Steinbeck makes us feel dislike by manipulating us into think she’s seeking attention inappropriately. George is talking to Lennie in chapter 2 when Curley’s wife enters: “a girl stood glancing in”. The word girl has connotations of innocence and naivety yet this is juxtaposed with the contrast description of her posture which is sexually provocative: “she threw her body forward”. George is talking to Lennie and telling him not to talk to anyone, then Curley’s wife enters: “both men glanced up as the rectangle of sunshine was cut off”. When she “cuts off “the “rectangle of sunshine”.
Never achieving her dreams paragraph quotes: Steinbeck inevitably brings out the reader’s sympathy towards Curley’s Wife when she dies in the book. In the scene where Lennie kills Curley’s Wife, we are made to understand that she is just as helpless to Lennie’s brute force as the mouse or the dog were earlier in the book. Furthermore the word “writhed”, that is used to describe Curley’s Wife as she attempts to escape
This cant be answered unless you know the events Janie had to overcome during her childhood. The movie does a great job of showing Janie's disgust for Logan Killicks. Although Janie has absolutely no interest in Logan, she ends up marrying him. There was no love in their relationship, the only reason Janie's nanny made her marry was because she was scared, scared that she would die and Janie would be left alone with nothing. Nanny wanted to feel like Janie was stable, so she could rest in peace.
Additionally the rhyme scheme is also at times rather rigid which still emphasises the monotony of her life. However in Locksley Hall Tennyson uses a metaphor “Puppet to a father’s threat” and then sibilance “servile to a shrewish tongue” to show that Amy is still under her fathers control. By calling Amy a puppet Tennyson is saying that she can be easily manipulated and controlled into whatever her master, in this case her father, wants her to do. This is shown by the sibilance as her father is furious at the fact that she wants to marry another man. He uses sharp, angry and erratic sounds to show his furry at her by wanting to loosen the reigns that her father has over her.
Nora describes her feelings as ‘always merry, never happy’. This conveys the notion that when Nora slams the door and leaves, she is not only slamming the door on Torvald but also on everything else that has curtailed her growth into a mature woman. The stage direction ‘wiping her mouth’ conveys Nora’s discrete actions which would resemble those of a child around their father. When the play was first performed in English, it was titled "The Child Wife" which presents the idea that Nora was a victim of her husband’s patronisation as well as living in
Curley’s wife, who walks the ranch as a temptress, seems to be a prime example of this destructive tendency—Curley’s already bad temper has only worsened since their wedding. Aside from wearisome wives, Of Mice and Men offers limited, rather misogynistic, descriptions of women who are either dead maternal figures or prostitutes. Despite Steinbeck’s rendering, Curley’s wife emerges as a relatively complex and interesting character. Although her purpose is rather simple in the book’s opening pages—she is the “tramp,” “tart,” and “bitch” that threatens to destroy male happiness and longevity—her appearances later in the novella become more complex. When she confronts Lennie, Candy, and Crooks in the stable, she admits to feeling a kind of shameless dissatisfaction with her life.
Hero’s own father says “Death is the fairest cover for her shame” (IV i 122). He would rather see her dead than to have a daughter without honor. But Beatrice does not wish or hope for death on her cousin. She wants revenge on the man who took away Hero’s honor. Beatrice asks Benedick to kill Claudio for her.
Steinbeck wanted to show that, after the stock market crash of 1929, the American Dream was becoming impossible to achieve or even believe in. The relevance of loneliness to “Of Mice and Men’ is shown through the characters. As Curley’s wife says, “Ever’body needs someone to talk to.” Most of the characters suffer from loneliness at some point. Curley’s wife, Candy and Crooks are lonely as a result of being different to the social norm of the ranch. The need to be accepted drives the characters to extreme behaviour for example when Curley’s wife tells Crooks that she “could get [him] lynched so easy it ain’t even funny.” The loneliness she feels means she cannot interact properly or form relationships with the men on the ranch because she constantly has to defend herself.
The fact that Antigone is now alone is this process does not slow her down at all; not even after Ismene warns her that the consequence of her actions could be death. “Our own death would be if we should go against Creon.” (Line 46, Pg 774). Due to Ismene’s lack of help, Antigone is feeling betrayed by her sister, but will continue on without her. “But as for me, I will bury the brother I love.” (Line 69, Pg 774). Later on when Antigone has buried her brother, Polynieces, she created yet another betrayal; this time on King Creon.
Character Analysis In Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” Connie is simply a young girl who is lost in a state of insecurity, rebellion, and narcissism. These were caused by a disapproving mother, an emotionally distant father and the burden of living in a sibling shadow. The only result is a young girl who leads a second life of promiscuity and Shallow attention seeking. The time she finally learns of consequences of going to strange places and not being aware of her surrounding’s, utterly sealed her fate . It’s not easy for Connie to live with her mother, who constantly harps on the way Connie looks and how she doesn’t live up to her sister reputation.