“I am! Yet what I am none cares or know, My friends forsake me like a memory lost…” Compare the ways in which isolation or alienation from society are presented in any two of the texts you have studied. We witness cases of alienation in the texts The Scarlet Letter and A Streetcar Named Desire, which are presented mainly in the female protagonists Hester Prynne and Blanche DuBois. However, although both characters experience isolation from their respective societies, it is my contention that the causes for their isolation are different. While Hester’s isolation is largely societal, Blanche experiences two different kinds of isolation.
It seems unfair, as she loves her child but she knew the consequences of having a child outside marriage, so knew what would happen to her and her son. Arthur Kipps is kept in the dark about the WiB, and is haunted by her. He is in an isolated place, he is a stranger to the village and isolated in the knowledge of the truth. He is unable to talk to anyone about seeing the WiB as if he does, he may seem mad himself. The WiB is a ghost; no-one can see her.
The townspeople didn’t call her crazy at first; they thought she was sheltered, unhappy. Miss Emily was from a family of high stature and wealth in their small town. She had a certain social upbringing that put certain pressures and stress upon her. Her father drove all her potential husbands away, leaving her never to marry. This emotional stress had caused her mental stability to weaken and crack.
this very discontent feeling would further add to the very isolation the Glaspell is trying to portray. How is anyone to feel connected when they much live with a foul personality? “He was a hard man” (Glaspell 181); “Like a raw wind that gets to the bone” (Glaspell 181). He gave his wife a dispirited sense of being. She probably felt smothered by his bleak nature and with the fact that the farmhouse was too isolated for anyone to want to visit, Mrs. Wright was left alone.
Lennie, Crooks, and Curley’s Wife have all been branded as outcasts for the same reason; they are all different. Lennie experiences loneliness through the form of his mental disabilities. Lennie has become isolated from society due
Because Hester is isolated, she has no one to talk to, so she thinks about things a little differently than everyone else. Pearl, the daughter of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale, is affected by the isolation because she isn’t like a normal child. Arthur Dimmesdale suffers the consequences of isolation because he isn’t true to himself
The Discrimination against Women Identities Throughout history, female were considered lesser beings and nothing more than the property of their husband. In the short story, Blank Spaces by Joanna Cockerline, the acknowledgment of female being inferior creatures in comparison to men is highlighted. Struggle against misfortunes, Elizabeth is oppressed by the social inequality due to the fact that she is a girl. In Blank Spaces, the social inequality implied by the narrative severely impacts Elizabeth’s career hierarchy, character traits, and life experiences. Like many feminist writer, Cockerline focuses her emphasis on how social norm discriminate women by inhibit their job opportunities.
They both experience detachment. People who suffer from this disorder find themselves with the inability to live an enjoyable, pleasurable life style (Gabbard 1994). Schizoid personality disorder individuals prefer to be alone. They lead a shy lonely life. They go out of their way to shut out social relationships even with family.
They “were considered antisocial” (Flack, 4) and were not accepted into the town. They did not communicate with anyone unless spoken to. Therefore the people could not get to know them. Also, not only were they judged for their behaviors, the Duvitch’s “were marked people. They were the one struggling family in a prosperous community.” (Flack, 3) This was embarrassing to the town and “They were considered unattractive physically.” (Flack, 3) Later on in the story, the town’s people noticed Andy and his family’s relationship with the Duvitch’s.
Now that Allie is dead and that D.B. moved away, Holden feels that he doesn’t have anyone. It is just he and his little sister Phoebe. Holden also misses his family, and rarely gets to see them because he goes to a boarding school. Holden feels depressed from the prior events in his family, and no longer has the desire to learn or strive to be successful.