Explore the presentation of women in ‘A Woman of No Importance’ in light of the conversation between Kelvil and Lady Hunstanton (Lines 178-185) Morality is a fundamental theme within Wilde’s ‘A Woman of No Importance’. Wilde explores the morality of many of his characters throughout the play in obvious and in subtle ways, using their actions and words to present different concepts of morality. Wilde also uses and explores deeply the influences of both society and religion heavily in the play in order to portray both how women, in particular, were expected to act and how they acted in reality. Written at the turn of the century, however, the play also raises important questions as to the position of ‘modern’ women in a society that is still very traditional, when women were beginning the fight for their rights. Wilde explores the subject of morality frequently within the play and the conflicting ideas surrounding the topic.
Misha Myles Ms. Broaddus English AP 12 December 2011 Miss-Judgment Judging others by only their outward appearance and background isn’t always an effective way to get to know or understand one’s nature. In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen the character Elizabeth is influenced by one’s vanity and demeanor and is quick to judge their character. Which she later realize about her grave mistake when she understands that she has miss-judgment of both Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth plays an important role in the novel; she is the most logical out of all of her sisters. Austen reveals Elizabeth’s character as an example about how she wanted to have her own self independence during that time period.
This is very different than her sister, who calls him different names, but at the same time she means no harm. Miss Watson just keeps talking on and on, and this is where Twain uses epithets to show how much scorn Miss Watson has for Huck. Miss Watson tries to educate Huck through spelling books, whereas Widow Douglas reads to Huck from religious books and is devout. Twain also uses exaggeration to show the religious sides of both sisters. Especially Miss Watson.
Another instance is when she asks her mother for the quilts her grandmother had made, her mother said they were for Maggie; Dee's reply was, “Maggie wouldn't appreciate the quilts” and Maggie says, “Dee can have them” (Walker 2441). Furthermore, all of the things Dee ask for she wants to use them for decoration and not for everyday use. Dee also was not educated about her heritage. For instance, her mother called her “Dee” and in return she replied saying her new name was Wangero, followed by the statement, “Dee is dead and I can no longer bear the name of the people that oppress me” (Walker 2440). I believe there was no time during the story that she was oppressed or even mentioned
In Jane Austen’s Emma, Austen expresses the importance of not judging others based on class, their employment, or events of the past. This belief of Austen’s, is shown throughout the novel: from the opening when Emma discourages Harriet to marry the wonderful Mr. Martin, based on his employment, to insulting the kindly Miss Bates because of her tendency to speak dully. Ironically, Emma judges others so harshly, when she does not heed nor take criticism aimed at her lightly. Austen employs motifs to further show this tendency to judge others in the form of reoccurring insight to the judgmental mind of Emma. This parody, set in the early nineteenth century, shows the constraints of culture in England, and the tendency to judge others, but not one’s self.
“The picture of that girl, the fact that she had lived neighbor to that girl for twenty years, and had let her die for lack of life, was suddenly more than [Mrs. Hale] could bear” (194). She feels responsible and blames herself for what has happened to Minnie. She believes that the reason that she stayed away - “because it weren’t cheerful” (192) was the very reason she should have gone to see Minnie. She reacts to her refusal to visit Minnie as a crime in itself. “Oh, I wish I’d come over here once in a while!” she cried.
Curleys wife obsession with herself lead to her death The connection between Curley’s wife and Lennie is that when curley’s wife walked into the barn but George said that Lennie is not aloud to talk to her like men on the ranch Curley’s wife also suffers from lack of attention and love also having to sacrifice her plans for Curley Lennie starts to talk about the farm and the rabbits and says that he like to pet soft thing then there is a connection between Curley’s wife ends in tragedy just as he kills Curley’s wife and his dreams Curley’s wife has also got a strong connection to Slim because she was the only girl on the ranch and she never saw Curley so she gave the other men the eye flirtation but the ranch men but the flirt back if they did( 1) they would be fired(2)they would suffer because of Curley temper so yes they all try and keep away from her but Slim talks to her everyone looks up to him even Curley looks up to him he’s like the boss he is an expert in his job so everyone admired
http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html The Women at English Literature Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) The role of Jane Eyre is an excellent example on the view and manners of women in the Victorian Period. She is resigned, but already have personal thoughts and pursues. She is a middle-class worker, with no actual family and no prospects, at the beginning, of improvement. But, because of her personality, she manages to transform her life in many ways. If she were a "kind" child, by the eyes of Mrs. Reed, she would never go to Lockwood school; she were able to grow up in terms of knowledge in the school, because she had the need of being liked by others and was strong enough to improve herself in many ways; she, by herself, took a chance when announcing to be a governess.
It has been several weeks, you can’t possibly still be upset about Lulu’” (132). Madame Khoun feels horrible about what she did to Kien’s dog. She has the mother instinct that all mothers have, she knows when something is wrong with her children. Madame Khoun leaves her children with her sister while she takes off. When Madame Khoun returns, Kien tells her about the fight between him and his cousin, “Under the pale streetlights, I showed her the bumps and contusions Tin had left on my back while Jimmy relived the potato story.
It is obvious that Lizabeth is miserable and despises her own hometown. Never once throughout the story does she speak of Maryland in a positive manner. It is apparent that Lizabeth longs and desperately desires better: “there must have been lush green lawns” (135). Poverty holds the minds of the children of her community captive, and they feel trapped. The children in Lizabeth’s dusty community do not even comprehend that there is an entire world outside of rural Maryland.