In short, Mrs. Warren's Profession is a reflection, through the main characters, on the era's class, gender, and economical structure that together fuel corruption and immorality in society. Mrs. Warren's profession is a play that illustrates in clarity how powerful class divisions can be to the contribution of spreading vice in society. As Bernard Shaw remarked in the "Apology" from Mrs. Warren's Profession: As long a poverty makes virtue hideous and the spare pocket money of rich bachelordom makes vice dazzling, their [moralists] daily hand-to-hand fight against prostitution . . .
Returning home from school with a new name, look, attitude, and man; Dee continuously finds reasons to insult the lifestyles of her mother and sister. Walker shows that one’s culture and heritage are represented by neither the possession of objects nor external appearances, but by one’s lifestyle and attitude. In this short story, Walker shows us how Dee was not only greedy with money but also with her heritage and had a total lack of regard for her family. It seems as if acquiring collegiate educated, she realizes that her heritage really has meaning in her life. Walker characterizes the different sides of culture and heritage in the characters of Dee (Wangero), her mother and sister -Maggie.
Although she claims to have been truly in love with the elder brother, and that “the Game was over” only after she has been “trick’d once by that Cheat call’d, LOVE,” (P.51), we can still see Moll’s manipulative nature and her extreme greed, by receiving money from the older brother in exchange to fulfill his sexual favors. This suggests that her attitude towards love and marriage is very emotionless, which is an attitude that she carries forward through many of her future affairs; another example is the affair with her long-lost brother, where she deceives him by saying “I had declar’d my self to be very Poor, so that in a word, I had him fast both ways; and tho’ he might say afterwards he was cheated, yet he could never say that I had cheated him” (P.68). This again shows the dirty ways that Moll often uses to manipulate men and take advantage of them; the reader rarely gets a picture of her as a sympathetic and loving creature, and thus would feel less sympathetic towards her as well. Moll might be cruel and heartless in the way she manipulates people to benefit herself. However, it is always important to
AN ANALYSIS OF THE NECKLACE KIMBERLY BRAY ENGLISH 125: JOURNEY INTO LITERATURE SARAH LAHUE FEBRUARY 25, 2013 My analysis was on “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant. This particular story presented a woman who was desperate for a luxurious lifestyle. She is unhappy in her marriage and unhappy with her life. Her husband represents simplicity and the idea of living within a means. Mathilde obsesses over things that most other women never notice or care about.
Looks can be deceiving and I believe this statement plays a great role in this story. The main character, Mathilde, encounters a situation where she feels as though she belongs in a higher class based off her beautiful looks. She is neither wealthy nor comes from a family of wealth but feels as though she deserves as much because of her appearance. Unsatisfied with her lifestyle, Mathilde noticeably expresses her dilemma by complaining to her husband, Monsieur Loisel that she doesn’t want to attend the special event because she has nothing of higher class to wear. Mathilde then borrowed her rich friend Madame Forestier’s necklace, and at that moment, I could already foreshadow something bad to happen.
It is just to what level do we show it or even let it get in the way of how we live. In this story Mathilde’s dream world she is happy and idle. When she returns back to Earth she is driven by the greed for more than what she possesses. She knows that she is not rich, and can’t stand to be around her wealthy friends, so she socially removes herself from the real world. This causes her to resent her life even more.
“Money: Does it Matter?” In “ A Doll House” the whole plot revolves around Nora and how carefree she seems with her money, when in reality she is dealing with a lot more then she wants one to think. Nora struggles with her values as the play progresses and eventually realizes that she will never experience true happiness until she is able to comprehend that money and status are not everything, and that in the end all you have is yourself and the truth. In the beginning of the play it seems as though Nora’s focus is all about money. “Won’t it be lovely to have stacks of money and not a care in the world” (24), Nora asks Mrs. Linde. Practically every conversation she has in act I is related to money.
She shows off more than she has. “Mme loisel” knows she is not rich, and cannot accept to be around with her friend “Mme forester”. Her hunger for beauty and glamour results in the borrowing of the necklace. This becomes the bane of her life. “Some say the root of all evil is money”.
DEVIL WEARS PRADA ESSAY Devil Wears Prada shows the lack of true relationships through the characters being involved in themselves and their jobs. Through the analysis of the film The Devil Wears Prada written by Aline Brosh McKenna, based on the novel by Lauren Weisberger one can see that relationships can only succeed when the balance between work and personal life is found. Through the use of technical, symbolic and various other codes this motion picture follows the life of young journalist Andrea Sachs or as her friends call her ‘Andy’ and her struggle to please her boss ‘[the] dragon lady, career obsessed’ in other words ‘Miranda Priestly [who] is famous for being unpredictable’. As this film unravels viewers identify through Andrea that in order to become satisfied it is essential to stay true to oneself and the many relationships one might encounter. Throughout the analysis of the script it becomes evident that in order to become happy there must be a balance between ones professional and personal life; this also ensures that one maintains healthy and lasting relationships.
The Pearl written by John E. Steinbeck is a literary creation that intensely portrays substance of avarice in human being. The protagonist in the novel, Kino, often feels displeasure due to the lack of education in his life and the gulf between the rich and poor in the society. The stern realities of life make Kino unable to find a solution for his misery until his miraculous discovery of ‘the Pearl of the World.’ The pearl in this novel is depicted as a reflection of human being and shows two different sides of human: purity and vileness. The uncolored parable about affluence and the evil it can bring put an ultimate question to the readers: what is real happiness? Since Kino is a victim of a society that is plagued by injustice and discrimination, he dreams of a brighter future for his family.