I coulda made something of myself.”(188). In the novel she even mentioned that she doesn't even like curley her husband. This is a way of society making women lonely, criticising them you see curleys wife though that society would never accept her without a husband by her
In the Novel “Of Mice and Men” by John Steinbeck, you will find that everyone has a bit of loneliness in them, even if it is a little. Curley’s Wife is lonely because Curley treats her wrong, nobody talks to her, and she never got her dream. Candy is lonely because he is old and disabled. Crooks is lonely because he is being bullied, racially discriminated and his skin colour. In the end, loneliness is everywhere and still affects
This forces Goodman Brown to rethink the Devil’s tales of his forefathers. This is one case of an "unknown" brought to light by the Devil, which damages Goodman Brown’s sense of what is true because it contradicts a past thought. The "truth" of his ancestors brought by the Devil only slightly effects Goodman's faith overall because the ancestors never showed signs of evil during their lifetimes towards him. Yet this one discovery of "truth" is truly significant towards the fall of Goodman's sanity, for it leads him to believe he may have other incorrect understandings of life. This is exactly what the Devil wanted to happen because now that he has broken a truth that Goodman Brown previously had, he suddenly gains faith in the devil.
this very discontent feeling would further add to the very isolation the Glaspell is trying to portray. How is anyone to feel connected when they much live with a foul personality? “He was a hard man” (Glaspell 181); “Like a raw wind that gets to the bone” (Glaspell 181). He gave his wife a dispirited sense of being. She probably felt smothered by his bleak nature and with the fact that the farmhouse was too isolated for anyone to want to visit, Mrs. Wright was left alone.
Ahab sees himself equal with God and he rejects God for an alliance with the devil. Ahab does not believe himself to be powerful but he aligns himself with the devil during his quest. Ahab believes that the ship can carry him further into regions that God does not reign over. Ahab’s quest for Moby Dick is an act of defiance towards God. Mr. Hooper, the minister in The Black Veil is a man of secret sin and darkness.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “Young Goodman Brown” follows a Puritan man’s nightmarish encounter with the devil, which results in the loss his faith and virtue. Flannery O’Connor’s tale “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” details how a southern grandmother is only able to discover what it truly means to be good when she is faced with imminent death. Both texts showcase the classic battle of good versus evil, and provide altering viewpoints on the possible outcomes of this faceoff. The stories by Hawthorne and O’Connor both tell the tale of what occurs when a seemingly righteous and faithful person is faced with a character of pure evil, though the stories’ starkly contrasting settings and tones build each story in a different direction. Although the themes of the stories are strikingly similar, the difference in setting helps to shape how the encounter between good and evil plays out.
He also puts her under the intense scrutiny. While under this confinement, she begins to go mad. She believes the wallpaper is monitoring her, and she eventually sees herself as a prisoner inside it. Her fear towards her oppressive husband is clearly demonstrated when she says, “There comes John, and I must put this away- he hates to have me write a word” (Gillman
They are discriminated for what they believe, stand for, and everything that they represent. It shows that Atticus Finch was hated for defending Niggers (Lee 79). Many people hated him for his tricking ways (Lee 180). His children were made fun of and picked at about the person that their father was defending. Scout Finch knew that she was different because of her father.
Some of the poor probably had to steal items to keep them afloat, whether it was food, money, or Valuable items and of course if you steal you are already breaking one of god’s rules and they know that you are the devil as the bible leads them to believe. The economic factor did have an impact but it wasn’t as big as the social and religious factor. In truth there were many more factors that contributed to the Salem witch Trials, although I believe they were farfetched. The most likely factor to contribute was the religious factor, which did not allow the puritans to explore ideas outside their church and bible. The social factor was their inability to be a whole community and to know their whereabouts of their neighbor s. The differences in income between them and their neighbors and the amount of taxes each paid took some toll
John’s emotions for Abigail gradually changed because he realized what he was doing was wrong and he knew it was guilt-ridden. John’s conscience and the guilt he had about the affair affected him because he is a married man and really loves his wife. In act 2 of The Crucible John