“Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness that will hem you in and come at you in so many ways.” Neal Stephenson’s quote would forewarn Francis Macomber of the hidden monstrousness his wife conceals from Ernest Hemingway’s story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" Although he introduces Francis’ wife, Margaret, as "an extremely handsome and well-kept woman of beauty," the reader soon discovers through Margaret's malicious behavior that her outer beauty is a deception. By punishing her husband, Francis Macomber, for not meeting the unachievable standards of valor she seeks in a man, Hemingway illustrates Margaret's inner monstrosity …show more content…
Her contemptuous conduct becomes apparent to the reader once she sleeps with the most masculine man available, Wilson, without remorse as if to punish Francis for his cowardice. He responds by finally finding the bravery to shoot a charging water buffalo and stand up to his condescending wife. "You've gotten awfully brave, awful suddenly," his wife said contemptuously, but her contempt was not secure. She was very afraid of something." Margaret soon discovers that her scorn towards Francis' lack of bravery causes her husband to rid himself of his wife's overbearing attitude and leave …show more content…
His short, happy life lasts for only a minute until it abruptly ends by the person who has caused his life to be long and miserable. Margaret proves how manipulative she is once she shoots her husband. Wilson witnesses the entire incident and does not believe her when she claims the killing is an accident. Wilson shows no sympathy for her and boasts that if Francis had lived, he would have left her regardless. Margaret is not only manipulative towards her husband, but towards Wilson as well, holding his secrets of sleeping with a customer of his safari business, secretly abusing his workers, and shooting prey from a moving vehicle against him. She and Wilson are both aware if Wilson turns her in, she reports his illegal actions as
The awakening is plenty of characters that describe in a very loyal way the society of the nineteenth century in America. Among the most important ones there are Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Madame Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Alcée Arobin, Adéle Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz.
Imagine that you have to decide which of your parents you're going to side with. Ashleigh has to make this decision in the book Ashes by Susan Beth Pfeffer. Her parents are divorced and she has to decide whether or not to steal money from her mom to give to her Dad. Her Dad wants to get the 200 dollars because he's in debt.Ashleigh would most likely not take the money from her mons tea pot because her dad is irresponsible, Ashleigh is dubious about stealing,and she doesn't want to get in trouble.
In March, by Geraldine Brooks, a mixed-race slave named Grace Clement is introduced after a young, aspiring Reverend March visits her manor to sell books and trinkets to women as a peddler. Grace Clement is a complex key character that is a controlling force in March and exhibits a symbol of idealistic freedom to Reverend March during the Civil War. Her complexity is revealed through her tumultous past, and her strong façade that allows her to be virtuous and graceful through hard times.
Elizabeth Lavenza (later Elizabeth Frankenstein) is one of the main characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. She is a beautiful young girl; fragile and perfect in the eyes of all. Her father was a nobleman from Milan, while her mother was of German descent. Before she was adopted by the wealthy Frankenstein family, she lived with a poor family. After Alphonose and Caroline Frankenstein adopt Elizabeth, they lovingly raise her alongside their biological son, Victor Frankenstein, in hopes that the two will eventually get married. When Victor goes off to Ingolstadt college, Elizabeth writes letters to him that later become a crucial part of the story. It weaves together every piece of the story, holding together each individual
There is no doubt that Miss. Strangeworth is not an easy person to deal with, let alone live with, and although her character is fictional, there are many people with the same personality. We can tell quite easily that she is a very meticulous woman, with a lot of perfectionist tendencies, a few of which are to nitpick people’s lives and make sure that even the most minute detail is up to her standards. I know of someone with these attributes and as difficult as they are to deal with, with their list of requirements to be met and their eagle-eye for detail in even the smallest things, they mean the best, and are always trying to help, despite the possible repercussions.
In Great Expectations, Pip is set up for heartbreak and failure by a woman he trusts, identical to Hamlet and Gertrude, but Pip is rescued by joe who pushes Pip to win the love of his life. Similar to Gertrude in Hamlet Miss Havisham becomes a bystander in Pip’s life as she initiates the play that leads to heartbreak several times and she watches Pip’s life crumble due to her teachings. The next quote shows Miss Havisham explaining to Pip the way she manipulated his love Estella to break his heart every time. “‘but as she grew, and promised to be very beautiful, I gradually did worse, and with my praises, and with my jewels, and with my teachings… I stole her heart away and put ice in its place’” (Dickens, 457). This quote makes it clear the Miss Havisham set Hamlet up for failure by making him fall for a woman he could never have.
