At the start of the play Lady Macbeth responds to the letter by being intrigued and exited. This shown by Lady Macbeth saying “too full o’ the milk of kindness”, this shows that she wants too be queen and fulfil the prophecy but she thins that Macbeth is too weak. This shows her being open to the proposition of killing disturbs her. She implies that she doesn’t want to be a woman when she says “unsex me here” this implies women have no power and she will do anything to get what she wants Shakespeare put her character the play to emphasise this and
They completely overlook the fact that Juliet wants none other as a husband but Romeo. Instead, they choose to look as Romeo’s banishment as a good thing because now their daughter isn’t wed to a Montague. This decision that is made for Juliet sets her in panic. She then rushes to get out of the fate her father has just promised her. This is when the poor decision of faking her death is made.
Cal The antagonist is Cal. Cal is clearly the opposing character. He may seem as is if he is the victim, but all he does is deliberately attack Andre’s mother not understanding her situation and position. According to the play, Cal states “How many of us don’t want to hurt our mothers and live in mortal terror of their disapproval. Our lives aren’t furtive, just our feelings towards people like you” (50).
He warns George and Lennie about her, despite the fact that they haven’t met her yet. This is significant as the structure of the novel means that our views are already prejudiced before we even see Curley’s wife. I think that Steinbeck has done this to show how easy it is to prejudge by listening to others, and that this might mean you don’t give people a chance-like what happens to Curley’s wife. Candy uses the word ‘tart’ to describe her and makes her sound like an object by informing George about Candy’s glove and what he uses it for. George is immediately disgusted by this ‘that’s a dirty thing to tell around’ and we can already see a negative view of Curley’s wife forming in his mind.
The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald’s portrayal of the female characters in The Great Gatsby reveals an underlying hatred for women. With reference to appropriately selected parts of the novel, and relevant external contextual information on Fitzgerald’s own experience of, and attitude to women, give your response to the above view. It was in the 1920’s when women become more independent, delegated, and responsible for more things in the world than just keeping the house tidy, as was the mentality back in those days. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a true literary masterpiece based on the tragic life of Jay Gatsby through the eyes of his acquaintance, Nick Carraway. Fitzgerald openly shows his opinion that women generally have low moral qualities, and demonstrates this by the actions and speech illustrated by the three main female characters in the novel; Daisy Buchanan, Jordan Baker, and Myrtle Wilson.
It shows how their behaviour was almost pretence. When Mrs Birling is talking about Eva Smith she enhances her thoughts of being socially and morally superior and being a ‘snob’, by saying ‘girls of that class’. The emphasis on ‘that’ shows her disgust in the working class, almost as though the poor are by definition worthless. Sheila Birling is immediately thought to be an innocent and childlike character because she does as she is told and addresses her mother as ‘mummy’. Yet later in the play when the investigation is in progress, she refers to Mrs Birling as ‘mother’.
Macbeth being hesitant and indecisive allows Lady Macbeth to overcome and influence him to do any wicked deed. Lady Macbeth feels her husband lacks the drive and courage to go through with the assassination of King Duncan. She explains, “Glamis thou art, an Cawdor; and shalt be what thou art promis’d. –Yet do I fear thy nature: it is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness, to catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great; Art not without ambition, but without the illness should attend it” (I.v.15-20) With this, she realizes that Macbeth is to laid back or nonchalant when he is not on the battle field.
Allie Dille Mrs. Kangas English 10x Hour 4 October 25, 2010 Clare Boothe Luce, an American playwright, journalist, ambassador, and U.S. Congresswoman once stated, “Because I am a woman, I must make unusual efforts to succeed”. Women have forever been seen as the “weakest link” of society and are rarely given the voice they deserve. Sometimes, women feel as though they must go to extremes to be heard in society due to their lack of power. The women of Salem in The Crucible by Arthur Miller feel as though they must go to great lengths in order to have an influence in their community. The lack of power that women have in Salem sets the stage for hysteria.
Compare the presentation of female characters in The Crucible, Othello and Enduring Love Arthur Miller’s The Crucible is a play set in Puritanical New England, 1692. Miller wrote the play as an allegorical statement against McCarthyism in the US. Abigail, one of the central female characters, was the previous mistress of John Proctor; the play’s protagonist, portrayed as a tragic, noble hero and therefore Abigail, who was his mistress who he no longer has feelings for, and causes him trouble, is bound to be seen in an inverted light to the one John Proctor is seen in. Certainly Arthur Miller goes to great length to use Abigail as the anti-hero to John Proctor’s noble, almost incorruptible (if it weren’t for his affair) figure. Miller takes the “woman scorned” approach to his character of Abigail.
The author of Mayor of Casterbridge uses diction, and selection of detail to convey his attitude towards Elizabeth-Jane, and women in general. Elizabeth-Jane is thought to be a role model by the townsfolk. The author would prefer women become educated and delve into things only men could do previously. "As soon as Casterbridge thought her artful it thought her worth notice." Once Elizabeth-Jane began to "blossom gaudily" the town started to notice and admire her (Hardy, 94).