The poem ‘Poppies’ explores a relationship between a mother and a son. It also explores images of conflict such as “Armistice Sunday”, “poppies” and “the war memorial”. The poem shows us the effects of war and describing the mother as victim of warfare as well as the child. However, in the “At the Border, 1979”, it explores how the war between countries have affected families emotionally and physically. In the poem ‘Poppies’, the mother feels very sad; “Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been placed on individual war graves” this is a reminder that war kills people which makes her sad as her son might be killed in war.
“My Madonna cried.” This is the line that opens the story and sets the theme of depression throughout the story. The Madonna doll in the story is used to represent death starting with the first sentence in the story. Josephine instantly thinks that her mother has died when she sees the tear rolling down her doll’s cheek. The doll is also the one thing that the mother holds onto as she tries to cling to what little life she has in prison before she is executed. The doll has been passed down from generation to generation in Josephine’s family, and seems to represent the tragedy of each woman’s demise.
Due to the droopiness of her eyes we can conclude that her continuous waterfall of tears and loss of sleep disfigured the woman’s face to the point where she looks unrecognizable, but still we can clearly see that this woman is distraught. “Why is this woman crying,” one may ask themselves when first viewing the picture. Perhaps she’s lost a son or brother to something great. Could she be crying because she’s the target of her peers and now believes she has no self-worth? Is this woman crying because all she wants is a sense of belongingness or is she indeed a victim of something she has no control over?
14). “And so I thought to send her [Ruth] to your Tituba’” (Miller I. 15). Heart: Goody Ann Putnam is very sad and depressed lady. This stems from her many children dying.
Its just I cant help thinking about this girl-destroying her life so horribly.’ This shows Sheila feels commiseration and sensitivity towards Eva and her death which comes across as genuine regret when she realises she could be linked to her suicide. Mr Birling interrupts her questioning by becoming even more aggressive when trying to defend her daughter. The phrase ‘why the devil do you want to go upsetting a child like that’ that he uses shows he is more concerned that his daughter has been affected by feelings of guilt and shame for what they might have done to Eva Smith. He doesn’t realise the depth of the familys involvement and still feels able to be bitter and outspoken towards the inspector. However, this does impact the inspector at all because he continues his questioning with Sheila further.
Her bitterness towards her deceased husband is apparent. In the scene she casts him away and reminisces on all the times her marriage brought her pain and sorrow.
T: Title: The title describe the women with her riches house got burned down T: Tone: Anne Bradstreet poem, “Upon the Burning of Our House” is resentful and remorseful. She was being resentful that her house got burned and down and that all her possessions are turned into ashes. But throught that sorrow, she is remorseful because since she’s a Puritan and believe that none of the things did not actually belongs to her but to God’s. Therefore, material possessions are easy to get and gain but also easy to lose and destroyed. T: Theme: That you should not centered on what you have because you will eventually lose it when you die, and only God is with you.
“The Story of an Hour” The beginning of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” presents a woman who is about to be told that her husband has been killed in a railroad disaster. Louise Mallard suffers from a heart condition so her sister and friends must break the news to her as delicately as possible. Immediately after hearing the shocking news, she reacts just as one would imagine by weeping as she ran off to her room alone. However, the reaction quickly shifts as with her husband’s passing she is overcome with joy as she realizes that she no longer has to live for anyone but herself. The open window that Louise gazes from is a key symbol which represents the freedom and opportunity that is now possible now that her husband has died.
He watched his mother change everyday and go through stages of her depression. He was so afraid that his mother would die and he felt responsible for his mothers illness. His mother always talked about death and as if it were her last day so he thought that she would die soon. Gates developed certain “ rituals” to help his mother. The reader can conclude that Gates really loved his mother and admired her.
Joey Caliendo Caliendo 1 Eng 1102-304 Lightfoot Oral Presentation Outline/Thesis Statement Symbolism of (deceased/”unborn”) Children in Macbeth Theis Statement: * Lady Macbeth weeps for a fallen child, foreshadows her and her husbands loss of innocence. When the children die, so do the Macbeths. * When the witches make the appreations appear two of the three appear in the form of children. One bloody and beaten, this can be seen as a representation of Lady Macbeths lost child or a prelude to the loss of Macbeths sanity and innocence. * Children in the play are also used to represent the Royal Line.