Dear Mr. Kohler of the University of Pennsylvania Office of Admissions, Maria is a competitive candidate for the undergraduate program at the Wharton School of Business. She is a resourceful young woman who has repeatedly demonstrated her ability to set and achieve her own goals. This ambition, combined with strong social skills and an impressive intellect, makes her a student who stands out among her peers. Inside the classroom, Maria follows directions when given. Teachers consistently ask her to quiet down disruptive students for them, and she even adds in her own moral lesson. One time, when a teacher asked her to remind a classmate to arrive at school on time, Maria admonished her classmate for staying up late partying, since that was the cause of his tardiness. She also cautioned him to avoid friends who participated in such behavior. It would have benefited him to …show more content…
She intended for the result to be a comedic spectacle and persuaded her classmates to be spectators when the recipient, their classmate Malvolio, found the letter. In regards to the content of the letter, she demonstrated a thorough understanding of the recipient’s tendency to speculation, as Malvolio acted as she predicted he would, imagining that Olivia was in love with him and following every foolish specification set out. Maria’s practical joke was successful and displayed her cleverness in that she accomplished her goal of embarrassing Malvolio. However, Maria can also be challenging at times, especially when she takes a joke too far and harms the original target. For example, as a result of the forged love letter, she isolated Malvolio from his classmates and strained his friendship with Olivia. Instead of apologizing or amending her faults, Maria distanced herself from the consequences of her actions. Her lack of care for others is an area that will require
Just as she is about everything, she wanted to know it all, why it was there, when it came, who sent it, etc. To be fair, I would in that situation too. However, Sal was more logical about it. She thought about the people in her life and in Phoebe’s life and why these notes may be to one of them. Ms. Partridge just wanted to be nice when sending these letters. She thought they may interest the girls and that they would like them, but she didn’t realize the frustration and craziness it was causing with Phoebe and her family.
The colors and styles of Maria’s attire reveal her reasoning and mindset through the diverse situations she faces in her life. In the beginning of the story, while the narrator describes Maria being struck by the train, Eva Luna states, “She was picked up from between the rails, seemingly unharmed, she had only a few scratches and had lost her hat” (Allende 154). The representation of losing her hat can be interpreted as Maria losing her head or losing her mind, which further reveals the imagery that although she looks fine on the outside her mind is permanently deficient. Allende uses this
Maria Luna Marez, is an extremely devoted Catholic, and tries to raise her children to follow the same ways she has. She is the daughter of a farmer, and the descendant of the first priest of the Luna region. Maria wants very badly for her youngest son Antonio to become a priest. She believes, that he possesses the gift of knowledge, and wants Antonio to follow her Luna-family tradition by growing up to be a calm well-mannered man; she dreams of Antonio becoming a priest, and tries to instill in him the value of knowledge and farming. "You will be like my brothers. You will be a Luna, Antonio. You will be a man of the people, and perhaps a priest (9)," Maria states, as she is trying to tell her son not to worry about his father's brothers, because he wi...
...s garters. While Malvolio is reading the letter in the gardens, Maria, Sir Andrew Aguecheek and Sir Toby Belch are all eavesdropping and laughing at how he’s falling for it. After that Malvolio goes to see Olivia, and gets locked in the jail for acting crazy.
Some of Maria’s strengths consist of her bravery. She is a first generation resident of the United States. She has a support system in her friend, Susan, as well as within her parents.
The play opens with Orsino, the Duke of Illyria, expressing his deep love for the Countess Olivia. Meanwhile, the shipwrecked Viola disguises herself as a man and endeavors to enter the Duke’s service. Although she has rejected his suit, the Duke then employs Viola, who takes the name of Cesario, to woo Olivia for him. As the play continues, Cesario falls in love with the Duke, and Olivia falls in love with Cesario, who is really Viola disguised. Maria, Olivia’s servant woman, desires to seek revenge on Malvolio, Olivia’s steward. “To the delight of Sir Toby, Olivia’s uncle, and his friend Sir Andrew, Maria comes up with a plot to drop love letters supposedly written by Olivia in Malvolio’s path. When she does, they observe him, along with Fabian, another servant, as Malvolio falls for the bait. Believing that Olivia loves him, he makes a fool of himself” (Napierkowski 3).
