Goneril: “I love you more than words can wield the matter; / Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty; / Beyond what can be valued” (1.1.58-60). As she speaks the words that Lear wants to hear she appears to be an obedient daughter. McLeish (1985, as cited in Halenárová, 2015) describes Goneril as a woman full of ambitions and desires, and just like her father when she doesn’t get what she wants she becomes mean. She resembles her father in another aspect as well, she has a poor judgment of character she trust Edmund. When she gets her part of inheritance she totally forgets her father and orders her servants to treat Lear sternly: “Put on what weary negligence you please”.
How much insane can human go when they lost everything that they loved and fight for and as a return you get betrayed. This is a tale of women who is betrayed by her own husband and considered as a tragic hero who lost everything which cannot be returned. Euripides Medea is a tragic tale of women. Medea is a woman who feels that her husband had betrayed her by marrying another woman. Medea’s heart is broke by her husband and she seeks revenge.
All or Nothing How would it make you feel to be walked over, every day, by someone you love? In the short story “everyday use”, By: Alice Walker. There are two sisters that are so very different, they just don’t see eye-to-eye. First you have Maggie; she is quiet and is not happy about the way she looks. Then there is Dee, the older sister, which is out spoken and thinks she is the best looking girl in the world.
Often perceived as being submissive and without a voice, Desdemona has proved that she is in fact no victim to her husband, but more assertive in his presence. When Desdemona defends her marriage to Othello, it may not seem strange to anyone reading the play today, unless the role of women during the Renaissance period is taken into account. Because Desdemona is significantly younger than Othello, she is automatically stereotyped as being naïve, gullible, and sexually driven, all characteristics of a passive nature. However, Desdemona is arguably one of the most sane and loyal characters in Othello, and is less subservient than most of the women in that time period. The role of women in the Renaissance was not that of assertiveness, and certainly not that of equality, when it came to men.
Emma is about young girl in England who is a matchmaker who soon runs into complications when trying to match up her friend. These complications turn into more and more mistakes confusing Emma is confused and matches up those who are wrong for each other, in the end finding a true love for herself. Even though they were 200 years apart, the film Clueless is loosely based off of Emma in the sense that it has similar themes. Clueless and Emma have their minor differences but major similarities in characters, themes of status quo, and themes of social status. Characters in Clueless represent those of the characters in Emma.
The book switches off between three characters. Gloria; who is the main character and craves the Flapper lifestyle, Clara; she is Gloria’s goody-two-shoes cousin who comes to town and reveals that she isn’t as lily-white as she appears, and Lorraine; Gloria’s jealous best friend whom is constantly trying to steal her spotlight. The themes of this book went all the ways from friendships, to Flappers (of course), to interracial relationships (which was a big deal back in those days!). Word Count: 181 Words Part Two: Literary Analysis
Jane Austen Comparing both novels Women Both characters are strong, vivid, self-confident and, in some way, a rupture to the normal behavior on that time. They search their own path and destiny, disconnecting theirelves with the normal society's expectations. Love Love is the main theme in both novels. Not only love as a feeling, but love as a pursue of happiness and stability, this last being totally necessary, at the time, to girls with lack of fortune. In the case of Anne, her search for love serves to redeem her past mistakes and, finally, be with the one that she has chosen, not her relatives.
Mary Macgregor is known for being “a silent lump, a nobody who everybody could blame.” (8, ch.1) and Brodie allows the girls to talk to her as if they are better than she is. Sandy feel compelled to be kind to her, but Brodie has always discouraged the action. “Then suddenly Sandy wanted to be kind to Mary Macgregor, and thought of the possibilities of feeling nice from being nice to Mary instead of blaming her. Miss Brodie’s voice from behind was saying to Rose Stanley, ‘You are all heroines to
Sandy then begins dating the “perfect man” at her high school, yet still finds herself longing for the extra zip Danny’s attitude entails. Her new boyfriends “pleasant adult society…” (Lurie 335) behavior was not what she wanted. As a result all the critics that believed folktales to be unrealistic realized that once children grow up they soon find the world to be imperfect and not what they expected. “The contrast continued in maturity when women were often more powerful than men”
Emilia is Desdemona’s maid and she has a mind of her own. Through discussions she has with Desdemona the reader can concur that she will do anything necessary to get to the top even if that is sleeping around. She also says in one of her and Desdemona’s conversations that women only cheat because men have taught them to do so by neglecting them and fraternizing with other women. Emilia is a woman who although different from Desdemona is not all bad. She is as duped by her husband, Iago, as much as the rest of the cast and she tries to amend her wrongdoings in the end by telling the truth to Othello although she is too late to save her mistress, Desdemona.