The perceived self is powerful because it reflects who you are. These women had been under so much abuse that it changed their perceived self from the one being victimized to the one causing the problem. This unfortunately is the reason why their experiences had such a lasting effect of them. To me this is the nastiest and most disturbing reality of incest and molestation. The act of incest doesn’t just hurt the victims physical, the real damage is done mentally with the destruction of a woman’s
There is an illustration of a demonstration in which women are being beaten with clubs and stabbed for not wearing their veils. Women wore the veil for two main reasons: 1. their husbands/fathers/brothers forced them to wear it and 2. They were afraid of the outcomes of not wearing a veil. Some women supported wearing the veil because they shared the fundamentalist view. Satrapi shows her opposition by portraying these women with eyes
Aunty Jean is significant in communicating to the reader how negative Martyn’s view of authority figures is, because using his interaction with her as source material the reader can see his mistrust and hatred of Aunty Jean, therefore it is clear that Martyn views Aunty Jean in a very negative way: ‘Thought of Aunty Jean made my stomach turn.’ The verb ‘turn’ describes Martyn’s uneasiness and the fact that he feels physically unwell at the thought of having to live with Aunty Jean. We the reader are able to deduce from this, just how much Martyn’s opinion of her has been negatively impacted by his father’s views. Martyn has no reason to suspect that Aunty Jean would be cruel to him or that she would be worse to live with, all of his hatred and wariness about her stems directly from his father’s own opinion and what he has heard his father say about her. Therefore Aunty Jean is central to the reader’s understanding of Martyn’s immature outlook on adult figures, and how much living with an alcoholic father has shaped his view of authority figures. Brooks also presents her through Martyn’s perspective as evil and sub-humanly disgusted, the thought of her makes him feel physically ill, in order to show how much Martyn needs her to prove his assumptions wrong so that he can grow up and mature.
This can cause instances of mass paranoia and an over reaction of those who have power who are able to influence those beneath them. This is portrayed throughout The Crucible especially when they are scared of any sort of ties with Lucifer. The group of girls which are led under the influence of Abigail Williams, are terribly frightened that ’Abby’ will hurt them if they confess to dancing in the forbidden woods so they accuse many of the community of rash accusations. Unfortunately as the community starts to blindly follow along which was not overly difficult in such a strict puritan community that doesn’t believe in any sort of vain enjoyment. This is how the mass hysteria spread as soon as Abigail released that strong emotions are easily able to manipulate a group of weak minded
Based upon the scenario the employee was discriminated against because of her sex that lead to her being sexually harassed on a daily basis from her male coworkers and male authority figure in the workplace. She experienced public humiliation within the company from her picture being openly displayed; which by the way puts her supervisor in the position to be held liable for allowing such behavior to take place. A red flag should have went up when the supervisor seen the screensaver; which he had to have seen in passing or whatever. Based on the information given in the
This is the part of the story that I disliked. I noticed that women in "Candide" were often terrorized and sexually abused. This made it difficult for me to get to know the female characters especially when compared to the male characters. Between Cunegonde, the old woman, and Paquette, it made it quite obvious for me to sense the dislike of women within the text. This made me question the reasoning behind why Voltaire might have chosen to depict women in this manner.
However, “Marilyn herself said “these events made me feel like a “mistake” easily abandoned” (Leaming, 2009, p. 7). These events definitely contributed to Marilyn’s emotional development and were the root cause of her abandonment issues. Her abandonment issues were likely the cause of her many divorces as she sought out acceptance and emotional attachment. With a very unstable childhood Marilyn probably had little to no moral guidance and a very unstable support system. “In addition, she was sexually abused; it is believed that she was abused by a few different men.
In Chapter 4, a new side of this woman is revealed. She is both lonely and hostile. In a confrontation with Crooks, Lennie, Candy and George, she openly admits that Curley has broken her records and lashed out at her in anger. She also turns from victim to abuser when she threatens to have Crooks lynched if he mocks her, disrespects her, or refuses to answe he questions. In this scene, our sympathy for her may disappear, but it helps to bear in mind that her cruelty comes from a places of anger and lonliness.
He purposely uses powerful adjectives in his phrases, such as “burnt her inside out” and “she was in great agony”; the word “agony” is emotive because it suggests an extremely unbearable pain. Sheila responds “miserably” which illustrates that she has been saddened by the news the Inspector had announced. However, this has an impact on Sheila but Mr and Mrs Birling, who are set in their ignorant time frame of mind, fail to see this. Their callous attitude prevents them from accepting any blame or responsibility for their own actions, and they fail to recognise that all actions have consequences. Their social class is also revealed when they are talking about Eva Smith.
People typically respond to workplace discrimination and racial harassment with anger, rage, hostility, resentment, bitterness and aggression. Some displace their feelings of frustration onto others through abuse of their spouse or children. Graham-Berman and Levandosky (1998) noted that emotional maltreatment may be as damaging to victims as abuse that involves physical aggression. Feelings resulting from psychological and emotional abuse in the workplace include confusion, depression, feelings of helplessness,