She looks to the local pastor Arthur Dimmesdale for comfort; somewhere along the way passion emerges, culminating in the conception and subsequent birth of their child, Pearl. Because Hester has no husband with her, she is imprisoned, convicted of the crime of adultery, and sentenced to be forced to wear a prominent scarlet letter 'A' for the rest of her life. Though scorned by her fellow citizens, Hester continues to lead a relatively uneventful life. Shortly after the birth of the child and her punishment, Hester's husband reappears and compels her to tell him the name of the child's father. Hester refuses, but swears not to reveal the fact that Chillingworth is her husband to the town folk.
Lily also lives with her father and she says in the book that it never felt right to call him dad so she just settled on T. Ray. T. Ray is abusive and convinces Lily that her mother’s death is all her fault by telling her that she picked up the gun and it went off in her hands and killed her mother and that her mother didn’t care about her at all and left her. The date is 1964 and President Johnson has just signed the Civil Rights Act. Rosaleen decides that she wants to register to vote and Lily walks with her into town. As they reach the outskirts of town Rosaleen and Lily come across three white men who harass Rosaleen.
Grabbed her around her neck and repeatedly hit her. The next thing that she remembered was Mr. Ewell standing over her saying 'who done it before she fainted. She did everything she could to avoid answering questions throughout the trial. Atticus asked her if she loved her father and if he was easy to get along with. Mayella said yes except, that's when Atticus finished her sentence.
She loses her reputation as the loyal wife when she is accused of being a 2 prostitute, when she was actually raped by Wu Tsing. She also loses her status of being the first wife of him. Because of this, An-mei’s mother was banned from her family’s house forever. “Your mother went to live in Tientsin, to hide her shame with Wu Tsing’s wealth. And three years later, she gave birth to a son, which Second Wife claimed as her own” (Tan 237).
The character Salome is based on the biblical Salome, in her biblical form Salome is he daughter of Herodias who is married to her uncle (King Herod), John the Baptist stood out against the marriage and Herodias had him arrested and wanted him executed, Herod respected John and wanted him to live, so he was merely imprisoned. Herod promised Salome anything she wanted is she danced for him, so after performing an erotic dance, Salome asks for Johns head on a platter. She then took this head to her mother. The Laboratory
Natalie’s Father was taken to Jail before the story began. Natalie’s mother, Dotty, is a drinker. Dotty was excited when she found out her daughter got her first fake ID. Dotty has been married and divorced several times to rich men, since Natalie’s father. Richard Duke is Dotty’s current love.
Paragraph 2- Curley's wife Talk about how she is always hanging around on the ranch, finding excuses to get out of the house. Contain references to the fact that she is the only woman on the ranch and that she is married to a man that she dislikes greatly. Refer to her being only just into her late teens. Mention how she, as well as crooks, opened up to Lennie because she was lonely. Also mention that she lied to herself and made herself believe that the man she met could really have put her in the pictures and that her mother had hidden the letters from Hollywood.
And then the real stories come out. Garcin was a big-time adulterer who used to bring his mistresses home with him for his wife to host in the morning. His wife adored him, but he treated her badly. Estelle carried on an affair with a young man and got pregnant with his child. She fled to Switzerland so she could have the baby away from the sight of her husband, and then drowned the infant while her lover watched helplessly.
Loa 1 Ruben Loa Jr. Dr. Masliamony English 1302-W12 17 March 2013 Cold-Blooded In the short story, Never Marry a Mexican by Sandra Cisneros, it is obvious to the reader that Cisneros has a corrupt mind and finds pleasure in being part of an affair with a married man and then involving herself with his son during his high schools years. As it states in the story, “I was taking you in that time.” (185) Cisneros is talking about the son, Drew, as she relates back to her past when “all I know is I was sleeping with your father…” (84) But she places emphasizes on the ‘you’ signifying now that she is more interested in sleeping around with the younger version of the man she once loved which happens to his son, Drew. As we go deeper into the context at hand, the reader can understand that Cisneros is not your typical women as she says “I’m guilty of having caused deliberate pain to other women.” And then stating that she is “capable of anything.” (79) Now I will go into detail in describing Cisneros and her actions and what made her make so many odd decisions. I believe I can relate to some of her deliberate procedures sense so many of it came from the pain during her adolescence years.
Hester Prynne is the wife of a man named Chilingworth, who has sent Hester to live in a village near Boston. There, Hester commits adultery with the Reverend Dimmsedale. Although, in the beginning of the novel no one knows who the man is Hester confesses herself and refuses to give the name of the man. Hester has a child as a result of this crime. Her punishment is the wearing of a scarlet “A’ for the rest of her life, and she must stand on the scaffold of the town so everyone can see her.