The room she stays in has yellow wallpaper that will later contribute to her psychological downfall along with the oppression felt from her environment. In both pieces of literature, the authors use a technique of gradually progressing the characters deterioration of their mental capacity. Through dramatic irony and other literary devices, the reader is permitted to see the depth of the characters illness. The narrator in “The Yellow Wallpaper”, stays in a bedroom that was an old nursery which has an unattractive yellow wallpaper on the walls. To the narrator, the wallpaper is a nuisance and the pattern makes no sense to her.
Compare The Examination Of Abnormal Psychology English Literature Essay The abnormal mental state of the narrators in both Browning’s poetry and in Banks’ novel, The Wasp Factory, is intrinsic in achieving the gothic style. Whilst the protagonists’ insanity is more implicit in Browning’s poetry, the narrators, nevertheless, display similar characteristics of psychosis and delusion. Indeed, this madness disconnects the characters from the rest of society, and this element of monstrosity is vital in creating the intrigue and terror that ensues. Inclusion of such monstrous figures destabilises the ‘natural order’: it challenges the fixed social structures and ideology, and becomes inconsistent with what the majority considers both acceptable and intelligible. Yet, whilst on the surface gothic works may appear to reinforce these seemingly grotesque characteristics, in many respects, through exposing the ‘unnatural’, they deconstruct the illogical, and thereby attempt to create a set of social norms.
Our lives aren’t furtive, just our feelings towards people like you” (50). Andre’s mother is repeatedly bashed at by Cal because of her “disapproval” on Andre’s homosexuality. Where in the text does it state that Andre’s mother directly disapproved of his homosexuality? All it states is that Andre was AFRAID of her disapproval. What happens at the climax of the play?
'Perfume' tells a story in which the protagonist’s precarious position between olfactory prowess and lack of body odour motivates a string of despicable murders. One possible interpretation could be that the protagonist’s ‘ontological crisis’ comes about because of his absent mother, therefore, his lack of morals and resulting actions against women are a direct result of this earlier treatment. The amoral actions we see later in Grenouille’s characterisation could be a direct response to the events depicted in the opening chapter. Suskind chooses the structure of the opening chapter deliberately, to open the story in a way that both foreshadows and emphasizes the murderous actions of the protagonist and possibly hint that such actions are a direct result of the protagonists treatment at the very beginning of his life. Indeed the circumstances of Grenouille’s birth might prompt a feminist interpretation to look at what happens when a child is abandoned and raised without a mother.
The stories utilize verbal irony to convey the sense of something more than the statement at face value, dramatic irony to feel the true ignorant and untrusting natures of the characters, and lastly situational irony as a medium for the former to glide through and provide the kick to the plot of the story. Sarcasm and other verbal elements would be used in “The Lottery” and many more within the brilliant writing of The Crucible. It can be seen more commonly with the interactions between John Proctor and his wife, Elizabeth Proctor, where it is noted earlier in the book that he has cheated on her with Abigail Williams and now they face an uneasy relationship because of it. The book portrays an excellent scene of irony when John must recite his commandments: Proctor: “... Thou shalt not bear false witness. [He is stuck.
Mental illness is a concept that has been manipulated by religious, cultural, social and even scientific aspects and for centuries, the representation of women linked to the struggles and symptoms of mental illness has led to a proposition that women are weak and unstable. As a result of the ‘women’s movement’ of the 1960s, feminist literary criticism is stronger now than ever before. This movement was a retaliation to the idea of a ‘perfect woman’; a woman lacking goals and aspirations who was primarily focused on housework and her husband, that was being promulgated across the globe by literature, thus confronting and annihilating this backwards concept. It can be argued that Sylvia Plath was a feminist writer and this is prominent in ‘The Bell Jar’ as it is a novel that reflects the gender roles in the 1950’s and addresses the feminist issues of power, the search of identity and double standards. As the protagonist was growing up, remaining a virgin until after marriage was a rule that was constantly pushed into Esther’s mind, leaving her convinced that the same rule applied to men.
In the words and phrases chosen by Lessing to describe Molly and Dorothy in the first paragraph such as “confronting” and “firmly taking her position”, we can see that both of them have a strong dislike towards Ben, thereby wishing to get rid of him as quickly as possible. Dorothy even accuses Harriet of being blind to their sufferings. Molly mentions the word “catastrophic” and Dorothy again repeats the word. Both of them here want to emphasize the seriousness of the situation. The word carries a strong negative emotion and calls up vivid images of destruction, violence, suffering and horror.
While I was reading Absolam, Absolam! I was reminded once again of Faulkner’s particular writing style of stream of consciousness. The book itself is laid out very confusing having multiple narrators depicting incidents of the past, a recurrent theme of Faulkner’s identifying man’s connection to his past. The first narrator of Absolam, Absolam is Rosa, the sister in law of Thomas Sutpen. She describes Sutpen with so much hatred that he almost takes form of a monster, which is incapable of feelings.
“Rose for Emily” Theme Essay In the Short story, “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner, the main character Emily Grierson is viewed by the unnamed narrator as an “unchanging monument to the past.” The narrator of the story seems to pity Emily, and never truly indentifies them self as an individual, but remains hidden behind the collective voices and gossip of the townspeople. As the story goes on, the narrator, also without realizing it, fails to change their thought of Emily’s character even when the hidden, repulsive truth is discovered in Emily’s House at the end of the story. Resistance to change is shared both by Emily and the narrator becomes the story’s central theme: the idea of resisting change and the un-acceptance of the evolution of time into the present and future, by living in the past. In actions and thoughts shown through flashbacks after the beginning of the story where Faulkner describes her death, he describes the attitude changes in Jefferson as time passes and a newer generation comes about. It is evident that as time passes, the people of Jefferson as well as her dying father become forceful (needs to be a different word) towards her.
When she introduces her siblings and immediately says that she is inferior to them. Bronte then says “Eliza, John and Georgiana Reed where clustered around there mamma” the “cl” sound has a very harsh acoustic texture. The sound is created at the back of the throat and creates the effect of disgust. “Clustered” also shows that John, Eliza, Georgiana and there mother are all very close, physically but also close as a family. As she doesn’t include her self in the group it shows Jane is outcast and rejected from the family.