Elaine’s love and loyalty to Lancelot causes her to use her twisted morals to tick him into sleeping with her which causes him immense pain by removing his ability to perform miracles. Elaine is a young maiden who is saved from a horrible curse by Lancelot. His help, which ended her five-year suffer, causes Elaine to fall madly in love with Lancelot. Her dysfunctional moral compass along with her obsessive love for Lancelot leads her to make decisions that greatly hurt her lover. Elaine's and her butler devise a plan in which the butler gets Lancelot very drunk and tells him that Guenever is waiting to sleep with him at a nearby castle. When Lancelot wakes up the next morning, he that it was Elaine, not Guenever, with which he slept and that …show more content…
Elaine clearly has her goals and her twisted morals allow her to use any means required to achieve them. Her one-sided loyalty to her own judgment and disregard for other's feelings is clearly a problem and demonstrates that it is necessary to only follow one's morals to an extent in which it does not hurt anyone. In fact, it is concerning that Elaine does not show any signs of having considered the consequences of her actions on other before she did them and she also does not understand the pain her manipulations caused Lancelot, a fact that becomes evident when she tricks him again later in the novel: "Sir Lancelot was in my[Elaine] room last night. My women Brisen brought him in the dark" (White 395). For Elaine, as long as she gets to her desired outcome, she condones all the wicked methods used to achieve it. This is especially problematic because it cause great pain to Lancelot, something that one's morals should never allow. To perform a miracle, a task that has always been Lancelot's dream, one must be a virgin. Elaine's trickery strips Lancelot of his
Both the Lady of Shalott and Elaine of Astolat share numerous similarities in their lives. Even the places they live possess a similar name. Most of the scenes in "The Lady of Shalott" take place in a tower. Likewise, Elaine retreats to a tower where she keeps Sir Lancelot's shield. Lilies surround each lady, literally and figuratively. Tennyson says that "the lilies blow / Round an island there below, / The island of Shalott" ("The Lady of Shalott" lines 7-9). Similarly, he calls Elaine "the lily maid of Astolat" ...
When Blanche walked in on her husband having sex with another man. Blanche, her husband, and his male friend went out dancing as pretended as if it had never occurred. Then when the Varsouviana was playing she was dancing with Allen, her husband, she told him that she thought he was disgusting and he left and shot himself in the head. This tragedy follows her throughout her life with the polka, anytime she hears the song she travels back to that night. Blanche believed having sex with younger and multiple men showed her worth and it would make her younger and allow her to avoid death itself in her mind. In scene nine Blanche is horrified when a women selling flowers for the dead tell her fate. Blanche madness was brought up her inability to act appropriately on her desires and fear of human mortality. It is seen throughout the whole play that sex and death are linked in almost all aspects of Blanche life. In other words, it can be seen how Blanche’s sexual history help leads to her
Twenty-eight, comfortable in a marriage to an older man involved with his business life in New Orleans, Edna has never settled into the selfless maternal mold of the other women who summer at Grand Isle to escape the disease and heat of the city. She begins a journey of self-discovery that leads to several awakenings: to her separateness as a “solitary soul,” to the pleasures of “swimming far out” in the seductive sensuously appealing sea, to the passions revealed in music, to her own desire to create art, to a romantic attachment to a young man, to living on her own, to sexual desire. Robert, the beloved, honorably removes himself to escape entanglement; Alcée, a recognized womanizer and rake, elicits the sexual response. Chopin creates a circle of symbolic characters about her heroine: a devoted wife, an embittered spinster musician, a dour and disapproving father, an understanding doctor, empty headed pleasure seekers. Edna veers between realistic appraisal of her place in the world and romantic longing for Robert, between enjoying the sensual pleasures with Alcée and practically removing herself from her husband’s control.
