In fact, they would do any sacrifice for them. In “The Necklace” Monsieur Loisel, en despite of his poor salary, wants to make his wife happy so badly that he offered all the money he saved up for a rifle so she could buy a nice dress instead ; to fulfill her dream to belong to the high society. For what she will put those in a drama for losing the “Diamond Necklace” that she borrowed to her friend. Then her husband will have to put everything things he has such as his honor to rescue his beloved wife. At the same time in “The Gift of the Magi”, Jim loves his wife so much that he will do anything to please her.
If, after his betrothed dies, he immediately starts wooing another girl, his reputation as a fine and upstanding gentleman will be ruined, and he will be hard-pressed to find a new wife of appropriate status. Juliet’s family, the Capulets, are influential, upper-class citizens, and so would be highly offended if Paris does not pay his respects to their deceased daughter. He would also lose the respect of Prince Escales, ruler of their city Verona, who refers to Paris as one of his “…brace of kinsmen (5. iii. Ln 295).” Paris may also entertain the pretense of love for Juliet in order to advance himself both economically and politically in society. If he cuts off his ties with Juliet’s family, they would not be eager to support his future exploits.
Financial hardship has made Christine a stronger person because it has forced her to initially put on the man’s pants and portray the role of breadwinner, so as to provide for her ailing mother. With such a tough task at hand, Mrs. Linde sucked up the bad ideal of work because she knew she needed the money to survive, which prepared her for any future burdens of the sort. Questions about Respect and Reputation. 1. Why is scandal so scary for Torvald?
When two people marry it should be because they love each other not because of money and the pressures from you family. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes the lives of Daisy and Tom Buchanan and also Daisy’s former lover, Jay Gatsby. In this novel ‘The Great Gatsby’ the conflict occurs when Daisy is about to marry Tom but finds out that Gatsby wants to resurrect their previous relationship. Family pressure, money and love are ideas presented in the passage through characterisation and symbolism and the reader is encouraged to disagree with Daisy’s actions. In many families there are conflicts or disagreements.
He pushes them into a hasty secret marriage, without the knowledge or permission of their warring parents. This sets the stage for the secrets that create the tragedy to come. Unable to face the banishment for killing Tybalt, Romeo seeks the advice of Friar Lawrence who scolds him for his despair, “Hast thou slain Tybalt? Wilt thou slay thyself, and slay thy lady that in thy life lives by doing damned hate upon thyself?” (3, 3, 116,) then when Romeo is at his lowest, Friar Lawrence cheers him up, suggesting a comforting visit to his Juliet and then his escape. “Go, get thee to thy love, as was decreed.
Since Daisy was so desperate to get married, she married Tom instead of waiting for Gatsby. Gatsby and Daisy have an affair and Tom becomes suspicious. Daisy gets mad, saying that she will leave Tom for Gatsby, but when she finds out that Gatsby gets all his money from
In an indirect way he is trying to convince Antonio to give him some money so he can go to Belmont and try to marry Portia because he will be able to pay him back if he married her. And here you can see that money invaded this very tight friendship between Bassanio and Antonio, which appeared to be more than just about money. In this part of the play their relationship seems unequal because Bassanio is not benefiting Antonio in any way, and in my opinion, every relation has to be beneficial to whoever are parts of it, and that doesn’t seem to be happening between Bassanio and Antonio. For Bassanio this was his chance to get out of debt and pay Antonio back, and so you get from this, that no matter how tight the relationship between them, money
The title character, Barabas the Jew, is a complex character likely to provoke mixed reactions from the audience. The image of a Jew, in this play, being a greedy usurer was a common image in the English theatre. For a modern audience, however, the visible stereotyping of Jews, with its accompanying images of the destructive force of anti-Semitism, often offends the audience. Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice is much like ‘The Jew of Malta’. Bassanio is in love with the rich heiress Portia and wants to travel to Belmont to woo her.
Abou El Fadl is particularly critical of Wahhabism, a puritanical revision of Islam propagated by the Saudi monarchy. While Wahhabism claims to be the "straight path" of Islam, it is, according to Abou El Fadl, an “false” form of Islam, forged in the 18th-century slaughter of Muslims and non-Muslims alike. To call it "fundamentalist," he asserts, is misleading, since it defys fundamental Islamic truths and distorts Islam by rejecting any attempt to interpret the divine law historically or contextually (11-12). Fadl utilizes Quranic passages as a way to support claims of the danger behind interpreting scriptural passages that were recorded in another period in history without assessing the historical context and background. Fadl further illuminates the dangers of such misunderstanding and an absence of historical understanding and context in which a passage is written through the examination of the passage “fight those among the People of the Book who do not believe in God or the Hereafter, who do not forbid what God and His Prophet have forbidden, and who do not acknowledge the religion of truth- fight them until they pay the poll tax with willing submission and feel themselves subdued” (13).
Money is also a factor in Shylock’s lust for revenge. The casket test is also symbolic of the power of money and wealth. The two rich people (Morocco and Arragon) fail to win Portia’s hand in marriage because they choose the caskets symbolic of wealth and superiority (gold and silver). Bassanio chooses the lead casket and wins Portia’s love despite being quite poor. To me this shows that the message of the play is: ‘All that glisters is not gold’ The play ends on a happy note, in Belmont where love finally wins over money.