The narrator states the mother’s resentment of Connie’s beauty because “her looks were gone and that was why she was always after Connie.”[451]. Connie doesn’t make the situation between the two any better by instigating her mother with curt answers and rude responses. “Her parents and her sister were going to a barbecue at an aunt’s house and Connie said ‘no’, she wasn’t interested, rolling her eyes to let her mother know exactly what she thought.”[453]. the only time Connie fully admits that she truly did love her mother was when she was crying in the phone for her. Connie’s father is a quiet bystander when it came to his wife and daughter heated arguments.
Sykes was very ungrateful and didn’t appreciate his wife, he tried to get her out of the way so he can be with his mistress Bertha. The saying “Karma is a bitch,” relates to the story because, Sykes tried poisoning his wife with a rattlesnake, but instead he was bitten and died from the poison. The story unfolds when Sykes got home and verbally abused his wife, but she stood up and faced him without any fear in her eyes, that was the breaking point for Delia, despite all her hard work he didn’t appreciate her, so she decided to stand up for herself and no longer endure her husband’s abuse. Sykes character unfolds when the narrator painted a picture of what he really is and his thoughts against his wife, he was wicked and cruel against his wife but was sweet and caring towards his mistress Bertha. He would go all out just to get Delia out of his way of being happy with his mistress.
Critical Research Essay on Everyday Use by Alice Walker It is argued that Dee Johnson is a shallow, insensitive, self- absorbed daughter and sister. Critics say she passed up her right to her true heritage for a false African heritage all because she has adopted an African name and she has failed to learn how to quilt, a skill that critics will have you believe is vital to Dee’s understanding of her true identity. Her hair and style of dress are called into question as though they are a deliberate slap in the face to her family. Dee is lambasted for wanting to protect and display everyday household items that were handmade by her now deceased relatives. She cannot even take a picture of her family’s house without critics attacking this act as her need to prove where she came from.
She hates Pecola for her ugliness, and for her own ugliness. Pauline’s greatest desire is to have a child like the babydoll-esque girl she nanny’s for in the white side of town. She takes her anger and frustration out on Pecola, only furthering the problem. Pecola is introduced to Shirley Temple through the form of a drinking cup, which she falls in love with, and ultimately makes her goal of wanting blue eyes. Morrison sums up all of the desire of one little girl and her family, part of the problem that put the family in the poor situation they’re in now, and the ultimate showing of beauty and happiness as seen from a black family through a set of eyes and their color.
Her father left her when she was young and her mother lost herself in the bottle of pills and booze. Therefore became the mother a prostitute to pay the rent and feed the family. Besides the lack of care from her parents, she had a boyfriend which she probably thought cared about her and the love to him made her completely blind to see his evil sides. That is why she apparently became a prostitute, to earn money to help her “big love”. All those points affected her incredibly much and also had some consequences, such as being a prostitute, actually trying to commit suicide and in the end the death as cause.
For example, she told Daisy another patient that she would rat her out if she didn’t give up her valium pills. She also takes advantage of the fact that that other girls are scared of her, so she gets them to do whatever she wants, such as sneak out at night and follow her to the Dr.’s office. Lisa also conned Suzanne to escape the ward. Lisa also displayed a lack of remorse, shame or guilt. She made an anorexic feel bad for not eating, calling her names like cow or pig.
Macbeth, on the other hand, does not like a possible future by the withes prophecy: that he will kill his King. This shows the difference between Lord and Lady Macbeth. It is only after much nagging and cajoling from his wife that he decides to go through with it, and then half heartedly. His wife uses insults, demeans him, and makes him feel less than a man, so Macbeth finally gives in. While Lady Macbeth is the one who sets the ball rolling, it was the witches that put the ball at the top of the hill.
Later that night when maybe leave's Norma Jean tells Leroy; "She just said that about the baby because she caught me smoking. She's trying to pay me back" (621). In the falling action, Norma Jean’s relationships with her mother is becoming tense and is making Norma Jean realize how controlling her mother is over her life. Leroy is not doing anything to help the relationship between Norma Jean and her mother any better. Mable is sitting with Leroy and tells him, "I don't know what is going on with that girl" (621).
John also detests vanity and greed. He completely stopped going to church because Parris would “…preach nothin’ but golden candlesticks until he had them.” he said “…it hurt my prayer, sir…” to “…see my money glaring at his elbows.” John Proctor’s motivation in the play was to save his wife from being accused as a witch in court. At the end of Act II, his wife is taken by Danforth because she was accused by Abigail of practicing voodoo, and attempted
"I want to have a quick death without suffering, at home surrounded by my family" Diane Pretty suffered from motor neurons disease which meant that as the disease worsened it made it difficult for her to move or communicate easily. She wanted her husband to help end her life but it is illegal in the UK as it is classed as assisted suicide. She took her case to court using the human rights act but it was turned down. She was left to suffer until her condition deteriorated and she died aged 43. Should people like Diane Pretty be allowed to suffer?