Electra fights with her mother, Clytemnestra, and her mother’s lover, Aegisthus, because she feels betrayed by them as they killed her father. When Electra and Orestes are finally reunited, they plot against their fathers killers, and finally kill them. The play has several themes, such as vengeance and deception which are extenuated by the heightened realism style of the play. In Electra’s introductory speech, I would emphasises her agony of her father’s death, as this is the main reason the character is vengeful. To fit with the heightened realism of the play, I would exaggerate the mental pain that the character is going through by associating some lines with physical pain, such as ‘But my mother, and her bed mate Aegisthus, Split open his head with a murderous axe’.
#5 Adam Wreath (20) Organization Mr. Kratz, p. 1 (20) Specific details English 11, 6.0 (20) Analysis of Details 21 November 2011 (20) Blending and Explication of Quotes (20) Mechanics The Sweetest Poison Revenge is often called bittersweet because of its positive and negative effects. This concept applies directly to Roger Chillingworth while he seeks revenge against Arthur Dimmesdale. Roger Chillingworth is a main character in Nathanial Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter, set in Boston in the 17th century. Chillingworth seeks revenge against Arthur Dimmesdale who is the lover of his passionate wife, Hester. Chillingworth’s physical and mental state changes as the story progresses from his choice to seek revenge, to the methods he uses to achieve his goals, to the end result of Chillingworth’s plans.
Anse is another great example of the death of the morals of society. He went through all the struggle to get his family and his dead wife to Jefferson while all along he had other intentions. He was ready to get rid of Addie because he found himself a “new Mrs. Bundren.” (90) One realizes that Anse is full of deceit and
The main action of “Blithe Spirit” revolves around a man who is being haunted by his first wife’s ghost that is extremely bothersome to his current wife who ends up joining the first wife as a ghost and together they taunt and torment the man. The plot tells the story of a popular novelist, Charles Condomine, who wants to learn more about homicidal medium and invites a woman to hold a séance at his house. This woman somehow summons Charles’ deceased first wife who taunts him and causes marital quarrels between him and his current wife. It explores the chaos and disturbance when paranormal tampers with the living. The cast is comprised of only seven characters.
When John has a talk with Abigail he states, "I will cut my arms off before I ever reach for you again" saying that he truly regrets what he has done and feels terrible from it. He makes it clear to her that he wants to move on, despite his past with her. Proctor’s main goal is to uncover the truth concerning all the false witchcraft accusations and set Salem free from it. His main course of action in doing so is talking to Abigail because he knows that she is the mastermind behind the whole scheme. He wants her to confess to all the trouble caused throughout Salem.
By accepting the obligation to bury Polyneices, Antigone acts as if she has no choice. “It is a law carried out by a sister for a brother.” (Jacobs 893)" " " " Devotion to family is also shown through Eurydice’s love for her sons and Haimon’s love for her fiance. Eurydice puts a knife through her chest after her second son is killed, “And a great cry burst from her lips for Megareus dead, and for Haimon dead, her sons; and her last breath was a curse for their father, the murderer of her sons.” (SCENE V 114-116). It clearly shows her love and devotion to her family because she does not want to be alive without them. Eurydice values (blood) family over strict society laws.
In order to protect the ones she cares about and fool Griffin Scope, she chooses to convince everybody that she no longer exists. David Beck’s safety is Elizabeth’s number one priority. According to her, his survival comes first (226). At the beginning of the story, Elizabeth is accused of murdering infamous Griffin Scope’s son, Brandon. Angry and hungry for revenge, he hires a couple of men to kill her and her husband.
Revenge in The Crucible In The Crucible by Arthur Miller revenge is displayed by many people. The three characters that carried out revenge on others were Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, and Thomas Putnam. These characters used revenge for their own benefit while disregarding others lives. The character who possibly displays the largest act of revenge is Abigail Williams. She gets revenge on Elizabeth Proctor because she is fired by the Proctor's and is in love with John, Elizabeth's husband.
Even when you believe Macbeth cannot be any worse he slaughters Macduff’s entire family when he hears Macduff has fled to England; he said that he would “give to the edge o’the sword his wife, babes, and all unfortunate souls that trace him in his line”. Macbeth does this in the hopes that it crushes Macduff, and in turn, crush the uprising. However it ends up motivating him through the conversations Macduff has with
Hamlet in his first soliloquy demonstrates his disgust that his mother has allied herself in love and in politics with her late husband’s brother, so soon after his death, “frailty, thy name is woman... to post with such dexterity to incestuous sheets”. Claudius is clearly established as the villain in Hamlet, murdering his own brother and then plotting to kill Hamlet. He lies and is deceitful toying with the notion that the appearance of things is not their reality. The audience is privy to the ‘reality’ of Claudius ‘deed’, and of his guilt, through an aside, climactically stating, “then is my deed to my most painted word. O heavy burden!”.