Grief of my son's exile hath stopp'd her breath.” (5.3.219-220). By the end of the play, both the Capulet and Montague families are left grief stricken in the gloom of their deceased loved ones. Lord Montague is left to grieve alone because of the death of his wife and the suicide of his son and Lord and Lady Capulet are mourning over the loss of their only daughter. Romeo’s impulsiveness not only killed a bunch of people but also left many of their loved ones to suffer from their
Samantha Shapter ENG 101-13 Essay #3 4/4/11 I see “Buzzards” by Lee Zacharias as a memoir; she even alludes to it herself: “It’s a rare family that cheers to learn one of its members is writing a memoir” (263). Zacharias uses her knowledge of buzzards to deal with her father’s death. Although she shows she has extensive knowledge of the birds, I found it overwhelming and boring to read paragraph after paragraph about the frightening birds. Losing a parent myself, I can identify with her methods of coping, but I found myself more interested in reading about her father than the buzzards. However, though the central topic of her essay may be boring, Zacharias is an excellent writer.
Roy is aggravated and ends up killing the man with a hard hit to the chest, changing his and his family’s lives forever. Ford implies that taking action without thinking results in consequences that impact
When George makes this decision Lennie’s suffering comes to an end, where as it continued on for George, having to live with the guilt of killing his best friend and losing the closet thing that he had to family as well as all the hopes and dreams he had for the future. In the book there are other characters that are bearing their own problems. There is Curley’s wife who is not even given the dignity of having her own name used; instead she is just referred to as a ‘Hussy’, ‘Jezebel’, ‘Bitch’ and ‘Tart’ throughout the entire book and tragically it is her kind actions towards Lennie that lead to her undeserved death. Candy, like his dog, is old and perceived of as having little value. The cruel decision to kill his dog is symbolic of the future that awaits him before he is included in George and Lennie’s dream of buying the farm.
The poem ‘Poppies’ explores a relationship between a mother and a son. It also explores images of conflict such as “Armistice Sunday”, “poppies” and “the war memorial”. The poem shows us the effects of war and describing the mother as victim of warfare as well as the child. However, in the “At the Border, 1979”, it explores how the war between countries have affected families emotionally and physically. In the poem ‘Poppies’, the mother feels very sad; “Three days before Armistice Sunday and poppies had already been placed on individual war graves” this is a reminder that war kills people which makes her sad as her son might be killed in war.
One Who Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest A tragedy is a situation in which there is no solution that can solve the problem and causes huge amounts of grief to those close to the victim of the tragedy. “One who flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” is a film with many elements that make it a tragedy. This movie is a realistic drama in which the main character, Randle McMurphy, is the hero. The movie revolves around this man and he is the tragic hero due to his life becoming a tragedy. The fact that “One who flew over the cuckoo’s nest” has many elements of a tragedy, a tragic hero and the eventually downfall of this hero makes this film a tragedy.
Its just I cant help thinking about this girl-destroying her life so horribly.’ This shows Sheila feels commiseration and sensitivity towards Eva and her death which comes across as genuine regret when she realises she could be linked to her suicide. Mr Birling interrupts her questioning by becoming even more aggressive when trying to defend her daughter. The phrase ‘why the devil do you want to go upsetting a child like that’ that he uses shows he is more concerned that his daughter has been affected by feelings of guilt and shame for what they might have done to Eva Smith. He doesn’t realise the depth of the familys involvement and still feels able to be bitter and outspoken towards the inspector. However, this does impact the inspector at all because he continues his questioning with Sheila further.
This quote is significant because Cholly Pocola’s abusive father, an alcoholic man who rapes his daughter at the end of the novel which is the climax of the book. Cholly states that love relates to his personality that forces him to love in a violent way. Cholly isn’t a good person so his love ghastly bad. The quote “I thought about the baby that everyone wanted dead, and saw it very clearly. It was in a dark, wet place, its head covered with O's of wool, the black face holding, like nickels, two clean black eyes, the flared nose, kissing-thick lips, and the living, breathing silk of black skin.
The boys were trying to help a stray dog but they accidentally set it on fire. On top of all that, tragically, their house burns to the ground. As a result, the younger brother becomes stuck in a trance and the father beats the uncle (286). The loss of just one of these things would bring discomfort to anyone, let alone all of
Antigone weeping with despair, “But I will bury him; and If I must die, I say that this crime is holy; I shall lie down with him in death, and I shall be as dear to him as he to me”(192). As Ismene chooses not to follow Antigone's plan , Antigone is totally surprised that she is being let down by her own family. This does not stop Antigone to fulfill what she believes is right. Afterwards, she gets caught burying her brother and is forced to face the consequences. She then finds herself