Fitzgerald uses many symbols to indicate the characters’ personalities in the story, among which the cemetery is a representative one. In chapter Ⅱ, when Sally Carrol and her boyfriend, a northern man named Harry Bellamy, are walking in the afternoon, “and she found their steps tending half-unconsciously toward one of her favorite haunts, the cemetery” (Fitzgerald). In most people’s eyes, the cemetery is the symbol of death and despair. They do not want to come close to it, let alone saunter there, because the cemetery may depress them. However, Sally Carrol loves going to the cemetery where she feels comfortable.
“Tap tap tap” she repeats constantly as she heads south to her destination to the toy store. Phoenix passes the shoe store and looks at her own she has on, and wish she had a new one, but she abruptly erases the feeling out her head. She picks up her feet and keeps tapping on the path and later bumps into a little boy who is so jolly. “Granny sorry I step on you”, I didn’t mean to” said the boy sorrowfully. “Oh child lord bless you, remind me of my sweet grandson who’s waiting patiently for me”, she said in hope.
She often compares her own life with that she reads in books, without realizing how unreasonable her dreams and desires seem. Emma’s childhood in the convent also suggests to her character, where “she loved the church for the sake of the flowers, music for the words of the ballads, and literature for its power to kindle her passion” (30) Her life in the convent probably has an influence on her somewhat naive and shallow thoughts about love after she married, for she anticipates that her marriage is to be filled with passion and never-ending happiness. Instead, we see that Emma becomes emotionally dissapointed and dissatisfied for the type of man Charles is, and ordinary daily life has lead her into boredom and indifference. The turning point in part 1, where the reader understands more about Emma’s moral corruption and unrealistic ideals takes place at the ball. After she is exposed to all that she has always dreamed for at the chateau, with the exquisite food, fancy decorations and
The growth of the pepper tree is a metaphor of her emotional, spiritual and mental change, where she has matured, developing a sense of ambition and enthusiasm for life. The persona is able to reconnect again with society, where she speaks to “wonderful old people” and helps elderly women with their gardening, becoming apart of a community. The persona is able to walk through the streets “with awakened senses”, which displays how nature has illuminated her; she has discovered her passion and purpose. With the help of nature and gardening, she is able to become preoccupied, gaining the strength to push Tim out of her life, although their history together still impacts her quite heavily. The narrator experiences a dramatic change within herself; she now has the power to make educated choices, and changes from a pessimist, at the start of the story, to an optimist at the
In the poem In The Park, the woman pretends to someone that her little bundles-of-joy are just that, angelic children. As he walks away however, she confesses to nobody that ‘they have eaten me alive.’ This expression demonstrates the feeling of being alone and ignored. The mother in Suburban Sonnet expresses her anxiety in trying to achieve with small children. The mother is overwhelmed by how much she has to do – cook dinner, clean up after her children, keep them entertained and comfort them, presenting the views of many mothers. The language Gwen Harwood uses in these poems emphasises the feeling of drained energy and failure in other aspects of their lives (for example fugue playing).
Pearl is drawn greatly toward the scarlet object, and the sunshine nearly loses hope, although protects Pearl in the end. For instance, while Hester and Pearl are walking towards the forest, she becomes attracted toward the sun and “Pearl set forth, at a great pace, and, as Hester smiled to perceive, did actually catch the sunshine, and stood laughing in the midst of it, all brightened by its splendor, and scintillating with the vivacity excited by rapid motion” (166). Since Pearl seems to be in a trance with the scarlet letter, the sunshine takes responsibility to draw her away to go and play. Hester seems to take notice, indicating this step toward getting Pearl away proves valuable. This suggests that Hester should have considered she would damage her life and those around her before committing a sin.
(102) (Minor 2) The Reverend believes that Pearl brings love and innocence to Hester's life, and without her, Hester would become a darker, more sinful human being. (Minor 3) Dimmesdale goes on to express how Pearl is there to remind Hester of her fall into darkness, but also to teach her that if she raises the child to heaven, she could be redeemed back into the sunlight where her sin can be revealed and forgiven. (Trans. + Major B) This point of sunshine and shadow representing purity and sin is emphasized later in the book when Pearl and her mother are walking through the forest to meet the reverend. (Minor 1) In this scene, Pearl tells her mother that ."..
When the two came to the town where they had set out from, their ponies were tired and they were also in need of rest. They rode down the steep path and they heard their elf friends singing, and the elves came out of the valley and greeted them and lead them across the water to the house of Eldrond. They were so happy to be back in the safe, warm environment that they had missed for oh so long. The happy and sad tones are what make a great story the way it is. I believe that J.R.R.
In the last stanza the wife is shown to be reminiscing about how and when they had first arrived. “She held out her hands bright with berries, the first of the season and said, make a wish Tom, make a wish”. This quote initially creates a sense of hope and happiness and seems to emphasises their hopes of change and being able to move on from their past life but is then compared to and highlights the melancholy feeling created by the father’s recent notion to leave and once again start a new life somewhere
The mood to this story is light and easy. Humor is projected in the plot. Throughout the story the two are discussing what each is going to do all day without the other. The wife is telling her husband that she intends to go see Juliette when all along she is intending to sew new ribbons on her hats. They both show the love between them when they kiss and tell each other they love each other.