It is true to say that a comedy involves ‘men of a middling estate’, in MAAN the protagonists share the company of the Prince Don Pedro, and are socially superior to the watchmen such as Dogberry and Verges. What Snyder is implying is that comedies centre very much on social hierarchy and formalities. The males in MAAN use language in order to demonstrate their position in society, in time of production courtiers were expected to speak in highly contrived language but to make their clever performances seems effortless; this is no more evident than of Benedick who constantly uses wit in order to prove his wisdom to the other characters. In his ‘merry-war’[1] with Beatrice he responds shrewdly and fast-paced, calling her - in response to one of her remarks - a
"Piggy was an outsider, not only by accent, which did not matter, but by fat, and ass-mar, and specs, and a certain disinclination to manual labour." (chapter page ) his physical appearance and obvious weaknesses sets him apart from the other boys and for this reason is victimised by Jack. These traits prevent Piggy from being the leader even though he was the most intelligent on the island. Ralph says, ‘Piggy, for all his ludicrous body, had brains’ (chapter page ) and as Ralph discovers the shell on the beach it was piggy who knew what it was and piggy who suggested what to do with it. From the beginning of the novel, piggy has a connection with the conch, it symbolises civilisation as the boys used it to maintain order in the meetings.
He says to his wife “You’d never guess what that kid has been doing up there!” After Terry’s uncle and aunt find what he has been doing, they both laughed at the fact that a boy was playing with paper dolls. However, Terry
The men who view him this way are totally different from each other. For example, George plays the role of the family member to Lennie, which at times makes him act cruel towards Lennie. At first, Crooks views Lennie as just another one of the workers who treats him badly then later realizes he is a nice and caring man. Curley on the other hand strongly dislikes big men and being that Lennie is a big guy, Curley never gives Lennie a chance to be friends. Lennie is viewed by s few characters in the novel and it affects their characterization.
As Jenijoy La Belle writes, “A friend swiped a loofah from the bathroom of a man whom she was keen—though he was barely aware of her existence” (2). This is vapid because it is obviously based on nothing if he doesn't even notice her, so it can't be meaningful that is not the way someone pictures love to be. La Belle also shows how infatuation isn't true feelings with, “But remember that these dizzy feelings are transitory and illusory” (3). There she shows how with all her experience that she can plainly claim that infatuation is temporary and unreal. She even describes these feelings as being dizzy which they can be, what a person feels during infatuation is very confusing and overwhelming.
The people he has convinced of reasonable doubt are “goddam geniuses” and “smart bastards” who have been “bulldozed by bunch’a what d’ya call ‘em – intellectuals.” The inference here is not necessarily that the 10th Juror is stupid (though the 9th Juror does say of the 10th that “It suddenly occurs to me that you must be an ignorant man”) and the 8th Juror smart, but that education can create a class division and that those without an education can become suspicious of those that do because intellectualism can be used to manipulate people. The 10th Juror is not convinced by the testimony of “phoney psycho whatever-you-call-it-stuff” (i.e the psychiatrist’s report) but by the instinctive believe in class. The boy must have done it because of his social
On top of this he is almost imprisoned by his ‘crooked’ back even though his isolation gives him the freedom to ‘leave his things about’ and to have personal space. This gives him power which he craves so much and is jealous of. This is the place where he feels he has power as opposed to when he exits it. In the other chapter Crooks opened the door ‘quietly’ and only put in his ‘lean negro head’. He is extremely polite, unlike the way he lashes out at Lennie shouting he’s ‘got a right to a light’.
Paul feels alienated because he does not feel that he fits in with society. In an attempt to find a place he belongs as well as indulge in his feeling for something much greater, Paul turns to and obsesses over the arts. Those who know or talk to Paul is able to see that this is nowhere near normal. He hides behind the smile on his face and acting as if nothing is wrong. The narrator explains “[h]e
Gatsby however is shown more positively even though he represents everything that Nick, our narrator, is not. Comparing Tom and Gatsby it becomes obvious how different they are. Tom was born to wealth and expects thing to go his way, he is domineering and a bit of a brute, this is shown when he physically attacks Myrtle in chapter 2, when she challenges his alpha male attitude. Gatsby on the other hand is calm throughout the novel and does not steep to Toms level of physical violence, this makes Tom seem like a savage, especially since he is representing
During The Great Gatsby, Gatsby makes a large fortune for him self; he was kind of selfish he can do what he wanted. Gatsby, he created who he is for the sole purpose of gaining daisy's love, therefore, he doesn’t have the class or stile where he from (east egg). He looks great from the outside but on the inside he is an ordinary man, not the theatrical "Great Gatsby." Tom believes himself to be higher than everyone else, which is why he fails to keep his affair with Myrtle more discreet. Tom has no goals or dreams like Gatsby, and also he is an arrogant egotistical and limited man.