Gentle music plays in the background of natural sounds including a bird chirping. Piano playing is heard and gradually crescendos as the opening scene progresses. This shows further insight into the context, a popular past-time in the romantic period. Frequent scenes show Elizabeth walking through fields or surrounded by nature, these reiterate the romantic value; the importance of nature and nature’s act as a solace. Nature also acts as an inspiration to Elizabeth, causing her to reflect on and reaffirm her romantic values; the value of nature and emotion over reason.
Gothic fiction became socially acceptable around the time Austen was writing Northanger. Catherine becomes influenced by this new genre of fiction, especially during her visit to Northanger Abbey. Riots and War are another modern element of the time. The French Revolution creates anxiety amongst those in England and poses the threat of riots. Catherine, ignorant to politics, is dealt another contemporary element of the time.
Frome marries Zenobia Pierce prematurely, only to obviate “the mortal silence of…long imprisonment.” (Wharton, page 61) He wanted “the sound of a …voice” to fill the void on his farm. (Wharton, page 61) Likewise, Holden seeks conviviality with Sally Hayes though he dislikes her phoniness. He ends the “depress[ing]” date by calling Sally a “royal pain in the ass.”(Salinger, page 133) Both characters were merely looking for companionship in their otherwise lonely lives but both encounters ended badly, for Frome on a large scale and for Holden on a smaller scale. Undoubtedly, these rash acts to receive camaraderie illustrate the foolhardiness of the protagonists. They both abhor solitude but are unsure how to find viable friendship.
Mr. Rochester’s actions determined Jane Eyre’s reaction, which shaped the whole novel. He plays with Jane’s emotions, making the reader characterize him as morally ambiguous. In their first encounter at Thornfield, Rochester shows his moral ambiguity by exclaiming, “Enough! You play a little, I see; like any
Andrew told Antonio, “I will wait and not enter until you lose your innocence”(71). Antonio, later in the story, seeing Andrew in Rosie’s was a confirmation of Antonio’s losing his innocence and Antonio wanted to stay innocent forever. Another example of Antonio’s developing sense of good and evil is the witch's bosque in the forest. Antonio knows the forest is evil because it is a forbidden area where witches practice the Black Mass in honor of the devil. This is the place where the Trementina sisters placed a curse on Antonio's Uncle Lucas and Antonio said, “It was truly the work of a bruja that was slowly killing my uncle!”(84).
Through the actions of his characters, Steinbeck aims to show the self-destruction of humanity by its greed for power. Nearly all of the characters admit to having a profound sense of loneliness and isolation. Each desires the comfort of a friend, but is unwilling to accept others. In the novella, Curley’s wife admits that she is unhappily married, yet she makes herself into a threatening figure. Crooks tells Lennie that life is no good without a companion to turn to in times of confusion and need, but he displays himself as rude and unwelcoming.
A radical religion called Puritanism was vitally important to the people of Salem, and they were extraordinarily paranoid of the Devil. Two characters in the book The Crucible demonstrate how Puritanism affected the society. Judge Danforth is an example of religious ignorance and ends up being the person who condemns everyone, suspecting they are all witches. On the other hand, John Proctor is a level headed farmer who watches as his friends and their wives are accused of witchcraft and sentenced to death, that is, until his own wife is accused. Using these foil characters, Arthur Miller exemplifies the difference between people who are weak minded and cowardly versus people who are strong-minded and brave.
Act III and IV are the climatic moment in the play, Mrs. Cheveley has face-to-face meetings with Lord Goring may times during the play. “Continuing with the theme of marriage, we will first examine Mrs. Cheveley's attitudes toward courtship and conjugal life.” In this scene, we could know that she and Lord Goring with a false courtship when they were young. However, at the same time, whether Cheveley truly still loves Goring is unclear: her uncharacteristic pauses after Goring's insults remain ambiguous. The beginning of Act IV focuses on the separation between public and private information, and again, information is all-powerful. Sir Robert escapes his past because the public has no information about his corruption.
“The Awakening” By Kate Chopin Kate Chopin uses many different situations and different settings in the novel “The Awakening” to get her points and aspects of the story across to the readers. Throughout the story Chopin also uses many different literary techniques and situations to explain the characters and their place within the story. Chopin seems to be very specific at points, but also very vague when brining new characters into the story and the meaning behind such characters. From the many different aspects of the story the significance of the ending of the novel seems to be the most important and most interesting within the works writing. Chopin seems to use many different themes and symbols throughout the story to portray Edna’s character and way of life that causes the many problems and difficulties for her.
Love and Addiction in Wuthering Heights Love by definition is an intense feeling of deep affection for someone. In a lifetime, one may strive to find love in and for another person. However, is it possible to be so in love with someone that you become obsessed and addicted to this person in every possible way? In the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, the line between love and addiction, in relation to the three main characters Catherine, Linton, and Heathcliff, is crossed many times. Addictions are based on a need for psychological security, and the person experiencing this will stop at nothing to maintain the bond held with their partner.