I believe John had a genuine concern and love toward his wife but not wise in his treatments of her mental health. He missed the mark in his Isolation treatments toward his wife mental condition. As the Author cites “John does not know how much I really suffer, he knows there is no reason to suffer, and that satisfies him”. Moreover, John tried very hard to make his wife comfortable at the house even having his sister help, although she didn’t like it. “There comes John's sister.
Year of Wonders “The plague will make heroes of us all, whether we will or no” ‘Year of Wonders’ by Geraldine Brooks explores the fearful and heroic way the villagers in Eyam respond to a crisis. As the plague outbreaks, the villagers are faced with immense challenges, as some are forced to show courage and compassion, whereas others are seen as selfish and uncharitable. Brook contrasts the strength of women and their heroic gestures to the weaknesses of men as the villagers are faced with great tragedies. It is made evident that the women in the novel are the powerful support network of the community. Anna Frith the protagonist of the novel is viewed as heroic as she is “a woman who has faced more terrors than many warriors.” (p.15) Anna is faced with the death of her husband Sam Frith and her children Tom and Jamie as she has “tended so many bodies, people I loved and people I barely knew” (p.8) This shows the beginning Anna’s strengths, as she deals with the bodies of those killed by the plague and shows her willingness and courage to help others.
Her family was given choices to make throughout the novel, and the choices made by them led to her success and failure. Some of the success’ that Kate had in her life happened because of Luke’s sacrifice to keep the family together, Matt’s mistake that led him to give up school and give Kate that chance, the bond the children had with the pond which gave her, her passion and Daniels push that led Kate to realize that some of her failures were because of herself. The failures in Kate’s life were caused by family, but not on purpose. Her obsession with Matt kept her from truly loving Daniel Crane which was her boyfriend for over a year, the “House Rule” which kept Kate from opening up and keeping the bond between her and her family strong, and Matt’s dream, which she succeeded but and the guilt kept her from enjoying it. Kate Morrison’s family plays a large role in her life’s success.
While Hester’s “sins” are out in public where all could see, Dimmesdale and Chillingworth hide their debaucheries from public view. The persecution of Hester strengthens her faith and conviction in the difference between right and wrong. The solitary life Hester is forced to live results in a determined drive to raise Pearl to the best of her ability: “Lonely was Hester’s situation, without a friend on Earth who dared to show himself, she, however, incurred no risk of want” (75). Focused only on bettering her life for Pearl, the townspeople see and benefit from the very
Lucie ignites these characters and ensures them a more promising destiny by binding them into her family. For example, Lucie’s thread unites her father with the present keeping him from dwelling upon the horrors of his past. She reminds her father of the life he had before he was a prisoner and gives his life a purpose. Her endless love and devotion has healed her father from a state of madness allowing him to live his life to his fullest potential. Lucie has also provided her friend, Sydney Carton a more promising fate by binding him into her family.
Friendship is a very important factor in the book, without it characters in the book wouldn’t be able to cope. Pavarna finds consolation in her friendship with Shauzia, who is also pretending to be a boy. They both have problems with their life and family and it helps them to talk about it. Pavarna’s mother starts feeling very depressed when her father is arrested. Her old friend Mrs Weera helps get her life back together.
You need to show consideration to be a valuable friend. Because of Gretel not being kind to Bruno and only causing trouble for him, Bruno considers her as a Hopeless Case as suggested when he says to himself, "He wasn't particularly bothered if Gretel was being sent away
By the end of this play, we see how Nora’s secret changes the relationship between the couple, as she violates the stereotypical role-play as a wife and mother in her era, which generates her inspirational growth. Nora, the main character, was first introduced as a very sheltered, immature, and optimistic woman. Helmer we see as proud of his male role in society and in the household, father-like towards his wife, and greatly cares for his appearance in others eyes. When speaking to each other, Helmer communicates to Nora as if she was his child instead of his wife. He does this by things such as calling her nicknames with negative characteristics, such as his little lark, spendthrift and featherhead.
She does not wish to leave her husband’s side despite the accusations; in fact it is because of her purity that she holds herself to the enticing idea that her husband will believe her. Her innocence is unfortunately her downfall, she is one of a pure heart but that is not enough to outweigh the burdens of her being so naive. Despite the fact that she is a well spoken and confident, it does not seem to help her in overcoming the control and authority that Othello possesses. She makes attempts to defend herself in the accusations that were made against her from Iago, Othello’s ensign. The goodness of her character was not enough to withstand the evil and manipulative ways of Iago, in addition to Othello’s authoritative stronghold.
In the novel, pride prevents the characters from seeing the truth of a situation and from achieving happiness in life. Pride is one of the main barriers that create an obstacle to Elizabeth and Darcy's marriage. Mr. Darcy is the perfect example of pride in which a person is selfish and doesn’t want to associate themselves with others below them because they feel as if they are better than everyone else. At first Darcy was seen to have much pride in his social standing, so much that this feeling causes him not to pursue and scorn any one person outside of his own class. Eventually however, Darcy comes to realize that his pride is not as important as love, as Elizabeth shows him, and he is able to change.