well, for the matter of fact all i had to do was make this up and it worked.... i hope. a central motif in the play is trickery or deceit, whether for good or evil purposes. counterfeiting, or concealing one's true feelings, is part of this motif. everyone seems to lie; good characters as well as evil ones engage in deceit as they attempt to conceal their feelings: beatrice and benedick mask their feelings for one another with bitter insults; don john spies on claudio and hero; don pedro and his 'crew' deceive benedick and beatrice. who hides and what is hidden?
At the end she says if her sister explain the whole situation truthfully, “[she would] simply put [her] fingers in both [hers] ears and refuse to listen”(Welty). Her motives involved her not showing how bad her family treated her but for her to be viewed as victim. One can agree people get treated unfairly but empathy is only appropriate when necessary. The reality of a situation can be altered by the way people view it either by being not bias or by a personal
Her parents divorced when she was young and she now lives with her mother and step father. Kristina also has a younger sister named Leigh and half brother named Jake. Since her parents divorce she hasn't seen her biological father in a few years. The turning point for Kristina is when she goes away for the summer
Pearl is a sort of living version of her mother’s scarlet letter. Like the letter, she is something that stands out in society by being an uncommon child. Yet, even as a reminder of Hester’s sin, Pearl is more than a mere punishment to her mother: she is also a blessing. She represents not only sin, but also the vital spirit of that sin. Thus, Pearl’s existence gives her mother reason to live, bolstering her spirits when she is tempted to give up; acting as a hero who constantly saves her mother from the tortures of Puritan society.
‘“You can’t just live like this”, I said. “Why not?” Mom said. “Being homeless is an adventure”.’ Even though Walls knows her parents made the decisions that led them to where they are today, she feels unhappy for them. Walls began to realize that her parent’s decisions weren’t the best for her family, and she began to have mixed feelings for what she needed to do. ‘“Mom, you have to leave Dad”, I said’.
Jacob Rubinstein Mrs. Lee English I Honors 10 December 2012 Drama and Trauma in The Glass Castle The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls is a memoir that shows how she became the person she is today. Jeanette’s childhood was different than most. She endures many hardships including fire, poverty, and neglect. Disappointment is something Jeanette learns to live with. Faced with a lifetime of dramatic and traumatic events, Jeanette is faced with having to become independent and make a life for herself at a young age.
In a Sense Dee sees herself as better than her family, and believes they are ignorant and do not know their own heritage. Also her Mamma seems to idolize her in a way, there is some underlying jealousy. Mamma seems to put her own thoughts as Maggie’s in the story which is ironic. In this story irony is depicted in many ways: through Dee’s seeing her family as ignorant to their own heritage, when it’s actually Dee who can’t understand the value of her ancestry.
Stella is willing to look past everything Stanley does because she loves him and that makes her the fool of the play. After finding out Stanley raped her sister she still chooses Stanley though she asks herself “what have I done to my sister?” Stella is so stuck on her life as it is that she’s not willing to accept that Stanley is not the man she once deceived herself he was and that internal conflict is what makes her a huge
An example of this is the walk-a-thon where Josephine is put in charge of taking care of the back of the group but she abandons her duty as her friends convince her into skipping school to meet a celebrity. This is also the time where the peer pressure from their friends affects the decision making of adolescents. Themes Narration The narrator of
Sally’s relationship with her computer is how she expresses herself since she is a shy person. She does not want people to think that she is crazy and has lost her mind when she speaks loudly to her mom. This relationship with electronics is her way of feeling that her mom is still around. Some people can’t express their feelings out loud but can by keeping so sort of journal and this is Sally’s way of communicating. I believe the nature of this relationship between Sally and her computer is a negative relationship.