Repeats Stella's name, could be as not to loose her trip on reality or loose her sanity, amongst her painful recollections from belle reve. Rhetorical questions come up, all in one big clump, she starts off by just exclaiming, with almost all words/sentences ending in a exclamation mark, however towards the end of the monologue, it's more questions 'which of them left us a fortune.' ' which of them left a cent of insurance even.' Could be showing towards the end that her sadness turns more into anger directed at Stella, this shows her as slightly indecisive, muddled, and also starts to see a more sinister side to her, as she brutally interrogates and judges her younger sister. 'You didnt dream but I saw' the mention of dreams relating to belle reve, (which ironically translates to
The author cites “John is away all day, and even some nights when his cases are serious.” In the end I honestly believe that John genuinely love his wife but was clueless in helping her get better. I don’t think John would drive his wife to madness or insanity deliberately. 3. What might her bedroom have been used as before? Why is this significant?
Fitzgerald describes Gatsby as "overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves." But Gatsby confuses "youth and mystery" with history; he thinks a single glorious month of love with Daisy can compete with the years and experiences she has shared with Tom. Just as "new money" is money without social connection, Gatsby's connection to Daisy exists outside of history. Nick's fear of the future foreshadows the economic crisis that pushed the country into depression and ended the Roaring Twenties in 1929. The day Gatsby and Tom argue at the Plaza Hotel, Nick suddenly realizes that it's his 30th birthday.
Knowing that she does not have the proper clothing and jewelry she starts to cry and get all upset, because she believes that since she does not have the “fancy” apparel, Mathildes husband proposes “All right. I’ll give you four hundred francs”(Maupassant, 2). Mathilde accepted the offer and bought herself the dress, but she was once again unhappy and explained to her husband that she simply cannot go because “I’m embarrassed not to have any jewelry”(Maupassant, 2).So her husband then wondered why she would not just ask one of her friends if she could borrow some jewelry, but Mathilde broke out saying how she does not have any friends to borrow from.
With the conversation becoming more exciting, Elisa begins to feel appreciated for once and has an immediate attraction for the tinker. In “The Necklace”, Mathilde’s husband surprises her with an invitation to a formal dinner, what at first, makes her excited but then turns into a disappointment knowing she has nothing nice to wear to the dinner because they are not exactly financially stable. Both Elisa and Mathilde are unhappy with their marriages; Mathilde puts on a front of her financial standings and Elisa realizes there is more to life and does not want to just settle. One of the differences between the two wives is how Elisa lacks the self-confidence unlike Mathilde who has never settled for anything less than what she believes she deserves. In “The Chrysanthemums” Elisa puts so much hard work and time into her gardening while her husband does the same with the selling of his steer, even though this makes her content for the time being, she soon realizes that maybe life has more to offer than the comforts of the ranch.
It is clear that although Eilis does conform and stay with tony she is still inexperienced and confused as she falls back into her desire to please people. On her return to Enniscorthy she does not make her mother aware of her current marital status or even mention Tony. Eilis then compromises herself as she betrays Tony in being unfaithful leading on another man, Jim Farrell, ignoring the existence of her Husband Tony altogether. Colm Toibin’s Brooklyn is a Novel that follows the coming of age journey of main character Eilis Lacey and explores identity throughout the text. It was evident that social expectations can contribute to the encouragement of passive behaviour.Due to Eilis’ Compliant nature her desires are often suppressed leading her astray and compromising her moral integrity due to inexperience and the desire to please
When a young girl shows concern for her friend, Nancy, Old Man Warner seemed disappointed saying “people aint the way they used to be.” The author uses irony in the story to show the nature of the villagers. Tessie Hutchinson, who serves as the protagonist, shows up to the lottery late mentioning to Mrs. Delecroix that she had “clean forgot what day it was.” It is at this point the tone begins to change. As the drawing begins the reader can tell by the seriousness of the crowd that there’s more to be learned. When it is Mr. Hutchinson that draws the marked slip of paper, Tessie begins to rebel. Ironically, she “wins” the lottery and it is implied that she will be stoned.
It condemns George to living the life of every other hired hand, which is working for a month for fifty bucks, then just blowing it on whiskey and a whore, then repeating the process. Candy is also affected by the death of Lennie, the hope and plans that had materialised in front of him, were taken away equally as
At the end during her sentimental speech Curley’s wife reveals to the reader her longing for being “in the movies”. The way how Steinbeck presents dreams in his novel shows that a women’s dream was harder to achieve than a males’ dream. The effect this has on the reader is that they see George and Lennie’s dream in the exact opposite way to Curley’s wife’s dream. The whole book itself rotates around George and Lennie’s dream and the failure of their dream is what ultimately makes the book so tragic whereas not a second thought is spared by the reader at the futility of Curley’s wife’s
One side is that her husband’s death, she supposes to be sad, however, the other side is without her husband’s control, she could start her new life. She is afraid of adopt new life without her husband. “She said it over and over under her breath: ‘Free, free, free!” she comfort and encourage herself to meet new life. In the end of the story, Chopin writes that Brently Mallard still alive and Mrs. Mallard died because of the joy. It is so ironic that Mrs. Mallard only enjoys the joyful in her life only one hour.