It was not yet revealed the racial background of each character, although some underlying clues give notion that the young girls have already been exposed to negative racial stereotypes, but as scholar Susanna Morris writes “Women's friendships in "Recitatif" are mitigated and mediated by oppressive power relations that are highly visible and important even when race is radically destabilized.” Twyla recalls a time when her mother stated that ‘they never wash their hair and they smell funny’, which was directed at white people. Twyla’s initial reaction was to follow her mother’s teachings and not befriend a white girl. However, in this instance both Roberta and Twyla were on the same power level and in the same class. Because of this, race did not matter. (Morris,
So he feels he's unworthy of showing her, his remorse because he never tried to help her in the first place. So basically you can't feel sorry in a situation when you didn't try to help in the first place. "No wants the coat they were shot in, even if it were possible to wash out the blood and mend the holes. It was a nice coat when she wore it. Now it doesn't look like much to him.
Dimmesdale loses himself in this falsehood, forgetting who he truly is, and assumes two distinct identities: one while in the public eye and another while in privacy. Yet Nathaniel Hawthorne does not paint an entirely miserable portrait of humans. The Scarlet Letter features the character Hester Prynne, a woman who also sins. But unlike Goodman Brown and Mr. Dimmesdale, her sin is discovered by her community. Resultantly, she becomes an outcast from society, and this allows her to think for herself and remain an individual, avoiding the dreadful trap of hypocrisy and lies that emerge from hidden sin.
“ The syntax of this part of the story shows that the author is trying to explain the character of Prynne and then compare it to what people believe she would look like. This is important because what it shows is that Prynne is not what the people seem to believe. The sin committed by Prynne, had an effect on her that was very different then the effect of the sin on Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. The effect of the sin on Prynne was very hurtful but the way she took the pain was by doing well in society again and by working and proving that the Scarlett Letter was nothing more than a letter. For a large majority of the story, the Scarlett Letter meant Adultery, but as time changed the letter a meant able.
Her unsupportive argument is not to prove the misconceptions of what makes a woman a woman, really her arguments about her own anger and aggression towards her past. She can’t get over it and carries those feelings and judges everyone, like they are all out to hurt
1)Thematic statement: Salvation can only be earned by being open about who you are. 1)Thematic statement: Salvation can only be earned by being open about who you are. 1b) “One token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another.”pg.49 Having committed a crime, Hester tries to live her life as truthfully as possible. Because of this, she chooses to wear her scarlet letter compulsively acknowledging the fact that she had done something that does not abide by the rules of the Puritans. 1b) “One token of her shame would but poorly serve to hide another.”pg.49 Having committed a crime, Hester tries to live her life as truthfully as possible.
Their purpose was to escape punishment, or work, or responsibility, and they were used for profit” (Steinbeck 74). At the beginning of the novel she is portrayed as a wicked person who’s evilness comes from nowhere but her own empty heart. Towards the end, she appears weak and afraid of people, mostly the ones that do not fall for her trickery. These are the moments in the novel that may give the impression that Cathy is not evil after all, but is merely an impatient, self-centered person. Cathy’s upbringing did not seem to be a likely place to develop hatred or any reason for rebellion in the young girl.
Dear Cal, I am not writing you this letter as an apology because I am not sorry for all that I have done to people in the past. This is just an explanation of why I have done all I have. But I’ll be honest; I still don’t understand some things myself. I am not entirely sure whether I was born with this evil inside me or whether it was my choice. My upbringing did not seem to be a likely place to foster dissent and animosity in a young girl.
Like when I read about Margery Kempe, I had forgotten for a second that the character of the story was an actual person so I was intrigued by the story, but then I realized that the story was fictional and the character was a real person and my thoughts changed from somewhat excited about the story to something in between remorse and sorrow for what that poor lady had to endure all by herself pretty much. She tried to confide in someone and was denied the help of a clergyman. In those days, it was one of the worst things that could happen to a person. So yes my feeling changed completely after having read the story. That does not mean though, that anyone who reads a story such as this one will be compelled to feel the way I felt.
The Awakening “The Awakening” is a novel that depicts the life of a woman in a time where women were considered inferior to men and were expected to conform to the ways they were expected to act. Throughout “The Awakening”, Edna Pontellier encounters numerous situations where she is facing problems that goes against the prevailing attitude of society in America at this time in history. The allusions to the works of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “Self Reliance”, which discusses individualism of the human being and the importance of independence and non-conformity, contribute to the tone of the story and help the reader relate to what Edna is feeling. The main ideas of this story are the expression of one’s self through individualism, self thought,