Her actions of helping the poor causes the towns people to start to think the “A” stands for angel instead of adultery. Hester begins to believe that the adultery was not evil but beautiful therefore she should not feel guilt any more, but for the sake of womanhood she is still regretful that she did it. She feels regretful because she thinks that if she did not commit adultery she could have brought more to the world. At the end she finally showed her inward feelings and denied the Puritan ways, she went threw many obstacles to do
Ben is one of the main characters in this story. He is the son of a racist mum who does not let him play with his brown neighbour Daisy. He is a caring character with a nice personality he does not judge anybody just because of their race. I feel sympathy for him because he in between his mother who is racist and wrong and Daisy who is a sweet brown girl who just wants to play with him, Ben does not know which one to choose as if he chooses his mum he will hurt Daisy and if he chooses Daisy his mum would not be happy at all. He is in an awkward position in this short story.
She prefers to spend more time with herself than with her family because of this she has a weak relationship with her parents. The story discusses how she has two sides: one for home and one for not being home. Her abduction was solely due to her fault for her appearance that she presented in public, to the relationship that she had with her family and lastly her naiveness. The antagonist Arnold Friend somehow knew about Connie. He saw a great opportunity the moment he set his eyes on her.
When the older people of the town say that even people consumed with grief could not forget "noblesse oblige", they are suggesting that Miss Emily should still be generous to the lower people if she were a real lady. The term "noblesse oblige", however, does not fit Miss Emily, because she shuts everyone out, thinks of herself as better than the rest, and doesn't really appreciate people lower than her. It suggests that she is not a real lady, as the townspeople wish her to be. 2. I don't really think the narrator feels sympathy for Emily.
In a Sense Dee sees herself as better than her family, and believes they are ignorant and do not know their own heritage. Also her Mamma seems to idolize her in a way, there is some underlying jealousy. Mamma seems to put her own thoughts as Maggie’s in the story which is ironic. In this story irony is depicted in many ways: through Dee’s seeing her family as ignorant to their own heritage, when it’s actually Dee who can’t understand the value of her ancestry.
Firstly, J.B Priestly uses other characters to reveal and highlight her the contrasting sides of her personality. She comments “But we must stop these silly pretences”. Sheila is using the word “we” to encompass the whole of the Birling family, as well as Gerard, meaning that they are all trying to hold up pretences in the face of the Inspector’s interrogation. Sheila’s comment illustrates that she recognises her mother’s lack of integrity and honesty. J.B Priestley uses the character of Sheila to show that other characters are aware that Mrs Birling tries to pretend that she is something that she is not.
It was not yet revealed the racial background of each character, although some underlying clues give notion that the young girls have already been exposed to negative racial stereotypes, but as scholar Susanna Morris writes “Women's friendships in "Recitatif" are mitigated and mediated by oppressive power relations that are highly visible and important even when race is radically destabilized.” Twyla recalls a time when her mother stated that ‘they never wash their hair and they smell funny’, which was directed at white people. Twyla’s initial reaction was to follow her mother’s teachings and not befriend a white girl. However, in this instance both Roberta and Twyla were on the same power level and in the same class. Because of this, race did not matter. (Morris,
Sheila defends herself from Eric with “Don’t be an ass, Eric” and further along Eric teases Shiela with a quote-“Steady the buffs”. This some how offends the mother with the language they use and tells them to mind what they say. This shows that their mother doesn’t let them joke around often and it’s a bit sad on them to as they like teasing each other. This might have caused a loss of bondage between the two. Further along, in act 3, Sheila and Eric’s bond became more and more stronger as they backed each other up from their parents when the Birlings thought that everything is fine and sorted out because the inspector wasn’t a real police officer.
Slavery seemed to hurt Douglass’s mistress simply because she chose to let it. Being a slaveholder made her feel that she was better than he was. He was just a “nobody”, and she could treat him as she wanted to and he could do nothing about it. She was once a very compassionate and caring person, but in making a complete change she made his life miserable, and she, no doubt,
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