Another weakness for Odysseus would amazingly be his good looks. Odysseus is a very handsome man and for that reason women love him and do some crazy things to him. “… Odysseus has encountered a series of disasters on his voyage and is now the prisoner of a nymph named Calypso” (page 814 italics). “… Calypso loves her handsome captive and will not let him go” (page 814 italics). Calypso was in love with Odysseus and held him back 7 years all because of his
Live with Tom her husband who is a crude, cold-hearted, and power hungry man or run away with Jay Gatsby her former lover who has done everything in life to win her back. Tom Buchanan is Daisy husband that she married, Tom was football player in New Haven where he became somewhat of a God. Tom has overpowering personality he like to bully people with “gruff husky tenor voice”. (pg7) Tom has a racist outlook on life as evidence from his statements “the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged”. (pg13) We realize that Tom is not only a hypocrite, but a chauvinist as well “I may be old fashion in my ideas, but women run around too much these days to suit me.
He is sleeping with another woman, Bertha, and he spends all of her hard-earned money buying her trite gifts. All that keeps her happy is the prospect of going to church and her well-maintained but small house. He comes back in around dawn and steals the covers. It is clear that this is a troubled household and that Delia’s patience with her abusive husband is going to have to have some kind of resolution. In an instance of foreshadowing, she thinking, “Oh well, whatever goes over the Devil’s back, is got to come under his belly”(39) which means that she knows eventually Skyes will get what’s coming to him.
Who never knew getting there can be a difficult task. Daisy was a beautiful young woman who stole all the men hearts, including Jay Gatsby. Daisy represents love, giving love and being loved. From her elegance to her innocent actions, men were glued to her like a boy stuck to the television. But Daisy was a very picky girl.
Where as all the nosey neighbors quickly interfere with phone calls and tea parties, Edward soon becomes a walking celebrity as he dazzles them with his talent on making there gardens, dogs and selves stunning with his hands, his scissorhands. Fame doesn’t change Edward as a person. He remains his self-conscious, loving self and through the blur of change he falls in love with Mrs. Bogg’s beautiful and delicate daughter, Kim (Winona Ryder). ‘Edward Scissorhands’ may have a tale of the original ‘Frankenstein’ but in my mind it has a twist of ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Unfortunately, not everything can go well for to long, Kim’s threatened boyfriend, Jim (Anthony Michael Hall) causes trouble for Edward and a gossiping neighbor goes to far and rumors fly through the roof.
The reader’s interpretation of these characters is how Nick sees them and describes them, which is why his protagonist role is very important in the way in which the story is told throughout the novel. Also from Nick’s narrative, in chapter 1we see that unlike Nick, Tom is very arrogant and dishonest at the dinner party, advancing racist comments, and also having public affairs. We get the impression that Daisy is very emotional and tries to appear “shallow” as she says that she hopes her baby daughter will be fool, because “that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful fool.” This is said because of the unattractive reality in the East Egg that Daisy’s husband, Tom Buchanan, is having an affair. In the final part of chapter 1, as Nick arrives home from the dinner party he sees Gatsby for the first time, reaching out at a distant green light at the end of a dock. At this moment in the story, Nick does not know the significance of this green light and what it represents, which gives Nick another reason to be intrigued by Gatsby, as well as his source of
All in the family: The main character Archie Bunker had a natural dislike to anyone that was not white or did not think the same as he. His wife, Edith was the typical and ideal 1950’s wife, always catering to her husband’s demands regardless of how sexist they were. I think Archie Bunker made people realize how truly stupid racism and stereotyping is, along with opening up a dialogue that had never been addressed on television. The program introduced social realism along with controversy, blunt language to the sitcom at the same time as preserving the gene’s heart of the domestic family. During one episode Sammie Davis JR plays himself.
Beowulf goes into battle on his own. Evil is a beautiful thing or in this case person Beowulf learns. Grendel’s mother looks nothing like a monster she is irresistible, convincing, and attractive. She promises him power, wealth, and a nice life. Beowulf can’t resist her or her substantial promises so he lays with her giving up the dragon cup.
Tom was a born into wealth and so was Daisy, she married him because her name is more important then love. The difference in wealth between Gatsby and Tom made Daisy choose whom she wanted to end up for the rest of her life. “Girls only love men with money.” This quote is true for this book because when Gatsby gets wealthy Daisy starts to fall back for him. There was this one scene where Gatsby throws all of his shirts in the air as if he doesn’t care about these expensive shirts. Daisy grabs all of the shirts and starts to cry because she loves wealth and expensive cloths.
George was so mean to Lennie at first. Stienbeck proves this by stating, “I’ve beat the hell outta him, and he coulda busted every bone in my body…” (Steinbeck 40). This proves that George is like a big brother he is a strong leader, helpful, and condescending Lennie is always finding ways to make George’s life even more challenging than it already is. For example, Lennie has a mind of a 4-year-old boy and likes to touch soft things. Lennie seen a lady that was wearing a silk dress, and since Lennie likes soft things he then decides to grab the dress.