She is demonstrated as the effect of punishment on sensitivity and human nature and as a criminal who deserves the disgrace of her sinful choice. Hester is branded the scarlet letter, which is the imprint of sin by the Puritans. That one imprint has directly restrained her spirit and daintiness which makes her a boring woman. To show that impression of dullness, Hawthorne has personified her with the colour gray. She is always wearing nothing but drab gray gowns in the novel.
The histrorian James Romm portrayed Agrippina as a woman who was simply trying to escape the restrictions imposed on her by society. To quote james Romm “she stands out as the sole Roman woman to attempt to break the ultimate glass ceiling: to wield the power of a princeps, not just behind the scenes but before the astonished eyes of the senate,” Romm takes into account both the ancient writers and his own interpretation of Agrippina. Romm believes that her determination not only furthered her power but ultimately caused her downfall. He observes that the majority of Claudius move show us that Agrippina was shown as a “political asset”. Romm concluded that even though Agrippina may have been manipulative and ambitious she was still able to achieve what women of the era could not.
The play aimed to convey Sybil Birling as stubborn, unsympathetic and dislikeable character, and I believe that Margot Leicester's portrayal of Mrs Birling was quite successful. In the opening scene, Leicester entered in a floor length, expensive looking grey gown, clearly meant to show off her wealth and power. She entered with a practiced, purposeful gait and straight posture. She held her dress off the floor with her hands, and kept her nose turned up slightly. This immediately gave the impression that she saw herself as superior, and we immediately disliked her.
However, he does depict the role of women as extremely insignificant. Fitzgerald, through Myrtle, Jordan, and Daisy, inadvertently conveys a constant message that the role of women in society is one of great insignificance and inferiority. The insignificant and inferior role of women is first displayed through the character of Myrtle Wilson. Myrtle is first introduced as the mistress for Tom Buchannan, a man of great inherited wealth. One prime example is early on in the plot when Nick and Tom go into the city accompanied by Myrtle and other women.
The mirror reflected the woman’s face as she applied her mask. Foundation, powder, eye shadow, liner, mascara, blush, and lipstick are all applied as she satisfies her need to appear beautiful. In Susan Sontag’s passage, Women’s Beauty: Put Down or Power Source?, she explains the definition of beauty and the plight of contemporary women with respect to beauty. Women are overly concerned with superficial appearances and they do not express who and what they really are. Although beauty was once considered a virtue and can be considered a form of power, it is really a form of oppression that leaves women objectified and constantly working to be attractive.
(Macbeth I, v, 26) Lady Macbeth made Macbeth feel bad about himself, by lowering his manhood and bravery. Lady Macbeth deceives everyone so well that people were scared to tell her about Duncan’s death, not thinking she can handle it. “Look like an innocent flower /but be the serpent under it” (Macbeth I, IV, 65-66) this means to look innocent and pure but to be evil on the inside. At first Lady Macbeth is able to keep her cool and not think anything of the deed. Macbeth on the other hand cannot sleep and starts to see things.
A group of girls were accusing innocent people of being witches. When these people were found guilty, the accusers would get their land/property. They were attacking the wealthy in hopes of gaining their assets. Greed and selfishness played major roles in each conflict. The wealthy landowner was keeping his land to himself and the Salem Witch Trial’s accusers were out for the Wealthy people’s land.
Selfperception affects an individual’s self-efficacy skills, therefore affecting how an individual will communicate their experiences. While self-perception is an important trait to take into consideration when dealing with self-reporting, it does however, as mentioned, affect the validity of the results due to individuals underreporting and over reporting their actions. Comparisons of Limitations All three articles discussed the limitation of self-reporting, more so in Article 1. While self-reporting is indeed a valuable asset, self-reporting at times is affected due to individuals underreporting their behavior, as well as over reporting it (Hauge et al., 2009). Underreporting occurs due to individuals being dishonest regarding their behavior, therefore causing an error in the research done.
Her innocence is destroyed along with her morals, her dreams, and anything human like. Her salvation was Mr. Zachanassian who removes her from the brothel, changes her name to Claire Zachanassian, and gives her wealth. Unfortunately, the time she spent in the whorehouse affected her lifestyle, behavior, and attitude. “The world made a whore of me, now I’ll make a whorehouse of the world” (72) were Clara’s thoughts as she became the ruthless Claire. Now changed and wealthy, Claire believes that “with financial power like [hers], [one] can afford a new world order” (72) and with no remorse offers the money for Alfred’s death.
Delilah used her beauty and manipulative ways to steal his thrown and gain silver shekels for herself. Samson gave in to the temptation of his lover wanting to know his secret, and in return God left him with no strength and the Philistines “gouged out his eyes” (Judges 16:4, 21). Delilah selfishly brought Samson’s reign to an end because she was greedy and knew she could trick Samson into giving her the information the Philistines wanted. She felt no remorse for conspiring against the man who loved her, because her priorities are money and glory before love. The temptress is a common character in pop culture today.