In conclusion, History.com states that the fact that lots of children died is by far the worst. Another idea, by Alyssa Ford for Minnpost.com is that it is the most deadly blizzard to strike Minnesota. Some reason’s for this are temperatures dropped to as low as -47 degrees Fahrenheit in as little as an hour, it was so cold that it even chilled some parts of Texas to below freezing, the storm also tricked people out of their houses with warm weather, then hit them with cold weather and wind speeds of up to 60 mph. It was such a deadly storm that years after people still walked along with amputated legs, hands, feet, and arms. In conclusion Alyssa ford states that this is the deadliest blizzard to ever hit MN.
I assume that she wants a divorce from her husband but because of the role that society has placed on her, but she is unable to get one because she is very dependent on him. It sounds to me that she is jealous of her male friend who is looking for another wife. It was him and his situation that she was thinking of that brought her to the conclusion that she herself wants a wife. Her situation leads me to believe that during this time in history women were not meant to show signs of aggression, jealousy, or anger because it was a mans world. In Brady’s eyes a wife is a basically a slave at home who cannot have a life of her own.
Also, her lack of intelligence has left her with no job and an inability to get a job. In the story, there are many reasons contributing to Jean’s feeling of emptiness and difficulty in her life. To begin, her husband, Ross feels as though he has married beneath himself, and he does not love her anymore. Their marriage was most likely caused by Jean getting pregnant with their son, which made Ross feel like he had to marry her out of force. In the story, Ross specifically tells their son, Kevin that he should try not to marry beneath himself because he will end up stuck in the same situation as him.
He leaves college to come back and help his mother. After Ethan marries Zeena he is obligated to her needs and medical help. He knows that he should leave but his Aristotelian tragic hero flaw: the many harsh winters in Starkfield, holds him back. Ethan Frome also has a great downfall. When Ethan starts to fall in love with the Mattie, is when he starts to downfall.
I believe John had a genuine concern and love toward his wife but not wise in his treatments of her mental health. He missed the mark in his Isolation treatments toward his wife mental condition. As the Author cites “John does not know how much I really suffer, he knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him”. Moreover, John tried very hard to make his wife comfortable at the house even having his sister help, although she didn’t like it. “There comes John's sister.
1st stanza Preludes 2nd stanza I Burial of the Dead (The Waste Land) 3rd stanza/part of Hollow Men T. S. Eliot wrote “The Waste Land” following the devastation of the First World War. Vast tacts of the once beautiful European countryside had been laid to ruin and were indeed literal waste lands. There were enormous numbers of dead and wounded. Many of those who returned were broken, mere shells of their former selves. The world was forever changed.
That night, it was pandemonium. The piercing screams, desperate yells and gunshots stayed in my mind. I was cold. So, cold. Yet I felt a remarkable dryness float around my body, like a force field of air, trapping all warmth inside, however, no warmth being trapped inside my body.
“And all mankind…. Their household fires” confirms that he’s outside while everyone else is inside. The presence of frost tells the readers that it is winter, and the adjective “spectre-grey” suggests a lifeless landscape. The use of eye as an image of sun in the line “The weakening eye of day” shows that it’s twilight and the light from the sun is fading. The scene has only the barest traces of life, in which natural and human presences are ghostly.
Maggie’s mother was also older and better suited to be a mother because she was older and more experienced however, Maggie’s father also left the family. Maggie turned out to be shy and refrained from social life since she did not leave the house after being burned. “She stoops down quickly and lines up picture after picture of me sitting in front of the house with Maggie cowering behind me” (Walker 746). Too much attention leads to Maggie clinging to her mother and not enough attention drives Emily to not seek out a close relationship with her mother. Both mothers are concerned with the status of their daughters.
Mothers get upset with this because they know that a child needs a father in their life. Wives get lonely. Not only must the father be there for the child but the father must be there for the wife. Wives get sad when they do not get to see their husbands. Most workaholics are in marriages that have been going on for many years, and this lack of attention has been hurting their wife for majority of the relationship.