She is also a very haughty woman when she snaps at the city authorities, “See Colonel Sartoris. I have no taxes in Jefferson.” This shows a woman who refuses to submit herself to mundane things such as taxes or proper graciousness (Last Paragraph of Part 1). Another aspect of this story that I am fond of are the resounding mysteries along the way. Much like Edgar Allan Poe’s writing style, Faulkner conveys a very dark account of a town losing its southern awareness. With every turn of the story’s progression, a new mystery is presented such as her argument with the store clerk when she is buying rat poison.
Because of her hate towards Proctor’s wife, Elizabeth, Abigail creates demented tales, directed at abolishing the “problem.” Though Abigail’s wild canards seem quite obtuse in civilization today, at the time her acts fell to justification. Furthermore, because of Abigail’s childlike disposition in wiggling her way out of punishment as well as her lust and love for John Proctor, she found deceiving the people of Salem easy, seeing as the threat of witchcraft and demons loomed dangerously in the hearts and minds of all who lived there. Though the
Self created or felt from another persons doing, this separation of ones being must be dealt with. Life comes with its misfortunes. Isolation and abandonment alongside poverty; all battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the memorable heroes. Mary Helen Washington, a novelist and a critic, quoted that in reading the story, “A Jury of Her Peers”, written by Susan Glaspell, possess “a tremendous sense of…isolation” (Penfield 87). This short story offers a real sense of its dramatic dialogue, describing the very nature of isolation and its eerie sense, dwelling in several scenarios throughout this story.
After confessing honestly to committing adultery against his wife, and refusing to testify against Abigail ultimately lead to his down fall. John was thought to be associated with the devil, although he had an opportunity to make a false confession, he refused to tarnish his good name and congenial reputation. Reputation was undeniably important and the fear of guilt by association was evident. People refused to be affiliated with individuals whose behavior was thought to be unscrupulous in order not to afflict their reputations. Although morality was apparent in some individuals, others lacked it undoubtedly.
As Antonia Fraser revealed in her biography Maria Antoinette: The Journey, Marie-Antoinette's reputation for sweetness and kindness became even more entrenched in 1774, when as the new Queen she asked the people to be relieved of a tax called "The Queen's belt," a tradition at the beginning of each reign. "Belts are no longer worn," she quipped. It was the onslaught of a propaganda that later ruined her reputation. Unhappy Marriage “Maria Antoinette was not satisfied by her marriage.”7 In fact, as Maria’s lady in waiting Campan wrote in her diary The Memoirs of Maria Antoinette, Louis was insensible and egocentric. Although Louis became a devoted husband and he admired Marie's character, in her early years in France his apathy made Maria Antoinette feel isolated.
The fact that he cheat on Elizabeth doesn't mean he didn't love or respect her greatly. He was forced by Abigail Williams to fall into a affair with her. I think here John Proctor had no interest in loving Abigail Williams, it was all that she had forced him into having an affair with him. John Proctor wanted to live a simple and hardworking life, not to lie and not create hysteria. Abigail Williams is the niece of Reverend Parris, the hypocritical preacher of Salem.
in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" the grandmother is out for herself she is far more sinister than she tries to lead other people to believe. Watching her children and grandchildren being murdered one by one, she is only sitting back thinking about how she's going to spare her life not having a care about what is happening. She only wants to see how she can convince the misfit not to take her life as well. The misfit is pure evil he seems to have no remorse for his actions, and cannot understand why he has been given the life he is living. He has proclaimed his innocence all along, or either denied any wrongdoing.
Darl’s unacknowledged psychic abilities license him to perceive distant events as they are taking place. In turn, he becomes aware of his brother’s illegitimate childhood and his sister’s illegitimate pregnancy. As a result, the awkward intellectual taunts Jewel and Dewey Dell with the knowledge of their secrets, creating an intimidating alienation from the two. The connection between Darl and Dewey Dell has been described as “an abnormal bond between a sister and brother” (Blotner 116). Although the relationship can certainly be defined as abnormal, it can by no means be labeled a bond.
Also, Abby accuses Mrs. Proctor of witchcraft for her own self-interest. She wanted Mrs. Proctor to be killed so she could have Mr. Proctor to herself. Lastly, Arthur Miller underscores the magnitude of personal indiscretion in influencing social upheaval. During the witch trials, people were afraid of their own sins being exposed and they tried anything they could to keep it a secret. John Proctor tried to keep his affair with Abigail from the court as long as possible until he pretty much had to break down and confess it.
Her use of words in ‘Elm’ is also interesting. “Faults” could be emotional and/or physical and this shows the psychological states explored throughout Sylvia Plath’s work. “Malignity” symbolises evil and the intensity of how disturbed her life was.Another poem by Plath that I found to be personal on an intense and disturbing way was ‘Mirror’. It is clear as Plath looks into the mirror that she is unhappy, watching her age. A mirror never lies, but Plath cannot find solace in what she sees.