As for family members, the act of killing his wife was “an act of love” on Albert’s behalf. Statistics have shown that male especially are more likely to commit double murder suicide, and their spouse most likely are unaware of their plans. My summation of this double murder suicide is a result of Albert not able to cope with the decline in his wife health. Articles have stated that since her stroke, Sandra has not been herself; Albert visits everyday and instead of seeing improvement, sees the physical and mental decline in his life’s partner. Perhaps it was an act of love, perhaps he did not want to see Sandra suffer he wanted to ease her of her pain and suffering, and like so many before his time, Albert did what he thought was best.
This created a sad and emotional ending because it shows George did not want to kill Lennie but had no choice. In the movie, it was the complete opposite. George showed no emotions before shooting Lennie. George was sitting by the rocks talking to Lennie and out of nowhere, you hear gunfire, finding Lennies body lying there dead. This was the complete opposite of the books ending because George didn’t care as much for killing Lennie as he did in the book.
I disliked how George did not struggle to shoot Lennie during the film. While reading the description of Lennie’s murder and the ranch the men dreamed of owning, Lennie’s death was extremely suspenseful. As the director of the movie, I would have chosen to exaggerate Lennie’s death rather than it being a short, diminutive scene. From Steinbeck’s account, Lennie’s death reflects the end of his own problems, and moreover the lack of responsibility George was able to release following his painless decease. Making his death slower would have shown a better portrayal of an important outlook of Lennie’s life and struggles, and how important Lennie meant to George.
When the oracle said that her son would kill his father and sleep with his mother she quickly abandoned her son to avoid that horrible fate and thanked the oracle for that. However, when Oedipus heard that Polybus was dead and realized he didn’t kill his father Jocasta said the oracle was useless. Jocasta is the type of person that chooses to be blind and accept the lies but only when they help her. If the truths help her then she will accept the truths. Jocasta is also trying to blind Oedipus in this quote.
‘George raised the gun and his hand shook, and he dropped his hand to the ground again’ (pg.105, Of mice and Men. John Steinbeck. 1993) it wasn’t cold blooded murder, he tried to make it as peaceful as possible for Lennie by telling him what their future will be like. He wanted Lennie to have happy thoughts when he dies. ‘I ain’t mad.
He doesn’t seem to care that his mother died. In the scenes after his mother’s murder, Foyle suspects Stanley, as does the audience; he seems to be happy about his mother’s murder and shows no sadness about it. Close ups of Stanley’s face show that he is expressionless and suspicious; it looks like he is hiding something. Of course he is hiding something, but not what the audience thinks. Stanley does finally express loyalty to his father when he tries to protect him by hiding the suicide note that Arthur had wrote confessing of his murder of Margaret.
The other main thing about “Hitcher” is that how the killer or attacker is so relaxed about the whole business. He seems to have no conscience n not only does he have no conscience but appears to think killing this man as funny or as an achievement. Saying after he has pushed him out the car “you can walk from there” On the other hand “On My Last Sonne” is about as different as it can be with the death of his son being terribly sad because he loved him but also grateful because he has gone to heaven. And is much more about his acceptance of his sons passing. Another main feature is the idea that God had given his son to him as a gift “seven yeeres tho'wert lent to me, and I thee pay” saying that he is grateful for the time they had together and now God is taking him
This is the opening sentence in Aunt Ida’s narrative. Now an old woman, Ida realizes that she has been going on about life carrying anger towards everyone, much like her own mother did. It all started as a young girl when her mother got sick. Her mom’s sister, Clara, was sent to come live with her family to help out. Aunt Clara is different than anything Ida has seen before.
Kamara Bellis Buckner English 1301 25 JUN 09 The Victorian Woman’s Insane Treatment in Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” During the Victorian era, woman were to be dependant and obedient of their husbands. They were not allowed to pursue careers or interests. Gilman, being a woman of this time experienced this oppression first hand. She had been diagnosed with a nervous condition and was ordered to bed rest after the birth of her child. This ill-fated treatment prescribed by her physician Weir Mitchell, whom she referenced in her story, drove her to the brink of insanity.
The poem illustrates a woman who was once so full of potential, evident in “Someone she loved once passes by – too late”, implying she has changed over time and the fact that it is now too late to revert back to her former self or to get back what she once had. The poem shows a woman whose identity has been lost due to her three children. Consequently she is lonely and she has lost interest in herself. The figurative expression “They have eaten me alive” shows only a truth she knows and a truth she is unable to share suggesting that her life and identity have been destroyed by her selfless giving to her children. She believes they are using her for their own survival and in doing so, she is slowly dying inside.