This would have been out of her frustration and pathetic state of her being. Her suicide is like a consequence of refusing to be the female role of society, or as they would call it, “Victorian Women”. Edna basically chooses death as an escape for her not being able to have independence. Edna seems to be stuck between certain females in her society. This is what creates isolation, lonely feelings to in the end due to her suicide.
The sorrowful woman also starts out as a normal person living a dull life. Both characters seem to be able to carry on just fine at the beginning of the stories. The deterioration of Bartleby’s health can be seen as soon as he starts objecting to the lawyers requests. The line he uses is “I would prefer not to” (Melville 97). Although he is saying that he would prefer not to, in actuality he is telling the lawyer that he will not do what is asked of him.
The symbolism of time that is presented throughout the extract depicts an image of a woman so heart broken that she is stuck in the moment, reliving the day her fiancée left her. This extract is a physical manifestation of the emotion state Miss Havisham was left in. This is similar to the poem Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, which also uses time to portray a theme of betrayal. Havisham explains her broken her through the repetition of b in “b-b-b-breaks”. From this we can conclude that there is no end to her suffering and that the repetition of the letter is a metaphor for the day and memory she is repeating each day of her life.
It can be difficult being abandoned after a forced relocation. She felt deserted by her husband; however, she did the very same thing to her kids throughout the course of the read. She allowed herself to forget of her children and put her faith into a book rather than
Retelling the incident in her journal, Mary writes, “It is hard to write this, feeling as I do, afraid to set down what happened for fear of what comes next. I want to cry out, I will not stand for this, but I’ve stood for worse, that much is certain, and I’ve no right to speak now. Nor have I ever” (162). Mary admits that she is scared to speak out against what happened between her and Hyde. She claims she has stood for worst and she had no right to speak then and has no right to speak now.
The line ‘Spinster. I stink and remember’ highlights this, as it shows how thinking of her ex has taken over her femininity and dignity – she no-longer thinks about her appearance as she knows no-one else will want her. This again could be
‘Not waving but drowning’ by Stevie Smith is about the difficulties some individuals experience in communications and the fundamental isolation of the individual modern society. The poet creates an extension of isolation from her audience, as a result of misapprehension, which is a lack of understanding of the poets intended message. Stevie Smith (Florence Margret Smith) was born in 1902 in Hull, England and moved to London at the tender age of three and lived there until her death in 1971. Smith wrote in a variety of different styles ranging from ballads to the stream of consciousness. She is well known for her poetry and novels.
Because the elderly have a stereotypical image that they are useless they become a focus point as they have negative attitudes towards things and become more dependent on friends, family and social care services. This theory is like the disengagement and activity theory. The social creation of dependency theory is both sociological and psychological theory. An example of this theory is of a woman that use to participate in a hobby but can no longer do so because she is retired and has a low pension. Now she feels vulnerable and like she can’t enjoy life as she can’t take part.
Ismene’s inaction to react to the situation she is put through by her sister contributed to Antigone’s death. For example as Ismene and Antigone argue over whether or not to break the law to bury her brother Ismene admits, “Antigone, I am so afraid for you”. This shows how her fear of the
He refuses to change it making her blame herself for not being able to cope with the “dull” and “flamboyant” yellow wallpaper. She even tries to find solutions to her problem, like changing rooms or taking the wallpaper down, but John said no. As a turning point for the story, Gilman then shows the other side of a woman’s perspective. She finally overcomes her conformist ways when she says at the end of the story, “I’ve got out at last,” said I, “in spite of you and Jane. And