The Corrupting Power of Women The portrayal of women in Of Mice and Men is limited and unflattering. We learn early on that Lennie and George are on the run from the previous ranch where they worked, due to encountering trouble there with a woman. Misunderstanding Lennie’s love of soft things, a woman accused him of rape for touching her dress. George berates Lennie for his behavior, but is convinced that women are always the cause of such trouble. Their enticing sexuality, he believes, tempts men to behave in ways they would otherwise not.
He sends her to a psychiatrist because she is insane to think that a person can transform into a panther. Her race has grown up believing that cat people are real and are afraid of them. It creates a negative portrayal of Irena believing in this legend because it makes them seem insane and really superstitious. Irena having such a horrible childhood might have traumatized her letting her believe that she is a cat person. Irena explains how in Serbia King John drove the Mameluks out when he saw what the villagers had become, cat people representing evil, and killed most of them.
How dare you try and end the love me and your daughter have for each other!! One day very soon you shall meet you fate and I pray to the gods that it is the most bloodiest and cruelest of fates that anyone should ever succumb to.” He balls his hand into a fist raising it up above his head he screams “ I LOVE THE PRINCESS SHE IS THE QUEEN OF MY HEART AND FOR HER I HOPE I MEET THE FATE OF THE TIGER AND HOPEFULLY WE SHALL MEET AGAIN IN HEAVEN!!!!!!!!! !.” The crowd was silent in awe most men would drop to their knees praying for the lady to come out; most of them met the unforgivingly sharp teeth of the tiger. Princess Xaria was in shock she was flattered so much that she ran up to the railing screaming “I LOVE YOU TOO MY SWEET RIMIGIUS!!! !” the king was outraged he stands up furious commanding that Rimigius picks a door.
No one can be trusted. Brigid is a great example of someone that especially cannot be trusted. In the beginning of the book she goes through many different allies and stories of why she needs Spade's help. She even knows of her untrustworthy habits and warns Spade to not trust her. The best example of deceit in the book is when Spade has Brigid arrested in the end.
Curley’s wife has taken complete control of the situation by implying that she would get him lynched, this was typical of the time period the book is set in. Crooks goes from being exceptionally confident and self-assured to not saying anything and trying to make himself as small as possible. “Crooks stared hopelessly at her, and then he sat down on his bunk and drew into himself.” This shows that Crooks feels that he is out of place and certainly intimidated by Curley’s wife’s sudden outburst of hostility, he knows he has no hope of winning the confrontation. Curley’s wife enjoys the power she is exercising over Crooks, knowing that she has the power in their relationship and exercising it
PLOT SUMMARY "The Lady, or the Tiger" begins with a description of a semi-barbaric king who punishes criminals in a unique way. He has built an arena featuring two doors and the criminal must choose his own fate by selecting one of the two doors. Behind one door is a hungry tiger that will eat the prisoner alive and behind the other door is a beautiful lady who will be married to the accused on the spot. The people in the kingdom are very entertained by this. The king has a beautiful daughter who secretly loves a young man who is a commoner. The king does not think the young man is good enough for his daughter so he sentences the young man to be put into the arena to choose a door. The princess loves the young man and does not want to lose him to the ravenous tiger or to another woman in marriage. The princess knows which fate is behind each door and she also knows who the woman is going to be behind the door. She hates this woman. In the arena that day, the young man looks at the princess, expecting her to know which door hides what fate. The princess makes a motion toward the right-hand door, and this is the door her lover opens. The story stops exactly at the point he opens the door. It does not tell his
January 4 , 2011 Lady Macbeth Lady Macbeth is feeling a lot of guilt upon herself because , when Macbeth killed the king she was the one that put him up to it , because Macbeth was never like that and he loved him king very well , but Lady Macbeth wanted to be the queen and she put words into Macbeths head . Shes evil , selfish , she doesn’t have a heart shes not kind at all and she doesn’t have remorse for acting the way she did putting all kinds of things in her poor husbands head , who never would have thought of killing the king . “ Fie , my lord , fie a soldier , and afeard ? what need we fear who knows it when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him ?
Women in Gilead are not only forbidden to vote, they are forbidden to read or write, dress codes are used as a way to subjugate them; ordinary colours become symbolic of their social status while masking individuality, which is discouraged in the regime. Offred, the novel’s protagonist represents these women as a handmaid. She is not a hero. Offred's internal conflict was part of the grinding process, and this message was manifested through Offred when she decided to fight back. At times she wanted to give up and accept the will of the regime, but her memories and her humanity wouldn't let her.
He was so mean that even the tiger was scared of him which is pretty intense haha. He began to be really bored and started giving the animals drugs. So it was pretty much called the stone animal zoo. As for kayla she got bored and quit her job she now
The Tiger is generally looked at as the living symbol of strength and power and generally inspires fear and respect,” Ms. Chua writes in her memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (The Penguin Press, 2011). She proudly relates her own authoritarian upbringing and how she has learnt from the rigid parenting style her parents practiced in her childhood. Secondly, the tiger mother and the western mother differentiate by, mainly, their different ways of teaching their children. In short, the tiger mother rules her children and pressures them in any way in order for them to be good when they grow up. They can scold them and call them names just to motivate their kids to meet up to the parents high expectations.