Death is the predestined destination for all creations in this entire world, whether they are satisfied or not. I liked the part when Maher is writing about her father and added, “that does not mean that he did not love them or care for them” (Maher 1). I respect the person when respects others and appear that, and writing a sentence such as the previous one, shows a great estimation for her father. On the other hand, I wondered why Maher did not have a discussion with her father about this word! Her father has an opinion behind calling her: girl and she have another opinion since this word angered her.
Some see Jessie’s suicide as a courageous choice because that seems the best way she can take control of her own life when she can’t change anything else. Others criticize Jessie’s suicide’s realistic form as succumbing to the dominant patriarchal ideology. The physical absence of men on the stage is obvious to the audience, while the actual absence of men in Jessie’s life is the main cause of her suicide. Therefore, this essay reveals the cause of her suicide through detailed analysis of the absence of her father, her husband, her son and her brother, so that the whole society, especially the men, would pay attention not only to women’s lower social status, but
From the beginning when we were first introduced to Dee, we find that she has changed her name to Wangero saying that Dee is “dead” because she didn’t think her name, Dicie, had any cultural significance and so she choice a name she felt suited her more. She says she couldn’t bear being named after people who oppress her. She has no connection or respect with her family. This is sad because she doesn’t like who she once was. Although she has learned a lot from her schooling and has a better knowledge than her mom & sister, I feel she possesses this know-it-all attitude about what heritage really is.
This version can be seen as much less complex than Sophocles’ version, although the characters still face the same issues from their past. In the original Sophocles, Creon is adamant in his conviction of Antigone and he refuses to yield to any means. He is viewed as more of a tyrant than an uncle. But in Anouilh’s version, his character is much more lenient and forgiving. Despite the absurd actions that Antigone puts everyone through without any regard for the law, Creon still reasons with her.
Conflict might kill, but too little of it might paralyze.” (Christie, 1977.) With that said, it is clear that he believes that society does not value conflicts enough. I do not believe this is fair to say, being a person who has a lot of faith in our criminal system, and the professionals who take care of the conflicts. They are professionals in the laws that are in place, set by our shared values and
Manka would fight for what she believed in and would do anything to get what she wanted. She loved her husband very much. Mrs. Mallard was very weak and the author showed this by talking about her weak heart. She did not seem to love her husband and was glad to be free from him at last when she thought he was dead. Had she have been as strong as Manka and did not want to be married, she would have just left her husband.
She was expected to just step aside and watch her husband and children be taken away from her after she sacrificed everything to have a life with him. But, because of her courage, she stayed, and thus began the happenings that led to her downfall. According to Aristotle, a tragic hero is a character, usually of high birth, who is neither totally good nor totally evil, and whose downfall is brought about by a tragic weakness or error in judgment. Medea’s downfall is brought on by a result of both. Medea exhibited hamartia here as she allowed the anger and bitterness she felt toward Jason, her husband, to convince herself that punishment, in any shape or form, was completely justifiable.
The evil that I felt was portrayed in Charlotte Temple is not the independence Charlotte wants, but the realization that she can’t get her independence happily without the financial and emotional assistance that others can give her. She even admits her confinement to being reliant on others after the letter from her parents. She says, “I will not wound the hearts of those dear parents who make my happiness the whole study of their lives…"(Rowson 46). This evil element of trying to discover her own independence taunts Charlotte throughout the text. Charlotte Temple, by Susannah Rowson was popular in the 19th Century simply because it was just that; simple.
In Confucianism they believe people will follow their leader. On the contrary, Legalism, believes that people should not be given the choice to do good because if they have that choice it’s very unlikely they will try to do good. The law has to prevent people from doing any bad, and the consequences were very harsh, so that people will do the right thing. As you can see, they both have very different beliefs. But one thing they have in common is that they both want people to do good, and do the right thing.
Thus, More’s Utopia is a sternly righteous and puritanical state, where only a few of us would feel happy; this is because the communal way of life and the laws of the state forbid its citizens to have absolute personal liberty, which is essentially the main ingredient of happiness. The laws of the Utopian society place really harsh and irrational restrictions on the people in terms of the fundamental choices of life. For instance, when choosing an occupation, the son must practice the same trade as his father. “But if anyone is attracted to another occupation, he is transferred by adoption into a family practicing the trade he prefers.” (Utopia p.45) Thus, a person has to give up his family and the bonds he shared with them just to pursue a profession of his own choice. However, it still does not guarantee him a free choice.