Examine the treatment of women in both chronicles of a death foretold and the Stranger Women are crucial characters in both Chronicles of a Death Foretold and the Stranger. In chronicles of a death foretold, Angela viicario holds the fate of santiagor Nasaer They are portrayed as symbols of fate. They are the reason as to why the Protagoniststs of both books: Santiago Nasar and Meursult end up dead at the end of the book. Santiago Nasar is killed by the Vicario Brothers so as to restore their sisters honor back to the family. Angela Vicario dishonors her family by marrying another man when she had already slept with another man.
THE CRUCIBLE Character analysis Abigail Williams – Abigail Williams is an orphan, unmarried but has an affair with married man John Proctor. From the start of the play Abigail is a villain, she tells lies and manipulates everyone to fit her own little world, all so she gets her way, to get revenge on Elizabeth Proctor. Throughout the hysteria Abigail is driven by sexual desire, lust for power and jealousy. All of the young girls in Salem have no authority, the minister and other male adults are God’s representatives. The trials start, in which the girls act as though they have a direct connection to God, led by the now powerful Abigail.
Guilt is a very powerful force that can overwhelm even the strongest of men. Sometimes the guilt that one feels when no one else is aware of what he or she has done can be worse than the punishment that person might receive if he or she owned up. This happens to be the case in The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne. In this novel Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynn commit one of the worst sins possible according to puritan law when Arthur commits adultery with, the married, Hester Prynn. Their sin not only affects their own lives, but the lives of Hester’s child, Pearl, and husband Roger Chillingworth.
Elizabeth Proctor is married to a man named John Proctor. Recently, Elizabeth found out that John had sex with another woman, and sinned. Not only did her husband cheat on her though, he cheated on her with someone that they had been taking care of. Because of John's previous actions, Elizabeth becomes a jealous wife, and acts as if he can never be forgiven for making a small mistake. Elizabeth breaks the news to John that Abigail, the woman (or more teenager) that John had sex with, is telling people all over town that certain members of society are witches.
He had an affair with Abigail Williams, which led to his downfall and downfall of others. Hercules too had a dark side. Zeus’s jealous wife, Hera made him insane and as a result Hercules killed his wife and his children. As his punishment, he had to perform 12 seemingly impossible labors. Hercules had a good side too, like Proctor.
Abigail in turn threatens charges against John Proctor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his wife Elizabeth (Joan Allen). Abigail has a private grudge against the Proctors; while working as their servant, she had an affair with John, and when John ended the relationship and returned to his wife, Abigail was fired. Now the Reverend Parris (Bruce Davison) is hearing accusations and counter-accusations of misdeeds from all sides of the community in the wake of Abigail's charges, so he brings in Judge Danforth (Paul Scofield) to determine who is guilty.
This unfair attitude made Betsy hates Maurice and takes the terrible decision to kill him. 2-JEALOUSY: these can be triggered or not. • In the story of "A GLOWING FUTURE" we can find a clear example of induced jealousy, where the character of Maurice constantly causes your partner with the news of his engagement with Patricia, his desire to settle in another country and the breakdown of the relationship between them. • In the story of "A GLOWING FUTURE" we see a situation of jealousy caused by Maurice whose selfish liar and disloyal behavior leads to his ex partner, Betsy, to kill him 3-SELFISHNESS: it has to do with the lack of interest in the other person and to profit only for personal gain. For example "MARIONETTES" Smith and Braling, both men of middle age, find themselves trapped in their marriages.
The Use of Women as a Tool to Untie Hamlet In the play, Hamlet, William Shakespeare crafts a tragedy centralized around the main character, Prince Hamlet and his negative perception of the women in his life. One main point of Shakespeare’s piece is to highlight how a female’s weakness ultimately shapes the decisions of their male counterparts. He does so by skillfully using the nature of a woman as a compelling force that leads to Hamlet’s destruction. Prince Hamlet struggles with accepting the harsh reality that his mother has remarried to her late husband’s brother. This conflict within Hamlet is further expounded by the possibility that his father was murdered by his uncle, King Cladius.
Shakespeare uses Hamlet`s hatred towards his mother to establish the betrayal Hamlet is feeling, and to acknowledge the fractured state of Hamlet`s family due to Gertrude`s actions and decisions. Not only did Gertrude betray her own son by marrying Claudius but she also betrayed her former husband, Elder Hamlet. Alone, Hamlet talks to the ghost of Elder Hamlet who expresses his disappointment in Gertrude, calling her an “adulterate beast” (1.5.42), meaning she has
As it shows, it is obvious to see that the Duke has listed many "flaws" of the Duchess, with his strong ego thinking that she hasn’t quite made the cut in terms of being his next wife. In conclusion, the Duke believes that his ex-wife was not loyal enough and did not meet the standards of a Duchess. Therefore, he had his wife murdered.