Mr. Darcy on the other hand, is deeply in love with Elizabeth and eloquently proposes by romantically pouring out his heart to her. Yet, Mr. Darcy also manages to offend Elizabeth by commenting on her social inferiority and her badly mannered family, which only further develops Elizabeth’s prejudice against him. Following Elizabeth’s rejection, Darcy, as well as the ostentatious Mr. Collins, is genuinely shocked at her refusal, but for vastly different reasons. While Mr. Collins insulted Elizabeth in reaction to her refusal, Mr. Darcy only asks the reason why. He, unlike Collins, responds in a respectful well-mannered way.
Rubbish at Adultery The title of the poem “Rubbish at Adultery” written by Sophie Hannah sets a straight forward tone that person involved in the adultery is ‘rubbish’ in his act. Hannah uses manifold structure, tone and language to paint humorous picture of an unfaithful relationship. The poem commences with the persona being irritated by the man who has come to have physical relationship with her. ‘Must I give up another night,’ suggests although they made several attempts earlier to have affair, nevertheless, the man has not extended his co-operation and wanted her to listen to his grievances every time they met. This idea is reinforced through the alliterated words ‘whinge and wine’.
Others, such as Charlotte Lucas, are far less discriminatory. She would accept a proposal for “the pure and disinterested desire for an establishment”. This belief was common in the regency era, though Austen greatly criticizes this view through the use of characterisation and circumstances. Austen condemns Charlottes view through the absurd characterisation of her husband, Mr. Collins. His arrogant, pompous character is exaggerated
To a great extent, modern audiences would find the portrayal objectification of women very much ominous, especially in the case of Hero. Shakespeare’s depiction of the interactions between Claudio, her future husband and Leonato, her father prior to Hero’s public shaming conveys this. In act two scene one Leonato says to Claudio ‘take of me my daughter, and with her my fortunes’ (2/1/280). Here the two men are discussing the giving of Hero as if she were an object to be traded and that his adult daughter is in no position to decide who she marries. Shakespeare presents the stranglehold that men have over women and furthers the notion that men view women as items to be controlled in Messina culture.
If we remember that he is speaking to a relative stranger, this is quite inappropriate conversation. He basically accuses his late wife of being unfaithful but Browning has encouraged us to dislike the Duke so much already that it is easy to think he was at fault or is paranoid about what could have been her
On the other hand as stated earlier they can be very lop sided. James Thurber’s 1939 short story of “The Secret life of Walter Mitty” displays how an over bearing wife has control over her husband by her constant nagging and telling him what to do. Walter does exactly what his wife wants but displays defiance when she is not present and drifts off into his own little world making him the man he always wanted to be. In Tristan Bernard’s “I’m Going” play written between 1866 and 1947 is comical and a farce much like James Thurber’s “The secret Life of Walter Mitty”. Though they show differences in reverse role playing of the characters; they bear similarities and share a common theme.
Stanley is guilty of this throughout the whole play by always trying to outsmart Blanche. This is Stanley’s main hamartia in the play. In scene three, Stanley is even willing to hit his wife, who is pregnant with his child, to gain back the respect and power he felt he was losing by having Blanche there. Stanley sees nothing wrong with what he is doing, until it is too late and is incapable of understanding his wrongful fight to gain back his sense of dignity. Modern Tragedy is also described as being the ‘consequence of a man’s total consumption to evaluate himself’.
Firstly, Deception is a major theme within the play. Despite Richard’s physical deformity he was still charismatic and could effectively play with people’s emotions. Richard, after killing Anne’s husband seeks to gain her hand in marriage but was cursed by her saying "Never hung poison on a fouler toad. Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes.” In spite of her obvious dislike towards him, he successfully wins her over by falsely proclaiming his love for her saying “Your beauty was the cause of that effect; Your beauty: which did haunt me in my sleep.” The diction used in this scene highlights Richard’s deceiving skills.
In act I of Othello - Iago, began his plan to make Othello lose faith in his wife. Roderigo is like Iago’s purse, because Roderigo likes Desdemona and wants to know more about her so he gives him whatever he needs because he fears that Iago has not been telling him enough about Desdemona. Roderigo finally realises that Iago has no loyalty to anyone, and that he is only out to benefit himself. He is the outsider in this situation. Cassio is simply a handsome, virile man and this makes Othello jealous.
However, at this point in the play Othello’s own safety remains in doubt. The conversation that takes place is seen as Desdemona trying to suppress her fears for her new husband’s safety by passing the time in light-hearted conversation with Iago, although the subject of their discussion, the characters of women, proves to be highly relevant to Iago’s plots later in the play. Iago cynically devalues women; he accuses them of hypocrisy, deception and wantonness. He accuses women of being blatant hussies and shows very little respect, especially towards his wife, Emilia. Iago noticeably dominates this passage; his comments slip from general conversation to sharp, cynical comments with regards to women.