Daniel Tran Instructor: Kelly Murray ENG 102-03 Oct 16th, 2013 Critical Essay #1: Short Fiction Thesis Essay Both “The Storm” by Kate Chopin and “The Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck discuss about the love, sex, marriage and the relationship between wife and husband. The author of the Storm conveys to the readers that marriage is traditional but normal sexual practice could be accepting. In “The Chrysanthemums”, Steinbeck displays women lacks of ability and power as men in that period of time. Throughout the readings, I recognize similarities between “the Storm” and “the Chrysanthemums” in themes of desire for change, the important of sexual fulfillment, and inequality of gender. In “The Storm”, Chopin expresses her opinion and idea to speak for marriage women’s sexual desire in the late1800’s.
She often exprienced "periods of unhappiness and questioning the loyalty of her friends" witch became her motivation to really begin writing. She talks about death and anti-love in many of her stories. That became her niche, and she used that to her advantage. Both authors seem to write about diffrent topics but try to reach the same audience
When Romeo and Mercutio are conversing at the gates to the Capulet’s party, Romeo solemnly admits to his friends: “You have dancing shoes/ With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead/ So stakes me to the ground I cannot move,” (I. iv. 15-17). In saying this, he means that because of the unrequited nature of his current love life, he feels unable to function and cannot participate in any sort of joyful activity. He seems unable to separate his wants from his needs and heavily depends on having a woman’s love in his life, therefore becoming depressed and negative when
While the eldest daughters, Regan and Goneril, falsely declare endless love which allows them no other joy but their father – and in return receive one third of his lavish kingdom – Cordelia honestly relays that she has ‘nothing’ to say, and upon further persuasion maintains ‘I love you according to my bond; no more, no less’. This angers Lear, who leaves her none of the kingdom and refuses to accept the value of the honesty of Cordelia’s reply over the lies which constitute his other daughters’ replies, despite advice from loyal servants. Lear insists he ‘have no such daughter’ after this response; a very intense reaction to her simple insistence not to spin lies to afford personal gain. This portrayal of family relationships positions the audience to empathise with Cordelia’s quiet but genuine love because we are exposed to thoughts in sidenotes which the rest of the characters can’t hear, such as ‘my love’s more ponderous than my tongue’ which explains her idea of love to the audience – an idea which opposes her father’s. Unlike Lear, Shakespeare positions the audience to realise the calculated nature
Mescudi’s point is to show how his older sister bought him everything he needed when she could. Although he should be “happy”, nobody could notice how sad he was in reality. This is a strong point because even though you can get everything you wish for, there still might always be something bothering you that no one else can see. “Pursuit of Happiness” is a lyric poem written by Scott Ramon Mescudi that shows how he is
How does Tennessee Williams portray a flaw in a central character in the play A Streetcar Named Desire? “A Streetcar named Desire” is a play written by Tennessee Williams in which the central character is flawed but nevertheless gains your admiration. It is a play about Blanche DunBois who comes to New Orleans to live off her sister’s charity after losing the family home through her promiscuous past. Williams makes awareness of the flaw and creates admiration of the character through his use of characterisation, contrast, conflict, key scenes and aspects of staging. Firstly, the characterisation of Blanche DuBois successfully hints at her flaw early in the play.
Kristen Schnibbe FA 22 December 9, 2010 A Streetcar Named Desire Essay Section “A women’s charm is fifty percent illusion” this quote was taken from the book A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams. A women’s charm is fifty percent illusion, this quote could be proven to be true by this example, makeup. Makeup is an every day necessity for some women. Makeup could hide people’s real facial structures and even there identity in some cases. This related to Blanche by her hiding her past and her identity.
Edward told Sandra he loved her but was rejected but still persists for his love, showing she means a lot to him. He uses what Sandra likes to get her to love him back, such as filling her garden with daffodils (her favourite flower) and writing love messages in the sky. Edward’s quote “there’s a time when a man is to fight, and a time when he needs to accept his destiny is lost, the ship has sailed and only a fool will continue… truth is I’ve always been a fool” means that Sandra was already engaged and Edward’s destiny is lost without her, but he continues no matter what for the love of his
She believes that her beauty is her strongest asset and now that she is getting older, she dreads the possibility of being alone. In the following example Stella tries to cheer her up and make her feel attractive and desirable. However, Blanche thinks her beauty and youthfulness are beginning to die. STELLA: “You are as fresh as a daisy.” BLANCHE: “One that’s been picked a few days.” (p 144) Death has its most direct representation in scene 1 when Blanche
In my true heart/ I find she names my very deed of love,/ Only she comes too short, that I profess/ Myself an enemy to all other joys/ Which the most precious square of senses possesses,/ And find I am alone felicitate/ In your dear Highness' love." (I, I, 72-80) Both Goneril and Regan tell Lear they love him the most and Lear is too blind to see that they are