Gwen is also in a very irrational nation as she came from a poor and always is stressed. Her bad temper has led her to her own distinctive world. In the play, Away, Gwen is very stereotyping against Tom and had called him ‘Motorbikes, Tattoos, Drinks. A sad dirty life’ .She calls him this because he is from a very country family but Meg only thinks of Tom as a friend and due to Gwen’s negative opinion towards Tom creates a barrier between the mother and daughter. During Act I, Scene 2, Gwen asks for a ‘Bex’ which is a medicine like panadol and the Bex symbolises her domestic world by only more wealthy people are able to use Bex.
From the perspective we watch them through the viewpoint of a play which allows us to make our own opinions of the characters. Tennessee Williams exhibits how in out of place Blanche is in their house with nobody siding with her, especially her own sister who chooses her partner over her sister, triggering the audience to feel pity for Blanche. Throughout the scene Stanley is messing with Blanche while Blanche is frantically trying to avoid him, "I warn you, don't, I'm in danger!" The panic in her voice could be that she is aware of what is
Here the audience is left with an unanswered question as to how the feud started and from the prologue we are left wondering if anger and hate will lead to the death of the two “ star crossed lovers”. The prologue also contains many oxymorons such as “civil” and “blood”.shakespeare uses these oxymorons to show contradicting ideas which the play is full of. The play begins with a fight between the servants of both families. Shakespeare does this to show the immense hatred that is shared between both families as even the servants get involved and to set the scene for violence and bloodshed. In act 1 scene 5 we see the hatred between the two families through the
In Jing-Mei’s point of view she was rude to her mom by bringing back terrible memories. While Jing-Mei’s mom was yelling at her, Jing-Mei brought up “I wish I were dead like them.” (Tan41). What Jing-Mei means is she wants to be dead like her past siblings. Before Jing-Mei was born her mom had other children but they all died, so Jing-Mei was the only one that lived. In Amy’s point of view she was rude to David her “best friend”.
She tries to manipulate Stella and tries to blame her for the loss. She says that if she would have stayed during the hard times to help the others through their sickness and death that she could have focused more on taking care of the home instead of everyone else Blanche pokes fun at Stella's lifestyle and social standing when she herself is in an even worse situation. She is homeless and staying where ever she can. She is defending herself against blame for the loss of Belle Reve before Stella can even put her two cents in. In Stella’s eyes she thought that she was just one more person in the way.
The manner in which the nun said that made Esperanza feel like “nothing” (5). Esperanza realizes how poverty affects her and lessens her and her families options. A main object that represents her poverty would be her house and she knows this and understands that she wants a real house and a better life to be happier. Esperanza hates being poor and also hates her house for representing her poverty. The readers can tell she hates her house and poverty when she points out her house to Sister Superior and she “started to cry” (45).
There were times where Bone recalls “afterward, Mama would cry and wash my face and tell me not to be so stubborn, not to make him so mad” (Allison 110) which places the blame completely on Bone. I think the biggest factor into engagement was Anney’s refusal to leave Glen even after she knew, Bone’s lack of identity, the pre-existing idea that the family was trash, and her constant desire to please her mother even telling her mother “I could never hate you” after she witnesses the abuse. As Bone gets older she finds even more reason to blame herself for the abuse. She even blames her looks saying that her ugliness explains why Daddy Glen is
In Alldredge’s criticism of Faulkner’s novel As I Lay Dying one of the prominent things she discusses and give a valid, and strong point on is Addie Bundren’s favoritism to her illegitimate son Jewel and how it made Darl become bitter and eventually undoes him. When Alldredge states that Addie’s “relationships, or lack of them, with [her]… family is essential to any understanding of the inner conflicts in her children” (Alldredge) this is especially true with Darl. She hardly paid attention to her other children besides Jewel and it really struck home with Darl. Darl is so bitter by his mother and Jewel’s relationship that he keeps him from her death bed and his excuse is that “[He] wants [Jewel] to help [him] load” (Faulkner 7.6-10) knowing full well that his mother would want Jewel there more than anything. Does Darl care?
But by her nervous depression as stated in the text (Gillman 478). Which would be a reason that would cause her to be trapped. Her husband had moved her to a colonial mansion to help her get better with what he labeled was a nervous depression, where she then had to practice the rest cure. Where she was unable to have any communication, do any of her housekeeping, take care of her child, or even write which is what she enjoyed most. All of her womanly duties that were expected of her at that time period were stripped from her.
How does Hill convey relationships in the novel King of the Castle? Hill is describing Kingshaw’s relationship with his mother as not a good one. We see this as Kingshaw is thinking back to his past experiences with his mother, “He wished she were dead instead of his father”. Here Hill is trying to portray that Kingshaw’s mother is an extremely unlikable person and a terrible parent. Here, Kingshaw’s mother is trying to treat both the boys with equal respect.“I shall not make a favourite of my own child”, which is conveyed to the reader constantly as throughout the novel as her respect for her own child declines as her feelings for Mr Hooper increases .