“For brave Macbeth—well he deserves that name—/ Disdaining Fortune, with his brandished steel/ Which smoked with bloody execution/ Like valor’s minion carved out his passage” (I, i, 16-19). The captain is retelling all the heroic details of how Macbeth defeated Macdonwald and his rebels. Here Macbeth is everything that an honorable man should be. Everyone that is in the room listening to the captain recall all of Macbeth’s heroic deeds is in awe of how great of a man Macbeth is. His valor and strength he showed in battle is what earned him his new title of thane of Cawdor and what lead to everyone respecting him so much in the beginning.
Many characters show extraordinary strength in times of great difficulty. For instance, Anna has been raised in “a joyless place”, living in fear as she “waited for Josiah’s fist to fall,” lost her “greatest part of what she had to lose” when her children died, and ultimately overcomes her dependency on “poppy-induced serenity.” Her strength enabled her to do this because she is able to build up the courage to overpass these horrific events unlike many characters that have a tendency to lack in this theme of strength. Anna readily admits her fears, “I turned pale” however, she still agrees to deliver Mary Daniel’s baby. In the end, Anna realises that, “where Michael Mompellion had been broken” she “had been tampered and made strong.” She emancipates herself and finds new direction for herself and her daughters “I was meant to go on… living my life amongst wonders.” In contrast, Josiah Bont also faced a tough upbringing at sea and the loss of family members, however his lack of strength caused him to sink below the horror endured when he “tries to kill Unwin in his sleep this night,” and steals many valuables from the sick and deceased. Anna’s strength enables her to rise and evolve, but
‘For Anna, the year of the plague is about the journey from ignorance to knowledge.’ Discuss. Geraldine Brooks depicts Anna, the protagonist of her historical novel ‘Year of Wonders’ set in the plagued town of Eyam 1666, as a forcibly ignorant character, that progressively evolves into a knowledgeable and wise woman. Stuck in a male dominated, patriarchal society, Anna was never able to become a real contributor to the community until her ‘journey’ led to become an educated and experienced person. Whilst it is thought that the ‘year of the plague’ is mainly about the grief and despair the town suffers through, and the loss they must deal with, for Anna, it was the perfect opportunity to evolve into the greater person she became. Anna did not bloom to the knowledgeable being she became by herself, but she did so with the help of many catalysts during the plague year.
After her affair and pregnancy, she 'accepts' the punishment given to her by Michael and demonstrates her determination and self control. Elinor feels that Michael saved her from depression and loneliness, and that she was a [fortunate woman...to have been loved so in her life]. Her compassion is shown from how
So in order to be truly accurate one needs to look at the definitions of words and determine which word is the best. She has accepted the fact that people will still call her “disabled” and “handicapped” and “moreover, [uses] them [herself].” People aren’t willing to accept certain realities that exist like “death, war, sex, sweat or wrinkles” and certainly not “crippledness”. So because of that simple fact she “would never refer to another person as a cripple” and [uses] [it] to name only
The women in ‘Year of Wonders’ are more resourceful and resilient than the men. Do you agree? In Year of Wonders, by Geraldine Brooks, the women in the novel, mainly being Anna and Elinor, take full advantage of their wellbeing at the time of the plague and become resourceful creatures that are willing to help out their town when in need. The women also remain flexible and cope with the plague while unfortunately the male gender fails in their lack-lustre attempt to help out the community. The women in Eyam experiencing the plague in 1666 use their abilities to benefit the health of the community, and understand to keep the townspeople “above the ground” they must take action, while the men take a back seat through the plague and hope for the best.
In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and Trifles by Susan Glaspell, the audience can further understand how terrible life for women was. After reading both texts it is simple to compare the lives, the relationship with their husbands, and the society both women lived in. These two women live similar lives mentally and emotionally. Women lived very differently before they had equal rights. There was a limit to what they could do or own.
Women’s reality, such as Gilman’s, in this time period was being a submissive wife with few rights in society. This fictional story, appears to be more reality than fiction. The Yellow Wallpaper is a feminist text used as a cry for help of all the oppressed women from nineteenth century. Women’s repression was a problem that impacted the lives of those who lived in this time period. This story expresses a concern of the role women, particularly within the aspect of marriage, maternity, and domesticity.
Female relatives, especially grandmothers, help make many important decisions at this time. Midwives, lay practitioners and female relatives are preferred over medical doctors for treatments due to their less expensive services and holistic approach (Walsh,
Women like Abigail Adams, who had no formal education or schooling, was able to teach herself how to write and read and made herself a very influential young lady. Although she was known for being one of the pioneers of women who made tremendous amount of differences in our history, she was also very famous for writing many letters to her husband that were filled with her personal opinions of the culture and the women’s rights and politics in the nation. Her best known letter to her husband “Remember the Ladies” still marks a big part of women’s history for its positive effects for the rights of women. The women’s rights movement was one of the most amazing and remarkable events that took place in the American history which is over loaded with courage and bravery of the women that were part of this significant era. One of the courageous women was of course, Abigail