Now from those brief descriptions we can already see the difference in the characterization of all three characters. Although Abigail’s character appears to be one that is instantly dislikeable because of her selfish ways, she is by no means stupid. She knows how to manipulate other people into acting the way that she wants them to act and her control over them is what makes her an effective antagonist. Mrs. Putnam on the other hand appears not to have been as well educated as Abigail. She instantly jumps to the conclusion that witchcraft is afoot, which is apparent when she states “Mark it for a sign, mark it!” when Betty thrashes in her “trance.” She is also paranoid by the fact that there must be some paranormal reason as to why her babies have perished.
The very first point Suzanne Britt makes in comparison of the neat and sloppy is of moral character. For example, she states that sloppiness is only an “unfortunate consequence of extreme moral rectitude.” In contrast, Britt supposes that neat people are so obsessed with tidiness that they may “throw the children out of the house just to cut down the clutter.” This shocking image shows that neat people are the immoral ones, not the sloppy ones. With these points made, Britt suggests that our cleanliness depends on our personality and that neat people are actually less ethical. Suzanne Britt also notes a second difference between neat and sloppy people, based on optimism and hope for the future. Sloppy people are stuck in “Never-Never Land,” carrying a vision for the future in their minds that they will eventually clean up their act.
(personification) | "...his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it." (pg106) | This is an example of metaphor because Hawthorne is comparing Mr. Dimmesdale's voice to a prophecy and gives it a depressing tone. (metaphor) | "...while their hearts are all speckled and spotted with iniquity of which they cannot rid themselves." (pg116) | Here "hearts" symbolizes the consciousness of not only sinners in general, but that of Dimmesdale's conscious which we know has been marred or at least should have been marred by the adultery he committed with Hester. (metaphor) | "... was admirably adapted to Pearl's beauty, and made her the very brightest little jet of flame that ever danced upon the earth."
This is demonstrated in the poem, “Red” by Hughes, where his perspective of Plath as a passionate but tortured individual contradicts the view of her gentle and happy persona. Hughes uses the colour red to symbolise Plath’s torment such as “poppies thin and wrinkle-free as the skin on blood” where Hughes connects Plath to poppies which have connotations of blood and death. The effect of this compounds the symbolism of the colour red, ultimately depicting Plath as a tortured soul. However, in contrast, Hughes reflects that at times Plath was untroubled by her psychological issues, such as when “kingfisher blue silks from San Francisco/ folded your pregnancy”. The poet’s use of the kingfisher uses the bird in flight as a symbol for the freedom which Plath occasionally experienced when separated from her obsession with her father.
Even though these images and diction are scary, the poem still manages to be more settling than Collins’s poem. Collins is softer with his images, but the poem is more unsettling. “… the Enola Gay dropped one tiny atom on Japan.” The image of this is much softer, but it feels more sinister. The teacher has just managed to make a horrific event seem like something very harmless. This “harmless” lie is in fact hindering the students.
Infinite Jest: A Failed Entertainment - The primary failed entertainment of Infinite Jest is The Entertainment that James O. Incandenza made for Hal. On p. 839 Wallace writes: “” The most obvious way that Infinite Jest is a failed entertainment could be that well, in the common sense of the word, it just isn’t that entertaining. Given the colossal length, the frequency of foot notes, the almost nauseatingly non-linear storytelling, Infinite Jest is many things, but entertaining it is not. --- A failed entertainment signifies something that aimed to entertain and then didn’t. Yet, because Wallace called Infinite Jest, A Failed Entertainment.
In addition, the Summoner loves "garleek, oynons, and eek lekes" (636). Aside from giving him bad breath, these vegetables were considered to make him hornier and his leprosy worse (Cooper 57). This further depicts corruption because he is ugly and he does not care that he gets uglier, he just wants to have as much sex as
In Medusa, another emotion is bitterness. ‘I stared in the mirror, love gone bad’. This shows bitterness because she is bitter about the way ‘love’ has turned out. It is almost an oxymoron, because society teaches us that love is good and should be sought after, whereas what she is saying goes against this. This intensifies the emotion and reinforces how much of a ‘mess’ their relationship is in.
This is proven when Hester remarks to herself, "Oh Father in heaven - if thou art still my father - what is this being which I have brought into the world" (Hawthorne 89).Thirdly, Pearl represents the sins of both Hester and Dimmesdale. Proven when, Hester realizes what Pearl represents when she does not hold Pearl up in front of the "A”; she carries the child around because it is a direct reflection of her sin. Hester is, "wisely judging that one token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another" (Hawthorne 48). Pearl in many ways is the scarlet letter. First, the scarlet letter amuses Pearl, and also controls her behavior.
His attitude makes it seem like he finds women untrustworthy and weak. Throughout the play Hamlet’s treatment towards women were unkind, unfair and disrespectful. Hamlet is unkind towards Ophelia and Gertrude throughout the play. Hamlet: Ay, truly; for the power of beauty will sooner transform honesty can translate beauty into his likeness; this was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it proof. I did love you once.