Another disturbing revelation about her childhood was that Aileen had sexual relations at a young age, but with her brother Keith. One man who testified in court admitted that he lost his virginity to her, but right after he brother Keith was done having sex with Aileen. This disturbing issue revealed that there was a high probability that Aileen was molested by her closest relatives, and was psychologically reduced to a whore at a very young age. The social trait theory proves that her environment was not only unsupportive but also very dangerous at her once tender age. She was rejected, exposed, and abused to the point where it was a norm.
When Abigail was talking to Proctor she says “She is telling lies to about me! She is a cold sniveling woman, and you bend to her!”(Page 15, act one) she is basically showing her jealousy towards his wife. This stirred up the witch trials because Abigail wanted to be with Proctor and she would do just about anything. The fact that John proctor realizes all of his flaws and confesses to all of his sins is another reason why he can be considered a tragic hero. When Proctor had to go to the court to get his wife out of being accused of upholding witchcraft he eventually confess to his sins he committed.
“Tolerance, what crimes / have been committed in your name.” can especially be seen as a criticism against the various social and legal inequalities perpetrated against many races, religions, and sexes under the guise of ‘Political Correctness’. However, as the point of these focus papers seems to be on interpreting the poem within its historical context, I will leave this tangent short. Levertov begins with “Genial poets, pink-faced / earnest wits…”2 This seems to be a criticism against all poets who write “neutral3” things; poets who do not try to choose a side; poets who do not challenge their readers; poets, even, who rely more upon being witty than on actually saying something. The entire stanza, from “Genial” to “name” seems to imply that poets who do these things are making excuses rather than really putting their ideas forward. However, at the second stanza Levertov moves back into familiar territory, seeming to criticize women who are content to live at home and bake bread4 ; to remain blind to the “nightmare reality5” around them.
Rhetoric in The Stranger Throughout The Stranger, Camus uses existentialist theory and absurdist rhetoric to further the story of the main character, Meursault, who is socially detached and emotionally distant. Through the lack of evincive language, such as references to emotions or general empathy, Camus creates a character that seems to be above the bourgeois feelings of emotion. Camus attempts to inspire sympathy for a character who, throughout the story, feels none himself. A self-professed absurdist, Camus hated being labeled as an existentialist due to the fundamental differences of the two beliefs. Existentialism is a philosophical theory that states that each individual has absolute freedom of choice and each has the responsibility to regulate one’s own actions.
The Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, the topic of an unreliable narrator arises. Nick Carraway, who is the narrator of this novel, is seen as a biased/unreliable narrator due to his speech when he speaks about Jay Gatsby and also because he is not an omniscient narrator. Because of these decrepencies, it is impossible to see Nick as a reliable narrator. At the beginning of the novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald immediately forms Nick Carraways character. Nick describes himself as being someone who reserves all judgment but, throughout the novel he is constantly relaying his opinion about other people.
Clora generation's family has suffered for many cruel thing slave masters did for Clora mother's family, the family of Clora, and children families of Clora. Clora committed suicide because she could not take no longer to live. Although, Clora's family extended and spread out many
Celie is a woman who from the young age of 14 was raped, had to children by her daddy, and lost her mother. Nobody in the world loves Celie but her sister Nettie. To Celie’s dismay Nettie has to run away after being nearly raped by her father, and Celie’s new husband known as Mr.____. Mr.____ continuously beats and emotionally abuses Celie through the story. Celie begins to fall in love with Shug Avery Mr.____'s mistress who is known as the towns whore while this happens Mr._____'s eldest son Harpo falls in love with Sofia.
A person who holds a grudge can be extremely dangerous to the people surrounding them. The outcome of that person’s actions may result in a simple argument or even death. In Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, one character does exactly this and ends up holding a whole town in the palm of their hand. Abigail Williams was a young teenage girl having an affair with a married man: John Proctor. When Proctor realized that he was neglecting his wife, he broke his ties with Abigail.
Sadly again, almost none of these paradoxes are quoted in Zeno's original words by their various commentators, but in paraphrase. 1. Background Before we look at the paradoxes themselves it will be useful to sketch some of their historical and logical significance. First, Zeno sought to defend Parmenides by attacking his critics. Parmenides rejected pluralism and the reality of any kind of change: for him all was one indivisible, unchanging reality, and any appearances to the contrary were illusions, to be dispelled by reason and revelation.
- I really loved the way the writer Ed Sheran wrote the song called the A Team. The song is about a young girl who becomes a prostitute and gets beaten up. She takes drugs and ends up passing away. The song lyrics are so meaning full and deep. The first time I heard the song I got all sad and teary because I know what it’s like to have someone close to you hooked on drugs and it is hard to get out.