remorseful.
In Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” the author uses setting to reflect the many developing sociopathic characteristics of Miss Emily Grierson. Her eccentric, antisocial personality leads the reader to believe she has some type of mental defect. The different settings are used in a way to show her mental decline throughout the story. Emily uses the death of her father and her sheltered lifestyle to her advantage by bully those around her into getting exactly what she wants. These attributes are shown her doorstep, in the parlor of her home, and her secret upstairs room.
Budge Wilson’s “Lysandra’s Poem” demonstrated how adversity pushed Lysandra to become bitter and cynical, causing her to interpret experiences in a negative light. Budge Wilson depicts how Lysandra’s upbringing in an abusive household caused her bottle up her emotional turmoil. Lysandra’s response to conflict is demonstrated when the Elaine recounts, “If I were in the house at the time, we would race upstairs at the first hint of conflict, and I would watch this withdrawal… I sat on the bed hunched under an afghan while Lysandra read on, her lips in a thin, tight smile.” (126) The way they turned their noses at the first hint of conflict speaks to how Lysandra tried to ignore the problems in her home. However, we see that Lysandra tried to mask her true emotions when her father became abusive. The words “thin” and “tight” to describe her smile illustrated that Lysandra actually felt constricted and angry inside, despite pretending to be happy by putting on a smile.
Blanche blames her sister for leaving her alone to take care of things herself in Belle Reeve which is emphasized by the short sentences used when she says ‘I let the place go! Where were you! In bed with your –Polack!’. The repeated exclamations also further reiterate her feelings of betrayal and loneliness caused by Stella’s absence in her life when she left their home. ‘Polak’ refers to Stanley and his mention here foreshadows the conflict soon to follow between Blanche and him.
Here she is presented as a survivor clinging to her life and possessions; it is poignant that Baby Kochamma has not earned them through personal achievement but simply “inherited by outliving everyone else”. The unattractive hoarding nature of Baby Kochamma is also shown through her obsession of locking away everything inside the house, and we are clearly meant to mock her as indicated by Roy’s derisive words “crockery crooks… cream-bun cravers, or thieving diabetics”. In this sense we cannot sympathise with her, nor are we expected to as shown by Roy’s demeaning treatment of her. We are shown Baby Kochamma’s backstory, suggesting perhaps that Roy is asking us to attempt to understand this character before judging and loathing. In chapter 1 her “unchristian passion” for
Both characters collide with each other over influence of Stella, Blanche’s sister. Eventually, however, Stanley is the victor, raping Blanche and sending her into a completely delusional state. To begin with we can see the way in which the playwright uses the characterisation of Blanche to establish the theme of appearances versus reality in the way in which she struggles to accept the harsh reality of her surroundings. When Blanch first arrives she is shocked by her surroundings: ‘Her expression is one of shocked disbelief. Her appearance is incongruous to this setting.’ When Blanche first is introduced to Stella’s home she is shocked and this establishes Blanche’s strong sense of class, and also that Blanche will be an outsider in this particular setting, never realizing just how harsh it is.