The description of her ‘ soot stained mantelpiece’ is very different to that of Miss Maudie’s house. It is a lot less welcoming and a lot more dark and eerie, the houses can be seen to reflect the women inside them. ‘I didn’t like anymore than I had to.’ Lee uses scouts narrative and innocent nature to juxtapose with Mrs Dubose’s vicious demeanour. Also Scouts narrow-minded attitude towards Mrs Dubose’s appearance, mirrors that of Maycomb county, and their prejudice outlook towards the black community, through the act of judging someone solely on their appearance. She is displayed as the traditional white women of Maycomb with prejudiced views.
The narrator’s obsession with the wallpaper that surrounds her bedroom begins merely as intrigue and climaxes to a point where reality and what she imagines within the wallpaper becomes blurred. This climax represents her journey from rationality to insanity as the wallpaper becomes more twisted and alive around her. This wallpaper ultimately represents the oppression of her mind that is being caused by her post partum depression, as well as her husband’s ineffective healing methods. At first she finds the wallpaper being “one of those sprawling, flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin” (Gilman 988). This could be a representation of the beginning of her depression which was initially just an annoyance to her which she does not fully understand.
This can be explained by the use of repetition of “Quack, quack, quack” that Peter is as irritating as a duck. As well as the use of the personification of “Mistress Chatterback” tells us that Anne is sick and distressed of arguing with Peter about their attitude. Furthermore, the difficulties of growing up that has been made harder caused by the World War ｪｪ is shown in “The Diary of Anne Frank.” “Sometimes I wonder if anyone will ever understand what I mean.” The depressed, and loneliness tone is used to declare that Anne wants to be beloved and respected instead of ignored by most of people. “Help, help, help someone help me!” the horrified and frightened ton is added to express Anne’s anxiety. Also, repetition of “Help, help, help” tells that Anne always lived in constant fear of Nazis.
Furthermore, orphans were also often treated with disdain and distrust, due to their reputation as “criminally prone” individuals, and were frequent targets of classic “Victorian contradictions”, that characterized the social conventions of Victorian society. Bessie repeatedly refers to Jane as ‘poor orphan child’ in her hymn early on at Gateshead. The development of Jane’s character is central to the novel. She learns to control her passions, as her integrity is put to the test when she faces so much injustice: ‘why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, forever condemned?’. The bildungs roman of the protagonist, contrasts the attitudes of the mature Jane to her younger self initially shouting: ‘unjust, unjust’, nonetheless coming of age made her reactions and opinions more subtle, ‘what consternation of a soul was mine that dreary afternoon’.
Jane goes against many traditional female archetypes by developing great psychological, intellectual and moral behaviour that is not typical of a woman growing up during these times. Charlotte Bronte exhibits her understanding of the situations and hardships that everyday women as well as Jane, had to face living in the Victorian oppressive society. In the introductory setting of the novel, Jane Eyre resides in Gateshead; an estate now owned by her aunt and inhabited by Jane, and her spoiled cousins. It becomes clear within the first few pages of the book that she is residing in an incredibly hostile environment. Jane goes into great detail to describe her unfulfilled and discriminated life living with her relatives, and one altercation of many, is highlighted to great significance in the story.
The denial of the problems that are at the root of the conflict also instills a sense of disturbance in the audience. Similarly in SND, the conflict between Blanche and Stanley as well as Blanche’s denials and lies throughout the play have a similar affect on the audience. The writer’s craft, use of stage directions, music as well as recurring motifs also add to the build up of interest as well as disturbance with the constant reference to the polka in SND and the motif of fog in LDJ. There is conflict present from the very beginning of SND between Stella and her sister Blanche who had just left her house in Belle Reeve to stay with Stella. Blanche blames her sister for leaving her alone to take care of things herself in Belle Reeve which is emphasized by the short sentences used when she says ‘I let the place go!
In Chapter XXVI of Jane Eyre, Jane learns a horrible and dark truth that Rochester has led a dual life, enter Bertha. Bertha, Rochester's crazed, wild first wife becomes apparent to Jane through a bystander at the wedding reception. This bystander however was none other then Mr. Briggs who produces a letter for Jane providing the incriminating evidence on Rochester's bigamy scandal. After such disheartening news, Jane cannot feel anything but overwhelmingly depressed as "the waters came into my soul; I sank into deep mire: I felt no more standing; I came into deep waters; the floods overflowed me." Bronte applies figurative language of irony, alliteration, personification, metaphoric and simile comparison, , and symbolism in order to describe the agony Jane feels.
Here she is presented as a survivor clinging to her life and possessions; it is poignant that Baby Kochamma has not earned them through personal achievement but simply “inherited by outliving everyone else”. The unattractive hoarding nature of Baby Kochamma is also shown through her obsession of locking away everything inside the house, and we are clearly meant to mock her as indicated by Roy’s derisive words “crockery crooks… cream-bun cravers, or thieving diabetics”. In this sense we cannot sympathise with her, nor are we expected to as shown by Roy’s demeaning treatment of her. We are shown Baby Kochamma’s backstory, suggesting perhaps that Roy is asking us to attempt to understand this character before judging and loathing. In chapter 1 her “unchristian passion” for
Miranda Rubio Rubio 1 Mrs. Lynsey Barry American & British Literature & Composition 11 September 2013 Mistress Hibbins Mistress Hibbins is a symbol of the hypocrisy in the puritan life-style. The Puritans believe in a simple way of life, yet they call Mistress Hibbins a witch for preferring to be in the forest. Though she is merely a “bitter-tempered (Hawthorne 113)” woman the townspeople are afraid of her. “The crowd gave way before her, and seemed to fear the touch of her garment (Hawthorne 236).” Mistress Hibbins should be considered an excellent example of a good puritan woman. She shuns the luxuries of her brother’s mansion, for the quiet comforts of Gods creation.
Review Essay “What is Poverty” Jo Goodwin Parker’s article “What is Poverty?” summarizes her ideas of the true definition of poverty. The article is harsh and direct and makes the reader feel uncomfortable while reading it. Parker’s stern and caustic tone throughout the article shows her anger; she’s throwing her anger to the reader. Though her ethical and logical appeals are extremely weak, her emotional appeal is excessively strong. Parker directs this article at the reader and attacks the reader’s emotions through her harsh tone, graphic content, and lack of rhetorical appeal.