Lancelot is a fascinating character who believes strongly in his moral code. Very early in the novel and in Lancelot's journey as a knight, he establishes two core beliefs: it is important to be honest and to be chivalrous. When T. H. White narrates, "[Lancelot] considered [his word] to be the most valuable of possessions," it becomes evident that he strongly values the truth and rejects lying in all situations (White 339). Lancelot is also shown to have a strong belief in chivalry when it is revealed that he has a "medieval respect for honour" (White 338). These two core principles, chivalry and truth, are the cornerstones of Lancelot's ideology and are the rules with which he wants to live his life. However, although Lancelot has a strong set of morals, he cannot find the balance between loyalty to his own beliefs and to the welfare of others. Lancelot, unlike Elaine, puts all his energy into his loyalty to others, specifically Arthur and Guenever. In order to satisfy both his lover and his best friend, Lancelot is forced to compromise his own morals and to reject his core beliefs. This is most evident in his love for Guenever. Lancelot does not want to disappoint Guenever, to whom he is loyal and in love with, by rejecting her love, but also feels strongly against betraying the King. After struggling with the decision, Lancelot decides to find a situation where he does not upset either of them. His solution is to sleep with his best friend's wife, Guenever, an act that is not very chivalrous, and to not let Arthur know about it, an act that is not very truthful. The rejection of his values and principles leads to Lancelot calling the situation "torture'' (White 387) and to extreme self-loathing: He loved Arthur and he loved Guenever and he hated himself" (White 368). Lancelot's attempt to
Love is a powerful emotion, capable of turning reasonable people into fools. Out of love, ridiculous emotions arise, like jealousy and desperation. Love can shield us from the truth, narrowing a perspective to solely what the lover wants to see. Though beautiful and inspiring when requited, a love unreturned can be devastating and maddening. In his play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, William Shakespeare comically explores the flaws and suffering of lovers. Four young Athenians: Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia, and Helena, are confronted by love’s challenge, one that becomes increasingly difficult with the interference of the fairy world. Through specific word choice and word order, a struggle between lovers is revealed throughout the play. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare uses descriptive diction to emphasize the impact love has on reality and one’s own rationality, and how society’s desperate pursuit to find love can turn even strong individuals into fools.
He uses two types of women, one who is submissive to her husband, other one is rebellious but still depends on men to live her life and to be happy and the opposite Stanley who is an ignorant man. Dictation.com states that William uses Stella’s character to connect all the characters together. In the beginning of the story Stella’s character is calm and happy but after her sister blanche moves to their house problems arise. She is torn between her sister and her husband. she tries to make a balance between the two of them but as the story progresses she has to choose one. Stanley doesn’t like Blanche’s attitude of her being superior than him. He is doesn’t like being inferior to a woman. William uses alcohol and poker to create the conflict and develop the character. They get into an argument and he hit her. Stella says that it’s “nothing serious” as Blanche think it is(William). While Blanche insists that his action is animalistic, Stella accepts him as who is because she thinks that his violence hadn’t done any damage to their relationship. In addition, she assures blanche that “he has always been violent and smashing things” but she is happy because she believes it brings the best in their relationship. Indicates the old women thinking that no matter what they have to be obedient and submissive to their husband. in the end of the story
...er is truly satisfied with anything. Once she begins to fulfill what Henry told her, she becomes too terrified to even go on, which then makes her understand she could never survive in a novel at all, and she has been waiting all this time for nothing.
In the novel, Emma has two affairs; one with a landowner named Rodolphe Boulanger and another with a law clerk named Leon. When Emma first meets Leon, she is attracted to him because they share an appreciation for music and literature, but she doesn’t cheat with him because she wants to keep her image of a good mother and wife. Here the reader sees Emma as a morally ambiguous character because she stays faithful to her family, but later in the book when Leon returns, Emma falls for his newfound urban experience and ends up having an affair with him. At first readers are happy that Emma stays loyal to herself and her family, but then she ends up falling for him and readers see that she does whatever to please herself. This affair reveals Emma’s moral ambiguity and plays a
Throughout Act one and two, Benedick repeatedly says that he will never love a woman or get married. At some stage in the duration of the play his mindset changes. In the end he is head over heels in love for Beatrice whom he once quarreled with habitually. The turnabout in his behavior was brought about by the deceiving Claudio and Pedro who indirectly told Benedick that Beatrice loved him.
