Willy’s downfall is a result of his reluctance to face his shame, his guilt towards his affair and the way Biff’s life turned out, and the social pressures of success. Willy denies the feeling of shame, affecting him and his family. Willy turns to another woman out of loneliness for Linda, deeply within; his feelings of shame are related to the need of a woman. Shame, inadequacy and inferiority evince the need to “be liked and never want” (Arthur Miller 21). This is apparent within Willy and his sons.
As much as Luke claims he cares about the river’s state of being, it seems that he’s more worried about the actual principle of it and the fear of future disturbances of the Tamassee. Ruth’s parents, Ellen and Herb Kowalsky, obviously did not care at all about the laws they would violate, they were miserable over the loss of their daughter and were willing to fight endlessly to get her body out and give her a proper burial. The local farmers like Maggie’s dad, cousins, and friends, were not clear on the side they were on. They felt bad for the Kowalsky’s and were sick of being told
For example, her parents were racists because they did not allow their daughter to date Indians while he comes from an open-minded family who loved him dearly. For instance, Junior’s parents transferred him to Reardon because they want the best for him, but they also warn him that change will be hard. In conclusion, even though there are extreme differences between Penelope and Junior, both feel lonely
After all of this, Cole loses any connection he had with the ranch on which he was raised. John Grady Cole also has a series of emotional goodbye’s with close friends and family members that help shape him to be the man he is. Firstly, before Cole leaves for Mexico he must say goodbye to his mother and father. Cole’s mother is an aspiring actress whose intentions are to sell the ranch owned my Cole’s grandfather, which causes a divide between the two. Cole’s father is a professional gambler who loves his son, but feels as though he has failed him.
He cares about her wife, Eurydice, as well because Creon wanted to suicide when he saw his son and wife died in scene 8. In the play Antigone, Creon is not a loving ruler because he is stubborn and doesn’t listen to advice and Creon doesn’t listen or believe the prophet. He only wants what he thinks is the best. He doesn’t even bother asking the people of Thebes for advice. He is a one man state and will only does what benefits the people of Thebes.
Brait 1 Mike Brait Ms. Palazzolo ENG 4U1 1 November 2012 Inner Conflict Throughout “The Painted Door” and “The Lamp at Noon” Carlos Fuentes once said “Love can isolate us from everything around us. But in its absence we can be filled with the fear that something comparable exists.” In both stories, the love of a soul mate causes isolation around them. Ann, the protagonist in “The Painted Door”, and Ellen, the main character in “The Lamp at Noon”, both give up their lives to become farmers’ wives out of love for their husbands. This immense love for their husbands is the direct cause of the isolation they are experiencing. Both women crave attention and interaction with other people, which is the reason of inner conflict.
On the other hand when I finished reading “The Story of an Hour” I was shocked and confused. I didn’t understand the death of Mrs. Millard. I think the author could have elaborated more on her death. The ending of the story didn’t make me happy like “Clever Manka.” It made me sad that seeing her husband alive has caused her to die. I guess her ready for the world of possibilities came crashing down when she saw her husband walking through that door.
She also decided to give more precedence to career rather than her family which in turn created a huge gap between herself and her family. As she became obsessed with her work, she began to overlook her family. In this way, the ambition for the top, the allotment of more time for work all contributed in weakening Kate’s family relationships. In the novel, Crow Lake it was also revealed how loneliness can bring two teens together through the relationship between Matt Morrison and Marie Pye. As Mary’s brother Laurie ran way from home after the clash with their father Calvin Pye, their mother got sick.
They have arranged marriages rather than marrying freely to whom you ever you desire. Marriage and tradition play a huge role in the short story “Marriage Is a Private Affair” by Chinua Achebe, where we have the main character Nnaemeka does not follow his tradition and therefore is an outcast in his own tribe. Marriage and tradition bump heads throughout the story which causes pain, rejection, and neglect. When Nnaemeka tells his father that he is going to get married his father is in total disbelief and does not agree with his son’s choice. Nnaemeka marries out of tradition, where the father chooses who he wants his son to marry.
Central Conflict The main conflict is character versus character. This conflict is between the members of the Goodman family. The reason why that is the parents are divorced and it brings so much stress on the children. So when the mother sends the children, Sally, Hugh and Bethan, to spend their first proper holiday with their estranged archaeologist father, they are happy and uncomfortable to be with him, due to the fact that they don’t see him that often.. The conflict is resolved in favour of the protagonist, the Goodman children, because all they really wanted was for their family to be together and that is what happens at the end of the story.