In Act 1 Scene 7 when Macbeth vows to not kill Duncan as he is loyal she uses a number of methods to change his mind. Her first line is “What beast was't then that made you break your enterprise to me?” She is pointing out that he raised the idea first. She insults Macbeth's masculinity calling him a coward. She points upon her husband’s lack of courage. She tells him he is “green” “a coward”, and that he resembles the “poor cat” who wanted the fish but would not get its paws wet.
“The truth is your mother ran off and left you.” (Kidd 276). Not only did Lily learn a great deal throughout her journey of relocating to August’s home, but she also was known for her intelligence long before she grew up. “Please, Lily, you are insulting your fine intelligence. Do you have any idea how smart you are?” (Kidd 65). I believe Lily was in fact very thankful to finally hear what truly happened from her father, but she also makes it very clear that no matter how bad she deserved to know she didn’t really want to hear that she in fact accidently killed her own mother.
In act II of The Crucible, Arthur Miller features two characters who stood out as very closed-minded. Reverend Hale and Mary Warren provide evidence of closed-mindedness because they reject the truth before them. Reverend Hale shows his closed-mindedness when John Proctor cannot recite the Ten Commandments. Mary Warren's closed-mindedness proves when Abigail Williams gets stabbed and Cheevek found a poppet in John Proctor's house. Reverend Hale's closed mind prevented him from seeing the true John Proctor Hale arrives at Proctor's house to warn him that Elizabeth has been accused of witchcraft.
Divine/Natural Law vs. Human Law If it hadn’t been for Creon’s law that no one could or should bury Polyneices, Antigone’s brother, there would have been no story for Antigone. This provided the theme of the contest between divine law and human law. Natural law states that there are standards for right and wrong that are more fundamental and universal than the laws of any particular society, or human law. Creon showed that he had no concern for divine law when he proved his inhumanity by declaring that Polyneices would receive no burial because he was a “traitor” of Thebes. Antigone, on the other hand, has what Creon lacks.
One archetype of personification used is Martyn’s encounter with his Aunty Jean after his dad’s bereavement. Brooks uses the quote; “I could tell it was Aunty Jean by the tone of the bell. It sounded terrified.” The personification used suggests to the reader that even inanimate objects are discouraged by her, or fearful of her, by the use of the word ‘terrified’, this also reflects the similar emotions and physical feelings between Martyn and his aunt, which we can tell by the way Brooks creates this concept of Martyn resenting being part of the Pig family in earlier stages of the novel, are not of a good disposition. Another example of imagery in the novel is the metaphor used on page 50, upon which Martyn thinks back to a quote he remembers from the late Albert Einstein, which conjures up this idea of ‘the invisible piper’ and how we cannot control the unravelling of a chain of events. Martyn then goes on to say; “The invisible piper on this occasion was the postman.” I think in this case, we see a hint of Martyn’s relationship with himself, as regularly through the novel, he tends to
“Why don’t you keep your room cleaned like your sister? How’ve you got your hair fixed – what the hell stinks? Hair spray? You don’t see your sister using that junk (Oats 899).” Connie and her father did not have the best relationship either because her father “didn’t bother talking much to them (899).” Even to an extent Connie “wished her mother was dead and she herself was dead and it was all over (899).” So it is easy to think that her personal feeling to her family and her suicidal thoughts could influence her dream in which Arnold Friend threatens to kill her family and ultimately to kill Connie. Arnold Friend was mentioned early in the book when Connie was hanging out with a boy she had just met and hooked up with for the night.
First Macbeth sees the dagger that he will use to kill Duncan. Then, he sees the ghost of Banquo who he had murdered. Last, Lady Macbeth was confessing her sins in a sleepwalking trance. The three scenes are important because they demonstrate a theme in the play. Word Count:
Montag is her family, but she doesn't consider him as much as a family compaired to the parlor walls. Another example that Mildred should start thinking for herself is she pulled the alarm on her own husband, Montag. Montag did something against the law and Mildred didn't want to get into trouble so as a result of it, "she pulled the alarm" (Bradbury 115). She lost her husband because she listened to the
He felt as if his mother had betrayed him and his dead father. His motivation was to act insane to take revenge on his uncle but he lost control of himself. He wanted his uncle to confess to killing his father so he wrote a play that explain how the murder took place and wanted to see how his uncle reacted to the play. If he showed any type of guiltiness then he knew for sure that the ghost was not dishonest
John Proctor tried to keep his affair with Abigail from the court as long as possible until he pretty much had to break down and confess it. But instead of Abigail and the witch trials being exposed as a lie, Proctor is called a liar and then accused of witchcraft by the court. His sins being exposed destroyed him. THE CRUCIBLE is an excellent play that combines three basic ingredients for chaos. There wouldn't be any chaos without ideological insecurity, economic self-interest, and personal indiscretion throughout the characters.