Moral Ambiguous Characters Throughout Oscar Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, the moral ambiguity of the central character, Dorian Gray, becomes more and more distinct. The story starts with Dorian being venerated by the artist Basil Hallward, and throughout the story the reader learns of Gray’s several wrong doings. Meeting Lord Henry almost straight away negatively influenced Dorian. He had started out blameless and innocent, but by the conclusion had been the cause of numerous deaths, all because of his selfish wish to stay beautiful forever. “His actions show a character who insists the soul is real, but loves the gaping chasm between the beauty of his body and the corruption of his soul” [ (Wilde 105-123) ].
His change of attitude grows confusing as he professes his dear love after her awful death, “ I loved Ophelia. Forty thousand brothers could not with all their quantity of love make up my sum. What wilt thou do for her?”(5.1.255-257). After all the hatred consumed for Ophelia, Hamlet feels the need to show his love and care for her only after she is dead. Hamlet’s web of lies causes a dent in his portrayal towards society and the audience.
“Just Lather, That’s All” is a story about a barber who prides himself in being the ‘best barber in town’ and when a murderer, who they call Torres, came into his shop for a shave, the barber had the opportunity to kill him. The barber is a coward for not killing Captain Torres because if he had annihilated him, then he would have saved more lives than he took. Also, Torres was a murderous villain who killed people such as the barber himself, everyday. Finally, the barber was a coward for not assassinating Torres because he refused to take the life of Torres because of his own pride. He didn’t want to lose his title as the best barber in town.
This also foreshadows the death that is to come, shown further by Lennie's fascination with her; he 'watched her, fascinated'. Alternatively, this could symbolise her anger and frustration at the ranch's view of her, that is, as a 'tramp'. This could also be a comment from Steinbeck; that men are dominant in deciding the status of someone, and that women have little power. Therefore, colour imagery is used to show the danger surrounding Curley's Wife and to foreshadow her involvement later in the novel. The fact that Curley's Wife, on a ranch, is 'heavily made up' indicates the fact that she is lonely, as on a ranch there is need to wear such heavy make up, and the only purpose it serves it to attract attention from the other men.
“It is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices." Dickens created these characters to attack and wake up the greedy society without offending the rich. Scrooge being the cold hearted miserable man responds only with sneering sarcasm, asking the men if buildings such as prisons and workhouses are still in operation, "Those who are badly off must go there." Scrooge as well as the rest of the oblivious rich society believed that taxes, which help fund these establishments, are more than enough support for the poor. Although readers know that this is not true and that, “many would rather die than go there.” The use of these gentlemen who are, minor characters constantly remind both Scrooge
Johnson first realizes his love art when bud brings him a book of art. That book becomes a very important item in the movie because it had a great influence on Mr. Johnson. The art book was one of the main factors that created rebellion and chaos in Pleasantville because Mr. Johnson then created art as time passed he became colored. In Pleasantville, the “non-colored” citizens thought of the “colored” as tainted or impure. Because the “colored” were not like the rest, the people were prejudice and immediately thought that they were mischievous and would disregard their presence.
Crooks often talks about his loneliness and how that the more lonely people get the more “mean” and “sick” they become. This relates closely to Curley’s wife because her character is seen as very malicious and sometimes angry. But once she is dead, the “meanness and the plannings and discontent…were all gone
The man in this story saved useless stuff such as bent nails and pieces of string. The man is considered crazy because why would you want waste your life away by saving useless things. Both of the authors have a character that seems to be crazy. They both let the things that normal people will consider useless and make it into something that eventually turns out being a waste. In A Hundred Thousand Straightened Nails written by Donald Hall, is the type of story that recyclers and pack rats will like.
Yes it is tragic that it has to be over something so upsetting like death, but sometimes something tragic needs to happen for people to put aside their differences, be able to come together and support each other. This is another reason why I chose these certain lines. I really like how something like the death of a loved one hits each man a little different but they are both sad, they both need to mourn, and what is really amazing about it is that no one else can quite understand what they are going through but each other. And the fact that they are enemies and they are the only ones who understand each other is so cool, I
When members of society are discriminated, they start to develop feelings of loneliness which affect their self-esteem and general self worth. Crooks, the African American was discriminated due to his race which caused him to be seen as a lonely, bitter, quiet individual, the insecurity that possessed Curley’s wife caused her to be seen as a superficial, flirtatious female character but readers learnt that loneliness caused this persona and Candy who had only one companionship experienced solitude due to the loss of his dog and because of being an elder, disabled worker. Often in our society, we are discriminated due to our physical characteristics, race and genders; this makes us vulnerable to the feeling of loneliness. To overcome this, we need to seek companionship in someone who will make us feel accepted and