( p.30) Winston felt guilty since he thought that he was the reason his mother and sister disappeared. He felt that his mother's disappearance was somehow caused by his higher social status. "He was out in the light and air while they were being sucked down to death, and they were down there because he was up here." (p.29) Winston's longing for his mother still exists even thirty years after his mother's death. In the mean time, he also dreams of a romanticized past where there was still basic freedoms like privacy, love, and friendship.
In “Pathedy of Manners” by Ellen Kay, the character seems to represent lack of satisfaction, lost opportunity and regret. The poem paints for the readers, an image of a girl that had it all. She was Phi Beta Kapa in college, smart, pretty and sought after by men. She even went on to get married, “They had an ideal marriage and ideal but lonely children in an ideal house.” This shows that the children were not given much attention. Not even the children are happy in the “ideal house.” Later the poem says: “I saw her yesterday at forty-three, her children gone, her husband one year dead, toying with plots to kill time and re-wed illusions of lost opportunity."
In the short story The Necklace by De Maupassant shows that Mme Loisel has lost her friend Mme Foresters necklace. When Loisel goes to a very fancy event she borrows her friend’s necklace. But when the necklace is lost she has to replace it, with a very expensive replica. After ten years of rough long hard work the necklace is finally paid off. But when Mme Loisel, says hello to her old friend she is not recognized by how run down she looks.
Short Analysis of Jane Eyre , Chapter 21 This chapter shows the developments of some major characters who influenced Eyre's childhood, making it miserable. Also, it can be called reward and punishment chapter because everyone gets what he/she deserves; Mrs. Reed's spoiled son John has committed a suicide, so her health deteriorates, "her life has shorten by trouble." And then a spasm constricted her mouth for an instant." P. 290. And when she passes away, no one feels sad or pity for her.
Although, he is not in love with the Daisy’s personality, he is infatuated by her looks. One could say that he is in love with the illusion of daisy. The idea of her still being the same girl he left behind before going to war is the idea he obsesses over. He does not realize that he can not just pick up where he left off. When he returned to his beloved Daisy, she had broken her promise and married a wealthy man as well as had a child.
The narrator’s words give a great portrayal of the relationship between the false news and how Mrs. Mallard’s thoughts formed. The narrator explained how she didn’t take the news in the manner that others did, she was unable to grasp its terrifying impact. Then later explains how Mrs. Mallard tried to fight it but then embraced the excitement she was having about her husband’s death and what was to come for her (Chopin, 2011, para. 3 and para. 10-11).
In the story, independence is portrayed as a pleasure that is forbidden . As such, it should only be imagined by anyone only when they are alone. When Louise hears of her husband's death, she is immediately hit with grief. Her reaction is what is expected, though it may be less painful than for other women. When Louise is alone, she starts realizing that with her husband's death, she now has her independence.
Compare and Contrast Guy de Maupassant ‘The Necklace’ and Raymond Carver ‘Neighbours’ In The Necklace and Neighbours, both couples are envious of their neighbours or friends lives. In the Necklace, Mathilde Loisel is jealous of the luxuries of high class persons; she is particularly jealous of her friend Jeanne Forrestier that after visiting her, she feels depressed, pg. 5, lines 9-12, “She had a rich friend, a comrade from convent days, whom she did not want to see anymore because she suffered s much when she returned home. She would weep for the entire day afterward with sorrow, regret, despair and misery.” Similarly, in Neighbours both Bill and Arlene Miller are jealous of the life that their neighbours, Harriet and Jim Stone live; the going out to dinner, entertaining at home, and the travelling because of Jim’s work. Also, in both stories, something goes wrong.
The writer portrays Mathilde Loisel as a beautiful woman: ‘she was one of those pretty and charming girls.’ Although she has a comfortable home and a devoted husband, she is unsatisfied and she is oblivious to everything except the fact that she doesn’t have much wealthy: ‘she was unhappy, feeling that she was destined for better things in life.’ Her lust for wealth is a constant pain. The write also shows her as a woman of envy as she can’t help but feel jealousy towards her wealthy friend and the thought if going to a party without expensive clothes makes her cry; ‘two large tears were running slowly down her face.’ This shows that Mathilde doesn’t want to be seen in a place full of rich people in her old ragged clothes. The only time the writer shows Mathilde as happy is on the night of the party. This is because her new dress and jewellery make others think that she is one of the wealthy people: ‘all the top ministry officials wanted to dance with her.’ This shows that she blended in with the wealthy crowd but at the same time stood out as well as she looked beautiful. She forgets her old life and imagines herself in a new one.
Situational irony is when the author expects one thing to happen but the opposite occurs. For instance, the reader would have speculated that the news of her husband’s death would have devastated Mrs. Mallard but the exact opposite occurs. Mrs. Mallard is contented and overjoyed by the news because at last she was “Free! Body and soul free!” (Chopin 574-575) While looking out the window she was imagining “…spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own...” (Chopin 574-575) She was eager to live her life without the pressure of a male. The author also relates the theme of the forbidden pleasure of independence in her short story with her use of dramatic irony.