He does not know what he should do or say. Jealous of the former relationship between his wife and Robert, he is suspicious. He knows that his wife has told Robert about him and has probably complained about his faults. This makes him feel guilty and insecure. He later says how "I was not enthusiastic about his visit.... A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to” (100).
The way Buddy talks about Esther I think affects her. When somebody you care about makes you feel like crap that it really takes a toll on you. You want to how much you appreciate and admire the person you care about, not have them dampen them with a lack of interest, making yourself feel better, and a misunderstanding of how to treat a woman. Esther idolizes Buddy but he never really felt the same way about her as he looked at her more as a sex partner. The novel talks about things regarding sexism by showing how Buddy's sense of manliness and superiority is built on what he thinks of himself, not who he actually is, hypocritical in a sense.
Some grieve over words that can never be said or heard, others over someone they won’t see again, and so on. Abby grieves over her marriage as she reveals to Oskar that, “My husband and I had been having a terrible fight” (Foer 290). William Black, her ex-husband is able to attain closure when Oskar gives him the key to a safe that belonged to his deceased father. A.R. Black grieves over his wife’s death by hammering nails into their bed and for his loss of hearing.
Myrtle is playing the role of the woman being seeked for relief because of this secret affair between the two. Her husband, George Wilson, does not suspect Myrtle of cheating on him because he could not imagine the idea of it. Myrtle does not care about her marriage with George and this is shown by the affair she has with Tom Buchanan. Tom searches for relief of sexual stress through an affair and he finds the solution with Myrtle,
She longs for love from a family but in vain. Jane is ignored in the red room for a day and she gets cold as it is raining and so is he hungry. As foresighted as she is, she started thinking about her death and she relates it to Mr. Reed’s which had also happened there. Using the style of flashback, we get to know more of John Reed, and his relationship to her. We get to know that Mr. Reed is a brother to Jane’s brother who was a peasant and he took her up into his own custody.
When Mr. Hale talks about how Minnie acted when he discovered her husband, is when we begin to feel pity for her. She shows no emotion, which we can guess means that she was not very happy with her husband. The women also pity Minnie because of how the men just barge into her home and criticize how untidy things are. The County Attorney expresses his opinion “No -- it’s not cheerful. I shouldn’t say she had the homemaking instinct” (Page 901).
He is a bit rude. He writes that he is split between two lovers. How does the father react when he hears that Burgess is the father? In the start he gets angry because his friend have betrayed him and made his daughter pregnant. But then, at last, he accept it.
King Lear says to his daughters ‘if it be you that stirs these daughters’ hearts against their father’ which shows how he feels betrayed: a feeling he may have not felt if he had not been so foolish to dismiss Cordelia for her honesty. Cordelia, however, plays a smaller role in the first few Acts of the play as she is disowned by her father and is not visited. Gonerill and Regan are both cruel father and do not have the same loyalty we get the impression as Cordelia does. Cordelia says at the beginning of the play ‘what shall Cordelia speak, love and be silent’ which shows that she loves her father however doesn’t feel she should lie about how much she loves her father. This truthfulness however lands her in a bad place as she is disowned by her father for not professing her love.
John's motive to commit suicide comes from the deep love he feels for his wife; "it was not what he actually accomplished by means of the sacrifice…but the sacrifice itself, the gesture – something done for her sake" (Ross 161). John thinks that the result of his death will be the freedom of his wife. The tragic irony is that it's only after sleeping with Steven that Ann is able to renew her love for John and calm her inner storm, but by doing so she looses the object of her love, John, altogether. Alternatively, if she hadn't betrayed John and he hadn't come upon that fateful view, then he wouldn't have sacrificed himself for her, but (and there's always a ‘but' in fiction) Ann would still be emotionally conflicted and would still be unable to love and appreciate her husband. Irony also envelops Ann and Steven's immoral copulation because it was initially John's idea for Steven to visit while she was alone.
In another situation, Vlad forms a relationship with Ellen out of guilt that Jill, his past interest, makes fun of her weight. He later cheats on Ellen when he makes out with Dee out of flawed sense of what was appropriate in their interaction. He also fails to mention to everyone that he has a girlfriend until she shows up to break up with him in person. Vlad also develops a unclear relationship with Michael, a gay teenager whose parents do not accept his sexual identity. Vlad is a good friend to Michael.