This acted as a warning that Desdemona should never have become involved with such a “Moor”. He was warning his daughter of the unnatural. However, Desdemona went against his wishes and married Othello, the true love of her life. Brabantio saw how this marriage was going to eventually end. This unnatural union ended in Desdemona’s murder,
Through the course of the novel it is clearly made evident that by the end of one’s life knowledge is paramount. Daisy suggests her daughter should follow in her footsteps, "And I hope she'll be a fool --that's the best thing a girl can be in this world today, a beautiful little fool"(24), implying that ignorance is a priority in her life. She also boasts her party life and parades her daughter about, indicating that material things dominate her life. Daisy also marries for wealth, not love, contributing to her total unhappiness. As Daisy patronizes ignorance, it leads to her demise.
The story of Medea, written by Euripides, is a romantic tragedy that ends in an unexpected way. Throughout the play, it is easy to feel sorry for Medea who has devoted herself to Jason, only to have him leave her and her children for another woman and a better life. However, readers will begin to despise Medea as her final revenge on Jason is to kill her own children. Even though Medea knows it is wrong, this paper will argue whether Medea murders her children out of selfishness or out of love? Medea fell in love with Jason the moment she met him.
Granados implies that life won’t always go as you planned. Rochelle learns and accepts the fact that things didn’t go as planned and she is okay with it. Throughout the story Rochelle is planning a white wedding that broke all the Mexican traditions. “My wedding is going to be classy.” Lily tries to tell Rochelle that weddings like that don’t happen in El Paso. Rochelle was embarrassed of her culture but in the end she was just another statistic of teen pregnancy.
Nora’s delusions on her husband, the world and herself guide audiences to see Ibsen’s perspective on the power of delusions. Secrecy between Nora and Torvald was the key factor to the destruction of their marriage. Nora always had “something to be proud of. It was [her] who saved Torvald’s life” (159) through forging her dying father’s signature, which was a great offence “because a wife can’t borrow without her husband’s consent” (160). All throughout Nora’s married life, she had made herself believe “a man can straighten out things so much better than a woman” (185), and always looked up to Torvald as a hero who is incredibly in love with her and “he wouldn’t hesitate for a moment to give his life for [her]” (194).
Chopin employs the personification of the sea along with Edna’s motivation from Mademoiselle Reisz and her domestic unhappiness, her physical incapacity, and Robert’s abrupt departure to illustrate how desperation yields impulsive action when Edna performs her final walk into the sea. Edna’s discontent with her motherly role and marital grievances forcibly motivate her to desperation. Prior to Madame Pontellier’s return to New Orleans, she experienced a spiritual awakening in Grande Isle which precipitated her realization she lacked passion for her motherly role and her verbally abusive husband, Lèonce, and concentrated her personal time and attention on Robert. Madame Pontellier’s entanglements to her family were barren compared to that of her romantic foil, Mademoiselle Ratignolle’s, which represent those of the expected subservient, motherly figure. To exemplify this, Edna stated, “I would give up the unessential; I would give my money, I would give my life for my children; but I wouldn't give myself.” Incomprehensibly, Madame Ratignolle responds, “a woman who would give her life for her children could do no more than that” (46).
Finding a gentleman caller for Laura becomes Amanda’s driving force because she places too much importance on it “It’s terrible, dreadful, disgraceful that poor little sister has never received a gentleman caller” (1305). Amanda does not bother to ask Tom and Laura what they want out of life. Instead, she makes up her mind – her illusion - about what is best for them and then expects obedience. Laura never asks to go
Grace instead cut off all her hair, earning her the respect of those who bared witness for her defiance, and also earning her the nickname Granuaile: meaning cropped hair. Despite her family discouraging her that “life at sea was not suited for any woman” (St. Clair), she was determined to prove everyone wrong. Grace was married at the age of sixteen to Donal O’Flaherty, a
For example, Natasha shows her action to modify her fate by stating, “I will tell you why as best I can. My soul knows no rest, day and night I weep; an evil dream oppresses me” (Pushkin 61). This shows how Natasha arranges to tell her story in an intelligent way to the people and the bridegroom; if she had chose to accuse the bridegroom without saying what she said, people wouldn't have listened to her as carefully as they would have. Also, because Natasha decided to change her fate with a good choice, this allowed her to live and not be killed by the bridegroom. In addition, because of Natasha’s attempt to control her destiny, the evil bride groom is “…bound, judged, put to death.
Mrs. Danvers almost convinces her to kill herself, and she only breaks away from the old woman's spell when rockets go off by the cove, signaling that a ship has run aground. Divers find wreckage of Rebecca's sailboat, with Rebecca's dead body in the hold. This discovery prompts Maxim to tell her the truth. He tells her that Rebecca was a malevolent, wicked woman, who only wanted to marry him to run