Is marriage a prison? According to Kate Chopin, the answer is – yes; marriage is a prison in which freedom does not exist. In 1894, Kate Chopin wrote and published “Story of an Hour.” The story takes place in the late nineteenth century in an American home, where Mrs. Mallard, the protagonist, heard about the news of her husband’s death from her sister. In the beginning, Mrs. Mallards felt sad about her husband’s death. The feeling, however, shifts because she begins to be happy about her husband’s death.
Just as she used time of day in The Violets, she uses seasons to symbolise a time in her life. Autumn symbolises her middle age. In this stanza she paints a grim picture of her innocence lost as she has become aware of age and death by saying “we stand, two friends of middle age by your parents’ grave in silence among the avenues of the dead.” The reason she has chosen to set this part of the poem at the grave of her friend’s parents because of her love for her own parents, and she deeply empathises with her friend’s loss. It is typical in her poetry that, when the present becomes too miserable, Harwood will transcend the current time and return to a happier memory. However in this poem she cannot find a happier memory and recalls a dream instead, “I dreamed once long ago, that we walked among day-bright flowers.” Her use of positive imagery such as the “day-bright flowers” lightens the mood and achieves the same effect of the memories in The Violets, as she stops thinking of death and causes the reader to forget the unhappy nature of the initial memory and be emotionally moved by the warmth of the following memory where she is “secure in my father’s arms.” In her poems The Violets, Father and Child and At Mornington Gwen Harwood demonstrates through her use of memories, her loss of innocence, the love for her parents and how quickly time moves.
The plan works perfectly, and although Winnie is in trouble at home, she knows she did the right thing. Many years later, Tuck and Mae come back to Winnie’s town to see what has happened to her. They find her buried in the town cemetery. She married, had children, and lived a long life. Although Jesse is sad he and Winnie will not be together now, they are all proud of her for making the choice to not live forever.
When Kate is going to university, Matt has a conversation with her and hopes she can write letter to him and tell him about the studies (Page 273-276). However, as for Kate it is one of the things that she does not want to do the most. She thinks it might hurt Matt and it must be cruel for him because of his lack of university and Kate barely writes to Matt during the university life, let alone the description of her research. However, just because of this, the relationship between them became even stranger. Matt loves his little sister Kate; they used to be really close.
Sierra Luers AP English 11 Period 3 Psychological Analysis of Ethan Frome Edith Wharton, the author of Ethan Frome, grew up in a privileged American family. At a young age she took interest in writing about the inside of her family’s social circle. At 23 she was married to a man from a well-established family. After thirty years of marriage she divorced him as he had serious emotional and depression problems. Wharton was even thought to have resented him for his incapability’s of the life she wanted , she felt tied down and stifled; the passion and romance had been long gone.
In some sense they are likeable and throughout the story O’Connor makes them funny. I think they are realistic because they portray real-life people. The grandmother is very caring for her family (her sole reason for not wanting to go to Florida in the first place because she heard about “The Misfits” escape from prison). She also was the first to flag down the [misfit and his gang] approaching car after the accident. She seems very religious which was common for older women back in those days (assuming this story took place in the 50’s) and refers to God several times in her final dealing with “The Misfit”.
Good Name A proverb states that “A good name will shine forever.” In the play, The Crucible, by Arthur Miller, having a good name in society is important and has a different meaning to different characters. In The Crucible, many characters view having a good name as being well respected and correlate it with their reputation. When Reverend Parris discovers girls from Salem dancing in the forest, he finds his daughter, Betty, lying on the ground unconscious. Worried that his daughters illness was a result of witchcraft, he finds Abigail and asks her about the events that took place in the forest. The first thing Reverend Parris asks Abigail is if her “name in the town – it is entirely white, is it not?” because he is worried about his reputation
Mason Tompkins Dr. J. H. Jones EH 104 January 21, 2015 Outline ❏ The story focuses on Miss Brill, and her weekly day at the park ❏ Miss Brill has heart problems, possibly an elderly woman ❏ “She felt a tingling in her hands and arms, but that came from walking, she supposed. And when she breathed, something light and sad - no, not sad, exactly - something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.” ❏ Miss Brill is either a widow or never married ❏ Miss Brill must be shy ❏ This was disappointing, for Miss Brill always looked forward to the conversation. She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just for a minute while they talked round her. ❏ Miss Brill doesn’t
Philip McKenzie Ypres October 19th 1915 My darling and loving wife Elizabeth, It’s our anniversary and my thoughts are with you as always. I wish that I could be with you… oh, the memories still lurking through my mind. I would love to be with you on this special day then rather being in this hell hole that Belgium has become. I miss you, Sam and Lucy so very much. I pray to thee that this war will come to an end so that we’ll all come together in loving peace.
However, despite the pain and struggle Bechdel has had facing her father's life and death, the book is neither morose nor depressing. The author has found peace with herself in regard to her father, her childhood, and who she is today. As she says in the dedication (to her mother and brothers) " We did have a lot of fun, in spite of everything." FUN HOME is a wonderful graphic memoir that is engaging, heartrending, funny, and thoughtful. Readers will definitely want to stop by the Fun Home for this