Medea’s heart is broke by her husband and she seeks revenge. She loved Jason so much that she betrayed her own family to be with Jason. But Jason left her and sons to be with another woman; Jason leaves her nothing but empty promises. This is why Medea,s life fell into tragic flaw. It
Junkins goes on to state that the story “dramatizes modern man’s unsuccessful attempt to act out and emerge from his oedipal conflict with the woman-mother” Junkins 1. In a way, “the story is couched in the symbols of ancient myths. The mother…the poor, unsatisfied fairy princess who yearns for happiness… [and] Paul is the gallent knight on horseback who rides to her rescue.” Junkins 1. The boy, Paul, “literally sacrifices himself” in effort to cure his mother’s despair, which is ultimately impossible and as we find out at the end of the story, “death is his only way out of his dilemma…”Junkins 1. Even the opening lines of the writing, “There was a woman who was beautiful…yet she had no luck” suggests the “fable-like quality” and yet the story takes place “in the atmosphere of the modern world” Lawrence 290 & Junkins 2.
When Ethan starts to fall in love with the Mattie, is when he starts to downfall. He is so in love with Mattie and she becomes his only source of happiness. Because of this he wants to escape with Mattie, he tries to commit suicide. This failed attempt makes his life worse, now he has to suffer for a lifetime. Another element of a tragic
Medea’s extreme emotional attachments can only be expressed through extreme measures. Circumstance causes her to fall in love with Jason, and when she does, he becomes the centre of her emotional universe — even when he spurns her and that love turns to hate, the man continues on as the zenith in her heart, the motivation behind her actions. When Jason takes another wife, Medea can no longer justify the wrongs she committed in the name of their love. The sheer force of her grief and remorse inspires her to ‘surrender to anguish’, and she gives voice to wretched lamentations that outline her vicious intent towards the royal house. Fearing that Medea will do ‘some irreparable harm to (his) daughter’, Creon banishes her from his land, setting in motion a chain of events that lead to the final tragedy of the play.
Edward scissor hands directed by Tim burton is a movie about personal suffering we see how Edward struggles to belong to suburbia. His appearance is unique from his pale skin to his massive razor sharp scissor hands. In this movie there are other characters that also suffer for example Esmeralda, she is an outcast she doesn’t mix with her neighborhood because she a religious zealot. Edwards love interest Kim also goes through hardship, from her bad boyfriend disrespecting her and getting her into trouble. She is in a conflict because she wants to be with her “normal” boyfriend but she actually falls in love with Edward.
This desire arises because of her constant loneliness which she puts up with after her husband's tragic death. From that point on her life, she goes sliding down a slippery slope. Blanche goes on a search for guys who would fulfill her desire, yet she never gets an adequate amount, so she moves on. This only perpetuates her suffering and dirties her name and reputation. After she has nowhere to go, her desire brings her to her sister's doorsteps.
This is first seen through jealously. Carlos describes how he could ‘barely look’ at Francesco’s wife due to the fact that ‘she had known the pleasure of his body in a way that I could never know’. The ending of the sentence ‘I could never know’ shows the sad acceptance of Carlo due to the fact that Carlo was already in a relationship and also because he is dead. The second notion of sadness can be seen in the death itself in the form of grief. As Francesco was dying Carlo describes how his eyes were ‘blinded with tears’.
“You told me to George,” he said miserably.’ This extract suggests that Lennie would have slid down the wall and started crying which shows his sadness and suffering because of his enormous strength and his panicking. When he kills Curley’s wife, it is caused by his obsession to stroke soft things and also because of his strength. Curley’s wife is partly to blame as she leads Lennie on: “Here feel right here.
Hester Prynne, the main character of the book, was a constant example of sin and human passion. Her husband forced her to return to America all alone. Therefore she became vulnerable, and she missed love. She gave into temptation because of passion (as it is in human nature to do so) and had an
When she is abandoned by her husband and her family gets involved in financial difficulties, so she cast herself on the mercy of Alec and becomes his mistress. To relieve misfortune of her family, she sacrifices herself. Second, though Tess possesses some strong personalities, her character is still impacted by old morality. Tess knows clearly that she is the victim because she is seduced by Alec. But ,she always regards herself as a sinner and when someone speaks ill of her, she even thinks she destroys the purity of nature .