a1. I love you: I am fond of your companionship and put you above most, but never above me. Consider it an honor. : Empath response: no one truly puts anyone above themselves, at least you realize it. Having you in my life is beyond an honor I love you, I adore you and worship the air you breath.. 2.
Ibsen invokes this motif through Rank’s dialogues. In his first appearance in Act I, Rank speaks disdainfully of the ill’s wish ‘to prolong the agony [of living with an illness] as long as possible’, and scornfully states that the ‘morally diseased’, feel the same. He goes on to state that such is the case of ‘a lawyer of the name of Krogstad... [who] suffers from a diseased moral character’, (Ibsen, 1992, p. 15). We later learn that Krogstad, another character in the play, is guilty of having committed a crime many years ago. By making a vivid comparison in Rank’s dialogues between fatal illness and moral blemishes, Ibsen emphasizes his society’s intolerance of that
The tone of Miller’s stage directions and dialogue ranges from sincere to parodying, but, in general, the treatment is tender, though at times brutally honest, towards the protagonist’s plight. The ‘American Dream’, ‘abandonment’ and ‘betrayal’ also work as important themes within the play. Many critics describe Death of a Salesman as the first great American tragedy, and Miller gained eminence as a man who understood the deep essence of the United States. After World War II, the United States faced profound and irreconcilable domestic tensions and contradictions. Uneasy with this American milieu of denial and discord, a new generation of artists and writers influenced by existentialist philosophy and the hypocritical postwar condition took up arms in a battle for self-realization and expression of personal meaning.
The power of expectations can lead a man into both the righteous path and the crooked path as shown in ‘The Other Wes Moore’, written by Wes Moore himself. It is possible for some with strong determination to defy the expectations and create their own paths but the power of expectations projected on us is usually strong enough to shape most parts of our lives. Expectations of others could also be defined as the direct influences of the others because people treat others according to the expectations, thus changing our own actions and behaviors. This idea is well portrayed in the book ‘The Other Wes Moore’, in which the lives of two Wes Moores are shaped by others’ expectations and the environments they grow up in. The author Wes Moore’s life is a good example of how others’ expectations can change one’s life positively, and the other Wes Moore’s life is a good example of how despite the positive expectations of the others, how a man can enter the wrong path if he has no determination to listen.
Exposing the ugliness of war and its impact on the returning soldiers, Kevin Powers is able to provide maximum impact as the novella is based on true events of his experience in the war. Hence both texts explore the dark side of identity and its impacts. Othello’s identity is heavily impacted by the public’s perception, how society views him, which ultimately leads to the tragedy of the deaths of him and three others. At the beginning of the play, Othello attempts and succeeds in modeling himself into a perfect Venetian, endeavoring to cover his black outsider roots by internalizing the Venetian society’s beliefs and proving working to prove himself as “Valiant Othello” and “Honorable Othello” yet his true identity and vulnerability of his position in the society is evident. “My services which I have done the signiory / Shall out-tongue his complaints…” Othello secures his identity and position in the Venetian society by justifying himself “My parts, my title and my perfect soul / Shall manifest me rightly.” No matter how much he tries to cover it, his true identity will always be there.
Mental Cases was written to demonstrate the mental consequences of war on participating soldiers in World War I. The subjects of this poem are the inmates in a military hospital. The poem displays a part of the war that to some civilians can be considered worse than losing your life, losing your mind due to shellshock. Owen describes how they are now forced to re-live the terrible acts that they have witnessed on the battlefield. The mood of the poem is one of fury, this is shown throughout the poem with the use of imagery.
These relationships are very important because they determine the changes that happen to each character throughout the plot. In these works the minor characters are given the most credit for causing changes and self-discoveries in the main characters. In the novel Fathers and Sons and in the play A Doll’s House by Ibsen, some of the characters discover themselves mostly due to the influence of minor characters around them. In Fathers and Sons, it is clear that the character that went through the most change and self-discovery was Arkady. Unlike his friend Bazarov, he wasn’t certain of his nihilistic beliefs and was more of a follower than a friend to him, “Look, there is one sitting beside you, ready to worship the ground beneath your feet.
Through the minds of Palahniuk and Stevenson a common ground is reached in the two books Fight Club and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; both the narrator and Dr. Jekyll create their own misfortune in trying to fix the problems of the world, or better yet what they perceive the problems to be. In a sense the doppelganger of Dr. Jekyll and The Narrator create a misery that is eerie. These characters could be considered Byronic heroes; they start off admirable individuals but by the end of their journey we pity them. Another observation than can be made is through the birth of their alter egos Dr. Jekyll is in essence attempting to play God, and Tyler Durden (The Narrator’s doppelganger) believes he is God. The consequences of their decisions lead them to, ceaseless misery,
Jean is portrayed as the strong and livsduglige, while Julie is the weak who perished. She has paved the way for his own inevitable doom. Julie's anxiety o despair increases as until the play reaches its ultimate climax as she cut his throat. Strindberg's Miss Julie was innovative for its special naturalistic style. The play is about a kind of psychological war position, a power struggle.
Confident? Strong or independent? Or are they enslaving us, leaving behind a technically sound but emotionally hollow man? Undoubtedly, these luxury elements form an inseparable part of human life, but in no way is the most important factor involved in the development of a person and shaping his inner self. The characteristics of a person depend on his upbringing, is shaped by his surroundings, and moulded by his education.