Huck is closest related to Montag because of the way that they want to break away from society and learn things on their own. Captain Beatty is like Miss Watson because they are both a hypocritical part of these two novels. There are other like character but the similarities are minor and thus might just be coincidental. But the aforementioned characters also stand as symbols for ideas. Huck and Montag stand for freedom and self-reliance because they search for what is right within themselves and not what the rest do.
The difference between both of them is that they aspire to two very different aspects of life; She wants respect and he wants power, we see that those two principles do not always agree with each other. We obviously see that both are ready to face the extreme. But Creon could not be considered as a Sophoclean hero because all he does is respect what he has to do, the written laws. He could have made an exception, especially for his niece but he did not. Antigone was overpowered by unwritten laws, which are what makes her a Sophoclean hero.
A Lacking World Two wrongs can actually make a right. Egoistic by definition means limited to or caring only about yourself and your own needs. The definition of stubborn is having or showing dogged determination not to change one's attitude or position on something, especially in spite of good arguments or reasons. These two characteristics combined with Howard Roarks other notable qualities essentially combine to make one remarkable character. Furthermore with the addition of characters such a Stephen Mallory who lacks confidence in his originality, Dominique Francon with her refusal to allow herself to be content and Gail Wynand’s inability to be satisfied thrown into the mix, it is like the contrast between Advil and morphine.
There are major and minor characters in literature as in life. Aside from the family members and friends who have been highly influential, the major character in my life is myself. As a seemingly confident individual I often mask my insecurities by not being completely honest with others and myself about how I truly feel. In this respect I can relate to Amanda in For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls who puts on an act in front of the world to make her life seemingly ideal. Extending on that, Maggie in Everyday Use does not voice her opinion due to her insecurities, which I am also guilty of.
I think it relates but with a twist. The pleasure that Aymler is trying to obtain is seeing Georgiana without the birthmark. This is because the birthmark represents everything that he despises about Georgiana. He is in constant effort to obtain this pleasure but lacks conscience to do so. This is primarily because he does not think about the most important aspect of this obsession with is Georgiana herself.
June is another victim of patriarchal oppression just like Connie’s mother, a typical “house wife”. Both the mother’s and sister’s roles fully reflect how women were treated at that time. They were controlled by males, displayed a lack of confidence and did not have their own independent self-consciousness. Oates used Connie’s independent identity and rebellious behaviors to represent women’s dissatisfaction with patriarchy, but had no courage to make a change. When Oates starts the story by introducing Connie without a last name, Oates created a character with a clear independent identity, while at the same time rebelling against the patriarchy.
It can be argued that Jennifer's silence presents the reader with a situation that can only bring them to marginalise the role of the female gender in the text and to view her in a negative way. However, the text does offer other female characters in positions of strength, none more so than Scully's daughter Billy, and to some extent, the other females he contacts during his chase. These other characters are often represented in a negative way, but this negativity comes courtesy of Scully's point of view, biased by Scully's obvious dislike for them or his belief that they like to think they are better than him or that both he and Jennifer were little more than playthings or a travelling freak show to these
Much of this post-war era literature does not present romanticized stories of true love, as many people avoid the allegiance and commitment of relationships by which true love is characterized. On the contrary, it is commonly seen that characters attempt to pursue happiness and eliminate void by fulfilling their needs through meaningless sexual relations due to a lack of meaning in life, just as Lady Brett Ashley did in The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway. Lady Brett Ashley “must be the controlling individual in any relationship, the imperial force, and she can only be that while men are under the sway of her sexuality. When they seek equality in the relationship, or dominance, when they want to call the shots, she ends the relationship, giving up her conquered territory and moving on” (Hays 241). Despite the negative connotations often associated Brett, she is quite complex as this “bitch goddess,” as labeled by Mimi Gladstein, is an “intriguing mix of femininity and masculinity, strength and vulnerability, morality and dissolution.
She simply will not let the matter rest and it is her persistence that allows Mariane to realize that she does not and should not have to marry Tartuffe when she is in love with another man. Dorine and Mariane are examples of strong women that defy societal norms and become stronger individuals because of it. They challenge what is simply accepted by other women and demonstrate that women do have voices and deserve to be heard. This inparticluar is something I really enjoyed while reading this play. the entire play represents a clash of reason and feelings.
At times she wanted to give up and accept the will of the regime, but her memories and her humanity wouldn't let her. Through the Night chapters, that the readers only perceive her, resisting Gilead’s ideology, which exposes her true self and her own values. It is her only escape from the strict regime. Offred is a mostly passive character, good-hearted but complacent. She inwardly resists the puritanical society, but is not courageous enough to untangle herself from the chains of marginalisation and inequality.