This builds up a snobbish character, since he wants everyone to know that he has achieved a grand position in Lady Catherine’s De Bourgh live. Furthermore, his father “had given him great humility of manner” (p.130), as “the greatest part of his life [has] been spent under the guidance of an illiterate and miserly father”. (pg.130) Though, by the time he had the chance to be near to Lady Catherine’s side he changed and become too proud and continually arrogant of himself. Moreover, one can see that Mr. Collins has a high regard for himself since, he considers that he is “more fitted by education and habitual study” (p.182) and also the fact that he introduces himself to Mr. Darcy, with the pretending reason that he knows his aunt Lady Catherine, and believes that he would pay attention at him after the warnings of Ms. Elizabeth Bennet as it was inappropriate to present yourself to an unknown person unless a mutual friend introduces you makes him a foolish and too proud for himself. However, Mr. Darcy “was eyeing him with unrestrained wonder” (p.182)Similarly, Austen manages to make Mr. Collins a ridiculous character once more, since Elizabeth rejects his proposal by saying that he “could never make [her] happy” and that she is “convinced that she is the last woman in the world who would make [him] happy” (p.200).
In Act 1 Mr Birling is presented as a successful businessman, who has been active in local politics and is Lord Mayor for Brumley. Gradually as the play progresses, it becomes clear that he doesn't care about the community. This is shown in the first line of the play when Birling says, ‘Giving us the port Edna.’ Mr Birling is also the wife of Sybil Birling, they have two children, Eric and Sheila. From the first set of stage directions we know that the family is financially comfortable and we also find out that Arthur Birling’s wife is his social superior, implying that his money isn't old and he has worked to achieved where he is in life now. In the play, Birling likes to inform others of his wealth and of the important people he knows.
Benjamin Franklin addresses vanity, although considered a flaw by society, as rather beneficial to his character and success. His distinction between the two words seems to fall into self-image or how he appears to the public. This is common in his autobiography, for often times Franklin is concerned with how the public views him and works hard to improve his status in society. After leaving his childhood home in Boston and moving to Pennsylvania, Franklin returned home dressed well and with a pocket full of money, as if to show up his brother by displaying his pride upon his return. Franklin uses this instance to feed into his vanity by displaying his success to the public eye.
He was promoted to the manager of worldwide safety. His great leadership skills and motivational techniques had put him in this new position. Kurt was very excited for the job and ready for it, but he was not too familiar about any safety tasks that could improve the workplace. Kurt was so excited about the promotion that he would call John Sullivan and tell him the great news. John Sullivan and Kurt were good friends that were very comfortable with each family.
He describes himself as an arrogant and money-worshipping man, who tolerates others as long as they help his reputation. When Bartleby comes into the story, the lawyer starts to feel some sort of connection with others due to their relationship, but fails to act on his newfound feelings, therefore losing his chance. The lawyer also describes himself as “one of those unambitious lawyers…of a snug retreat, do a snug business among rich men’s bonds” (2). This illustrates the lawyer’s lack of charity and compassion at the start of the story. He then goes on to brag about one of his prestigious clients, which demonstrates that elite status and wealth are considered extremely significant to him.
He is determined to change this, but things turn out to be more complicated then he originally thought. Charlie learns more about people because of his outstanding traits, such as being observant, caring, and empathetic. Charlie is a very observant young boy. When he goes to his friend’s (Sam and Patrick) house for the final Secret Santa swap, he gives everyone a gift. “And then it came to my turn.
Although Thady Quirk claims to be true and loyal to the family, key moments during the narrative depict his intentions as being quite possibly the opposite, due to his effective assistance in his own son's takeover of the estate. At the beginning of the story, Thady takes prides in how he’s called by everyone “honest Thady.” If he’s truly honest, then his account of every event would be reliable, true, and accurate. He also has a tendency to only share the good characteristics of people with the reader, even if they are a drunk, in debt, have a gambling problem, or any the above. One Lord of the Rackrent estate, Sir Kit, is described as being an abusive husband for allowing his wife stay locked away in a room “upon which my lady shut herself up in her own room, and my master said she might stay there, with an oath; and to make sure of her, he turned the key in the door, and kept it ever after in his pocket.” (29)
The play A Doll’s House is filled with unique and very distinctive characters. One in particular being Torvald, Nora’s husband, best friend to Mr. Rank, and a father to three children. Automatically, once we were introduced to Torvald’s character we knew he was always the power in his relationships, especially in his relationship with Nora. Our initial reaction of Torvald was that he was a seemingly nice man who cared for his family, and their betterment. While this is true, we soon began to see the negative connotations in his speech, which at times contradicted our views on how kind he was.
[Title] [Introduction] [Nick] In The Great Gatsby the character Nick Carraway acts as the narrator. He starts the story off by comparing himself to the world. He claims to be a moral person who can resist the urge to judge the people around him because if he holds them up to his own moral standards, his expectations will be too high for them. He even goes as far to say that the world would be better if everyone thought as he did and withheld their judgments about their peers. Now, even though Nick is the storyteller, this arrogant self-description shows that he is not reliable due the fact that he thinks of himself as superior to the masses.
Taking this into account, we can conclude that there is in fact no place for real men in the Business World. Willy Loman proceeds to choose a different life from his brother and father by opting for the Business World as opposed to the Green World. He does this in order to prove that he is a man who can create his own path to success, however the tragedy of Willy’s dream is that you cannot be independent in the Business World. We soon come to realise that Willy is no exception to this as he describes his wife Linda as his ‘foundation and his support’; without her assistance the Business World would have indirectly killed him. One way in which Linda holds up and encourages her husband is by telling him that things will work out for the better.