Kate Kujawa Mrs. Kahle Great Books 17 December 2014 Blanche’s Facade The first scene of Tennessee William's play A Streetcar Named Desire contains specific details that introduce the theme of false appearances. Blanche hides behind a façade to conceal her true self from others because of self-hatred, guilt, and humiliation. The sound of the blue piano and polka music contribute to this theme by revealing Blanche’s self-hatred from feeling responsible for the losses in her past. Blanche also uses dim lighting to hide her biggest insecurity, her age. Similarly, Blanche focuses on her appearance and her possessions to cover- up her humiliation and strengthens the façade.
Jack Wilson 4 The question one must now ask themselves is: ‘how do female characters react to misfortune in the respective works?’ To find the answer, one must pay close attention to the many subtle devices used within them. Firstly, one should examine the similarities between the two characters: both of them are negatively impacted by their misfortunes; both of them feel murderous desires and, like Romeo, both of them reject any responsibility for their situations and choose instead to blame others. Then one should proceed to outline their differences. It becomes apparent to us that, whilst Havisham is self-pitying and overall very morose about her ordeal, the character in The Laboratory feels a sense of unsettling excitement at the prospect of attaining revenge. The latter point is substantiated in the text by the use of the colours blue and gold to describe the components of the poison she plans to use on her target.
She bears his child whose skin seem to become darker months after the birth. The husband, Armand, blames Desiree for the child’s color and deems them impure in his eyes. She is rejected, and ultimately driven to kill herself and her son who are no longer wanted. Chopin focuses on Armand’s pride in his purity and the prejudice towards dark skin to portray people’s believes and ideas on racism and interracial relationships during her days alive. As evidenced by the quadroon slave child who fans Desiree own baby, interracial relations did occur, but such children often ended up as slaves under the theory that even one drop of African or “black” blood made a person black rather than white.
Alienation in The Color Purple by Alice Walker The core definition of alienation is when individuals feels estranged or cut off from their traditional community, or are made to feel different by others in general. (The Social Science Jargon-Buster). The novel “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker is a study in the alienation of a poor, uneducated black woman named Celie. The story takes place between 1910 and 1940 in the rural south of America; where being black is looked down upon, and being a black woman makes you less than nothing. Somehow, Celie is even less than that.
You’re gonna be the darkest, poorest one there.” The pressure society has put Mrs Simmons feeling the need to make Judy’s night of the ball feel like a ‘battle’ demonstrates the real effects that racism has. It encourages the readers to think twice about not only their own approach towards the issue of racism, but also to their own community’s approach. The text opened my eyes to how these issues were not only present during the time of the text but also allowed me to see how inequality, due to your race or cultural difference, is still seen
In the first paragraph she writes about how negatively she feels about her name. She used connotation such as, “it is like the number nine” and “a muddy color” (109) to show her aversion for her name. The narrator used simile like stating, “It is the Mexican records my father plays on Sunday mornings when he is shaving, songs like sobbing” (109). She used this simile to draw equivalence to the sadness her name represented to her. In paragraph four, Esperanza used a synecdoche to show that even though she inherited her great grandmother name, she did not want to follow the same path as her.
Self-love and racism play a very important role in Zora Neale Hurston's “Their Eyes Were Watching God.” The theme of love with her Granny was force upon Janie and finding love within her was described as a pear tree and the horizon. Janie spent her days looking for passionate love in three different marriages. With the character of Mrs. Turner, she shows how everyone is racist in the world, and she is black herself but don’t want to realize it because she’s biracial. Hurston’s theme of “Their Eyes Were Watching God” was based on the Harlem Renaissance and was shown dramatically throughout of the book. First, the theme of love with her Granny was force upon Janie and finding love within her was described as a pear tree and the horizon.
Of Color Two Poets in Comparison Aveyon T. Parker ENG 125 – Introduction to Literature Instructor Wanda Deffenbaugh April 18, 2013 Of Color Two Poets in Comparison Growing up in the sixties offered an experience of indifference for people of color. Born female, of color, and a product of the ‘50s and ‘60s, in itself was a time of disparity. African Americans for decades remained as second rate humans by society, and taught the brown color of their skin meant they were ugly. African Americans lost their sense of cultural pride because of slavery, and a social classification that placed their worth below cattle. The ‘50s and ‘60s offered nothing more than segregation, discrimination, and hardship as a child during those years.
She comes across as showing high opinion and unfeeling, but Mamma sees even her admirable qualities as extreme and annoying. Her lack of knowledge concerning her family is symbolic of the black power movement's. She is embracing her roots where she come from, look down on her surroundings and believes herself to be above them. She is educated because she went to school in Augusta. When she return from school, she had a new identity and she change her name to Wagner.
We must lead by example for our children Racism and racist remarks assist to bond with people who have the same opinion. Many people who have racist opinions somehow know that these are not accepted so they join groups who share their views. Racism was in our past, literature and present in today. From the Ku Klux Klan to the novel To kill a Mockingbird to racist riots. By Daisy Trethowan Racism isn't just about disliking people because of the color of their skin or something like that.