Malvolio was deceived by a counterfeit letter as written in the name of Lady Olivia due to his desire to have a higher status in the society. Avidity for wealth and power made this principled steward considered to be insane by others.
Unfortunately, Maria is constantly aware of the children missing from her life and is border-lining depression. Didion shows readers many symptoms of Maria’s depression throughout the novel. For example, the narrator says “When she got home she thought about calling him [Les Goodwin], but instead she went upstairs and lay face down on Kate’s empty bed, cradled Kate’s blanket, clutched Kate’s baby pillow to her stomach and fought off a wave of the dread” (Didion 23). It is obvious that Maria is depressed; however, she cannot confide in anyone. She cannot confide in Carter because he is emotionally distant nor can she confide in her lover Les Goodwin because he is a married man. Thus, leading to Maria becoming self-destructive and unintentionally seeking an identity. For example after a party, Maria “was stopped for speeding outside Tonopah and when the highway patrolman saw the silver dress and the bare feet and the Ferrari registered to someone else” the officer found out it was indeed stolen ( Didion 154). Didion creatively shows readers that Maria is acting out unintentionally because of her lack of control over life. In fact, someone who was in his or her right mind would have not stolen a car from a famous person like the one Maria did. The people in Maria’s life Maria’s notices there is a problem and start to worry about her well-being. This is shown when
Although Viola might be able to relate to Olivia's grief at first, her love for Orsino is so great that she cannot understand why Olivia would deny him. When Olivia expresses affectio...
His attempts to flirt with Maria by showing how clever he is fail when Sir
Similar to the inner personality that Olivia’s disguise provided, Malvolio’s disguise displays a glimpse at another side of his character out to the audience. Up until this point of the play, Malvolio is seen as a stiff and formal character who has criticism for everything. However, through this disguise, his arrogant and self-loving character is fully confirmed. After he receives a prank letter from Sir Toby and Maria, Malvolio wears a ridiculous costume in his quest for Olivia, and performs the part of a lordly wooer to secure her affections. He also references the letter and exclaims “Remember who commended thy yellow stockings / And wished to see thee cross-gartered” (3.4. 44-7), all of which Olivia knows nothing about and is a delusion of his own. The forged-letter prank causes him to wear yellow stockings that are cross-gartered (which Olivia abhors) and treat Olivia in a very inappropriate manner. By inflaming the passions of the priggish Malvolio with a well-forged love letter, Toby and Maria expose his hidden vanities and social pretensions. After all, he does not desire Olivia for herself, but for the power and status that marriage to her will bring him. Examples of his self-love and self pride can be seen in various examples throughout the play.
After Malvolio establishes that "Olivia" writes the letter he then begins to interpret the letter to suit his situation. "`M'--Malvolio! `M'! Why, that begins my name" It is humorous because he believes the letters "M.O.A.I" is an acronym for his name. However the audience knows that it is a device cleverly thought up by Maria that has obviously succeeded in its purpose to trick Malvolio.
In addition, whilst it is not specified as to why she intends to create this alternative appearance of Malvolio, it is heavily suggested through her imperative tone and dialogue that her intensions are primarily to humiliate the egoistical Malvolio. Consequently, due to his immense ego, rather than questioning the forged letter on behalf of Olivia, by the deceitful Maria, Malvolio is fooled into the outrageous costume with the hope for love. Therefore, due to this letter specifically requesting Malvolio to change his appearance and personality, it can be interpreted as a form of disguise, which consequently allows Maria to ‘Observe him, for the love of mockery’. Shakespeare finalises that the minority of characters in the Twelfth Night seek pleasure in the form of satire and tension when referring to another characters flawed, naive or foolish behaviour of
Firstly, the theme of cleverness in this short story reveals the importance of detail and staying alert and open-minded. The following quote by David Galens in Short Stories for Students supports the previous statement. ““The Purloined Letter” emphasizes the use of deductive reasoning- a specific type of logic
Through Mariam's checkered background and the diverse people which formed her character, the reader is able to see how much the actions of others around us can contribute to the makings of one's own self-worth. Mariam experienced many conflicting ideas coming from others about what she is accredited to do and her worth in the world. However, Mariam only truly discovered her purpose when she meets Laila and her children, where she is finally able to see her own worth through the salvation of their love and