who hides and what is hidden? how does deceit function in the world of the play, and how does it help the play comment on life in general? a central motif in the play is trickery or deceit, whether for good or evil purposes. counterfeiting, or concealing one's true feelings, is part of this motif. everyone seems to lie; good characters as well as evil ones engage in deceit as they attempt to conceal their feelings: beatrice and benedick mask their feelings for one another with bitter insults; don john spies on claudio and hero; don pedro and his 'crew' deceive benedick and beatrice.
She is only addressed as “Curley’s Wife” – her real name is never said. This has strong suggestions that women at this time were men’s possessions, as if they were used merely as objects, part of their property and didn’t have the same rights as they did – women are inferior. The phrase “I don’t know why I can’t talk to you. I ain’t doin’ no harm to you” could me shadowing how women are simply seen as either virgins or whores. Curley’s wife is portrayed as being a whore – but this is only due to the way she dresses, her provocative ways and the way she acts around men, as if she is aware of her femininity.
The aberrant perspective of Gilgamesh which I am presenting may seem divergent and atypical when analysed in accordance to our modern values and principles, but to Gilgamesh this would be quite natural. The values and ethics that contemporary readers hold shape their perspective of characters as they respond in various ways to the adventures that said characters undertake. A perfect example of this is when the narrator speaks of the state of Uruk and says “No son is left with his father, for Gilgamesh takes them all”. From this, the contemporary audience frames Gilgamesh as an immoral tyrant, as their value of free will is being challenged. However, Gilgamesh’s intentions were in the interest of the people, as he moulded the sons into warriors to protect the city.
These books established the atmosphere and seductiveness of”utopia" and fear of the consequences of acting in the non-prescribed way through character development. A single character is alienated because of his inability to conform. The characters struggle to hide this fact from the state's relentless supervision. This struggle leads them to eventual conflict with some hand of the state, which serves as the author's voice presenting the reader with the 'absurdity' of the principles on which the society is based. The similar fear of the state's abuse of power and technology at the expense of human individuality present within these novels speaks to the relevance of these novels within their historical context and their usefulness for awakening people to the horrendous consequences of their ignorance.
A Reality Check With the use of symbolism, Aldous Huxley creates a beautiful novel that in essence warns his audience of the future. Huxley’s clever use of symbols in the Brave New World, is often apparent, but just as often, they are deeper and less apparent. With his satirical references to sex, drugs, technology and the naming of his characters, Huxley relates his novel back to his readers and their future. Without recognizing these symbols, the readers could find this novel confusing and ridiculous; but with each symbolic object and person comes a clearer picture of what Huxley us really trying to convey. When reading the Brave New World, the sexual references are often the first things that stand out to the audience.
However, women aren’t innocent in this controversy either. They have some control over the attention they receive based on how they dress and present themselves socially. I know for a fact the reason my friend dresses up and stands out it for the attention. In conclusion I agree with Sheets-Johnstone’s thoughts about women only being seen as body parts and objects. Although some perspectives on the subject claim women live in bad faith and put themselves in situations to be defined as a body part, if there was no routine of male’s looking or the notion to dominate and females attention starvation or feelings to please, there would be no need for a dominant and submissive relationship.
You know, she was a great lady.’” (Lee 147). Atticus understands the true strength she possessed and tries to enlighten Jem, and he is comforted by Atticus, but still confused. The social hierarchy of Maycomb is an interesting one. While it is full of hard-working people, and personifies the ideal capitalist environment in which the town drunk is at the bottom and hard-working
Shows the dishonesty many people had at the time in order to gain a high status and to attain wealth. Best—None Worst—her dishonesty and her tendency to lie. Her role is to mainly represent the type of woman that were prominent at the time—she is boyish, self-centered, and very rather arrogant. * “I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known”-Page 53. This is important as it shows Nick’s confidence in his individual cardinal value and throughout the novel we, as the reader, depend on him for unbiased facts.
The townsfolk develop a mysterious wonderment as to why Hester seems relatively unfazed wearing the letter day in day out. “But did ever a woman, before this brazen hussy, contrive such a way of showing it! Why, gossips, what is it but to laugh in the faces of our godly magistrates, and make a pride out of what they, worthy gentlemen, meant for a punishment?”(Hawthorne et al. 47). Her reputation as time passes continuously gets better because people will speak with her and realize she is not an evil, dark
Ryan Cho Per 1 12/13/11 Women as Objects In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, women are perceived as mere objects rather than human beings. They are treated like property, having marriages arranged for them and being adopted as either potential wives or servants. Compared with today’s society, people throughout the novel definitely treasure women just as much as we do now but from a different approach. This causes women in the novel, especially Elizabeth, to become dependent on the people around them. In the novel, women play an important role being highly valued as objects but become passive as a result.