“I can’t choose! I can’t choose!” she began to scream.” (Styron 529) Sophie deep down didn’t want to choose one child over the other but she was forced to if she wanted at least one to survive. Sophie chose her son Jan over her daughter Eva. “Take the baby!” She called out. “Take my little girl!” Sophie chose Jan over Eva.
Lady Douglas' call for the retrieval of her daughter does not come out of a sense of responsibility for said daughter but is instead motivated by the possible social implications and consequences of her daughter's actions and how those actions would reflect on her and her family. "Let it never be said that a daughter of thine / Was married to a lord under night." The call to arms of the men in her family by Lady Douglas was not necessary in the middle of the night, as her daughter had already willingly left her home with Lord William in the name of love. Without the mothers call the men would have been none the wiser to Lady Margret's actions until morning and may have been more logical about their approach to the situation. As such Lady Douglas holds a portion of the responsibility for her son's deaths.
Her intentions may be pure as she wants the best for Phoebe, but it doesn’t deny the fact that she’s also doing that for her own self preservation. Secrets that are kept for one’s own, selfish intention cause pain to other, no matter who they are. A different time secrets caused pain to others was when David comes back after days of being away with a pregnant girl named Rosemary. When Paul’s trying to convince his mother to let him stay home from school he describes her as talking calmly and with red eyes from crying (276). Norah is obviously hurt that David has come back with a pregnant girl as she assumes that Rosemary’s pregnant with David’s child.
Case Analysis: Angie's Day If I were Angie I would decide not to take the job at the real-estate investment firm and stay home to take care of Gertie. Family is important to Angie because she is a nurturer by nature. Although at first I would have a whirlwind of emotions the moment my husband Paul told me he wanted me to stay home and be Gerties full time care taker. First of all, I would be angry and resent my husband and Gertie for putting me in this situation. Then, I would feel disappointed and powerless knowing that maybe this was my last possible chance at starting my career, since no one will hire me ten plus years from now.
Act two is more realistic because it’s set in a back yard and includes Marlene’s sister Joyce and her daughter Angie and her friend Kit. Angie is Marlene’s daughter who Joyce adopted so Marlene could work her way up the job ladder and get more success, Marlene didn’t want any kids to get in her way of her individual success. The use of juxtaposition here by Churchill contrasts the reality of act two compared to act one. It contrasts between the fact that in act one Marlene never mentions of thinks about Angie who she gave up as a baby and in act two Angie wants to go down to London to see Marlene her ‘aunt’ because she’s special and Angie has a feeling that Marlene is really her mother. In comparison to Marlene want success and only success Angie doesn’t care about her own individual success which is what women thought about in those times.
“In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being…” This quote is talking about how Edna wasn’t meant to lead the life she was leading. Edna was not meant to be the stereotypical mother and housewife. Edna is, for lack of a better term, living the wrong life. She is supposed to be independent, and not take orders from the stereotypical husband, which hers is. At this point she realizes it, and the story unravels off of that detail “But the beginning of things, of a world especially, is necessarily vague…” This is saying how Edna’s awakening is like her starting in a new world, which is where this statement is pointing at.
His mother told him she loved him and thought she was the last person who actually wanted for him. However, when he came to visit her from his escape from the evaluation centre, she didn’t seem to care. 3. In your opinion, when should a child become responsible for his or her behaviour, and why?
Ethics Simulation Kristen Grant HCS 478 8/25/14 Ann-Marie Peckham The ethical issues that are presented in this simulation: the teenager that was in labor and her parents were refusing pain management or medical intervention because of their religious beliefs. They did not want her to receive pain medicine because they believed that the labor was part of her punishment for being an unwed young mother. The second scenario, the same-sex couple, whose partner was denied assess to visit with his unconscious partner by the nurse supervisor. The nurse supervisor assumed that allowing him to visit in the ICU was against hospital policy. The hospital policy did allow the same-sex partner to visit with the patient.
Eveline sees the kind of life she is leading from her mother’s unhappiness. This is the reason Eveline wants to break away and be a free woman. However a part of her sees the good in the situation with her family and it is all the good memories she cannot let go of. Eveline is scared to let go. She desires to escape but her weakness to stay with the familiar takes over.
Eva's relationship with her mother is that she is reliant on her mother and at the start of the play you can see that Helga is trying to make Eva independant. 'You don't need me' and 'There's no later left' show us that Helga feels guilty for having to leave Eva but by saying 'You have to be able to manage on your own' this shows us that Helga knows that Eva and her will possibly never see each other again and Eva needs to be able to survive without her mother. Her relationship with her mother is very disciplined as you can see that her mother is trying to cut off her emotions when it comes to Eva, Eva senses her mother trying to push her away when she says 'Why won't you help me?'. Helga's language is very withdrawn and full of imperatives also suggesting her plan to try and make Eva independant. Eva's discourse shows lack of control.