The similarities and differences from both stories are that both women are in unhappy marriages, the theme of the stories, the irony, the symbolism, they were written using the third-person point of view, both had loving husbands, and the end of both stories are sad and tragic. The short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant is the story of a young woman named Mathilde Loisel and her husband-the little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. Mathilde lived a poor life, which made her to suffer. She had the dream to be rich, to have beautiful clothes and jewels. Throughout the whole story she would complain of being poor and her embarrassment.
Compare the ways in which The Ruined Maid and one other poem of your choice explores female characters WOMEN ARE SEEN AS OBJECTS • ‘We played at courtly love’ – suggestion that marrying her is all a game and she is their prize. • ‘toy, a plaything, little women’ – no emotional connection to her, once she is wedded and bedded she is just,’ a bit of fluff’. • Isn’t allowed to work but just look pretty, ‘we never do work when we’re ruined’. • ‘one’s life is pretty lively when ruined’ – sarcasm if told what to do – be with men RUINED FOR OPPOSITE REASONS – MARRIAGE • Before she was married she had a status, she was higher up, ‘out of reach’ • After she was married she loses her status because she is no longer worth striving for, ‘I became’ enjambment • She is seen as beautiful, ‘a damsel and the peach’ – something sweet and sensual • Now no beautiful imagery, ‘only a bit of fluff’ something so disregarded and unnecessary’ - needing to be disposed • Oppositely she is ruined and disregarded because she chose not to marry. • ‘You aint ruined’ – sense that she is envious that the other farm girl can be no naive (could remind herself of her).
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.
- Conflict within relationships is shown within the relationship between Katherina and her sister - The two sisters are constantly compares, suych as in Act 1 Scene 2 line 247-8 by Tranio who says “The one as famous for a scolding tongue as is the other for beauteous modesty” - Katherina’s conflict with her family Act 1 Scene 1 line 100-101 When Baptista says “Katherina, you may stay, for I have more to commune with Bianca” showcases bonding between Baptista and Bianca equally displaying the lack of bond between Katherina and her family. - Men-women relationship, men “own” women Eg. Act 1 Scene 2 Hortensio line 113 “For in Baptista’s keep my treasure is. He hathe the jewel of my life in hold” –Use of possessive pronouns exhibits women always belonging to men. How is the concept of Navigating conflict explored in Act 1 of Taming of the Shrew Act 1 of the Taming of the Shrew highlights the numerous social battles fought daily in Shakespearean context.
After using Marla’s mother into the homemade soap him and Tyler are creating without her permission, the narrator starts feeling an amount of guilt and regret. This is shown when the narrator says, “The miles of night between Marla and me offer insects and melanomas and flesh-eating viruses. Where I’m at isn’t so bad” (pg 94). In chapter 14 of the novel, the narrator describes to the readers that when he is with Marla, he wants to “make her laugh, to warm her up. To make her forgive me for the collagen .
What could I say? I’m crying because I don’t know any of the dances?” Isabel also ends up sleeping with one of her bestfriend’s husband. Since she hasn’t had sex for awhile it was easy for her to fall into seduction. “And then he was in me and I was crying out, in pleasure… It was over and wrong… what would Liz say to me?” Besides the wrong she had done, Isabel is a good person at heart and tries to redeem herself by helping out the woman she hates most, Margaret Casey. “I had to cut myself off from the danger… Margaret had no manners.But I would help Margaret
In Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, he uses characterization to suggest that chasing hollow dreams leads only to misery. One character whose empty dream leads her to misery is Myrtle Wilson. In chapter two, at the party in Tom’s apartment, we learn that Myrtle is dissatisfied with her husband George. When asked why she married him, Myrtle says that
Birdsong Quotations for Coursework How men view women A to introduce I- “muttered an introduction of which Stephen heard only the words ‘my wife’ B on I- “such a delicate creature” A on I- “my wife is a mysterious creature… no one knows- like the little stream in the song- whither she flows or where her end will be” I’s father- “disappointed her father by not being the son he had wanted” Jean- “he liked to evaluate their (I and sisters) comparative worth in his mind” A-“was at first proud to be married to such a young and attractive woman” S on I- ‘Stephens body convulsed with desire” As S touches L- “despite himself, Stephen felt the reflex of desire” Weir to S- ‘girls? What men call their sweethearts?” Weir to S- “I never think
The Story of an Hour Death opens its mouth to consume a husband and fights to take the wife in this bitter sweet story of a woman caught in a loveless marriage. Mrs. Mallard hears the details slightly, in small elements, from her sister trying to relieve her of any more grief than necessary. Worrying about her heart condition and trying to save her sister’s life during this tragic time, Josephine chooses her words wisely and slowly to break the news of Mr. Mallard’s death. Josephine and others have seen the illusion of love as she tries to spare her poor sister any more sorrow. The theme of this story screams of bereavement.
Literary Theory: Psychoanalysis In The Awakening by Kate Chopin, Edna experiences feelings that she has never felt before in her life. She finds that the life she lives is quite dull, and she begins to rebel against her husband, and her society’s standards for women’s behavior. These feelings can be explained by psychoanalysis, which involves the unconscious, the desires, and the defenses. Edna feels no love for her husband, and she feels that she is kind of like a caged bird, held down by her husband and her role and a mother and a wife. As an act of rebellion, Edna starts being very flirtatious with other men: She only looked at him and smiled.