Arthur Koestler's Darkness at Noon depicts the fallacious logic of a totalitarian regime through the experiences of Nicolas Salmanovitch Rubashov. Rubashov had fought in the revolution and was once part of the Central Committee of the Party, but he is arrested on charges of instigating attempted assassinations of No. 1, and for taking part in oppositional, counter-revolutionary activities, and is sent to a Soviet prison. Rubashov, in his idle pacing throughout his cell, recollects his past with the Party. He begins to feel impulses of guilt, most especially in those moments he was required to expel devoted revolutionaries from the Party, sending them to their death. These subconscious feelings of guilt are oftentimes represented physically in the form of toothache or through day- or night-dreams. As his thought progresses with the novel, he begins to recognize his guilt, which emerges alongside his individuality. It remains in his subconscious, and it is not until Rubashov absolves himself through silent resignation at his public trial that he is fully conscious of guilt. By joining the Party, Rubashov allows himself to forget the questions of human nature and of his individuality. The nature of his guilt lies in this betrayal of his individuality.
...is own wife in a long time. Eddie grabs her, yells at her, and to her horror, kisses her. He wants to show how much he loves her, and to prove to Rodolpho that she belongs to him. Eddie then forcefully kisses Rodolpho, trying to prove or imply that Rodolpho is homosexual. Catherine’s trust and loyalty and Rodolpho’s respect is at stake here. It is unfortunate that Eddie uses alcohol to ultimately get what he wants – the truth comes out once he is drunk. This whole scene also reaffirms his archetypal quality of a ticking time bomb. This is the scene in which he explodes.
In act II scene III Benedick is duped by Don Pedro, Claudio and Leonato as he eavesdrops on their conversation of how Beatrice is so madly in love with him, which was an absolute lie. Benedick falls for the trick. After he hears what they say he has his own moment to himself to make sense of what he just heard. Benedick exclaims, “They say I will bear myself proudly if I perceive the love come from her. They say, too, that she will rather die than give any sign of affection. I did never think to marry”(2.3.229-231). Benedick is saying that he is so unaware by the obsession she has for him although it did make sense now that he thinks about it hard enough. He thinks she is a cold blooded lady, that was why he never thought to marry her. Beatrice is tricked the same way. Although, it is by Ursula and Hero. After Beatrice falls in their web of lies in act III scene I, she goes on the same rant. Beatrice passionately says, “...Taming my wild heart to thy loving hand. If thou dost love, my kindness shall incite thee”(3.2.119-120). Beatrice is exclaiming that if he has tamed her bitterness and unpleasantness then maybe she should show him some sort of happiness and be a bit more sweeter to him.
When Hermia and Lysander run off into the woods, where Helena follows for she hopes that she can change Demetrius’ mind upon choosing Hermia as his wife and Demetrius also follows knowing that Hermia and Lysander have run there. In these woods live a group of fairies and a group of men who are practicing for a play they are to perform. In the group of fairies there includes the fairy king Oberon, his queen Titania, and his servant Puck. Oberon and Titania are not on the best of terms over an Indian prince given to Titania by the prince’s mother. With this Oberon sends Puck to go forth and retrieve a flower that is spread over a sleeping persons eyelids, when the person awakes they will fall in love with the first person that is seen upon awakening. When Puck retrieves the flower Oberon tells him to spread the flower over Titania’s eyes, but also to spread it on Demetrius’ eyes after seeing how he treats Helena. Puck spreads the flower on Titania’s eyes, but accidentally spreads the flower on Lysander’s eyes thinking this is the Athenian man that Oberon was referring to.
After Blanche loses her husband, her life spirals down in every matter. Soon after death, Blanche begins to seek help in all the wrong places. Rather than seeking professional help, she relies on relationships with other men, and when one is over, she moves on to another. This trend leads to her developing a reputation in her small town of being promiscuou...
Tristan was a knight in his uncle’s court. His uncle was named King Mark of Cornwall. Tristan was sent by his uncle to Ireland to get this girl named Iseult. She is supposed to marry King Mark. On the way back from Ireland, someone trick[ed] Tristan and Iseult [in]to drink[ing] a magic drink. This magic made them want each other really badly. So, they acted respectful to each other. Until one day, they finally could [not] [omit--n’t] keep themselves from making love. The two lovers were found and taken to the king. King Mark sends the lovers out of his land. After this, the king looks for them again in the forest.