The character Mrs. Wright is portrayed as a kind and gentle woman. She is also described as her opinion not being of importance in the marriage. It is stated by Mr. Hale that “ I didn’t know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John” .(745) Her neighbor, Mrs. Hale, depicts her as “She─come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself─real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and─fluttery. How─she─did─change”. (752) It appears that Mrs. Wright is a kind and gentle woman, not capable of committing a murder. But, with the evidence provided and the description of Mr. Wright’s personality it can also be said that the audience will play on the sympathy card for Mrs. Wright. She appears to be caught in a domestic violence crime in which she is guilty of, but the audience will overlook the crime due to the nature of the circumstances. By using pathos it will create a feeling that Mrs. Wright was the one who was suffering in the marriage, and that she only did what she felt necessary at the
“…we’ll both claim we want to die. But we’ll mean: Please someone convince us to stick around… Because last night, we stood on top of fourteen floors of suffering—from the maternity to the morgue. Hundreds of bed buckling beneath the weight of legitimate illness, thousands of plastic sacks of donated blood—we stood above all of it and did not leap” (38). The meaningful words of Eireann Corrigan speak volumes about her past experience growing up with an eating disorder. In her memoir she highlights many ideas of how she felt through not only her experiences, but also those of her boyfriend, Danny. The various poetic devices present within the story come together to create a deep and meaningful novel. Eireann Corrigan, author of the memoir, You
There, up high on her throne, manipulating them as game pieces on a chessboard, their fate will be decided by her; their lives are used to advantage her purposes. Before the victim is trapped, they are charmed by the seemingly heartless fiend. Then, at that point without knowing, deluded into being her follower. In the novel Rebecca, the late Mrs. de Winter, or Rebecca, had shown some qualities that could classify her as a sociopath. Throughout the novel, there are small clues that whisper the truth; they are revealed to have been hints for Rebecca’s true nature. Rebecca shows essential characteristics that expose her sociopathic disposition, such as, being manipulative and lacking the ability to feel remorse.
The final character that goes through gender fluidity is Macduff. Macduff is feminine when he proclaims
Although Alfred is introduced as immature and dependent on his mother, his realization of the impact of his actions causes him to become more self-aware and empathetic. At the beginning of All The Years Of Her Life, by Morley Callaghan, the main protagonist, Alfred lives with his parents, while both of his older siblings have married and moved away. He finds it difficult to maintain a job, as of his troublesome character. During the introductory scene, Alfred gets caught stealing, while on the job, at the drugstore. His boss, Mr.nCarr, threatens to call the police, but first calls his mother. Callaghan explains, “Ever since Alfred had left school, he had been getting into trouble wherever he worked”(174). He has a history of losing jobs and he fails to mature and learn from them. These continuous actions are taking a toll on his mother however, he fails to change and grow from them. Instead of taking his problems into his own, he depends on his mother to help him get out of them. Not only does he not take care of his own issues, he also doesn’t own up to them, which shows immaturity.
Anne Frank a young girl who died believing that people are good at heart. ‘’You could not do this you could not do that.’’ A quote from Anne Frank. Found in the collection book page number 283. In this essay, I will be showing you why Anne might feel certain ways during this hardship. Also what it reveals about her character. Anne is a brave young girl who always does what she feels is right and her way of taking on life and its challenges is taught for a person to do in that time and she managed to take on so much. In advance to Anne hard life, she keeps a diary to share her thoughts and option on life in hiding during the dreadful event called World War Two. This dairy was a miracle to the world. They now know the hardship and struggles that the Jews had two indoor. Anne dairy opened so many doors for journalists and many others. They have a diary of a real end of the Holocaust in their hands.
Act 3 of the Crucible can only be described as crazy. Each character was fighting their own battle; Every one of them lost except for Reverend Parris. Revered Parris was struggling to keep his reputation and career alive. If the trials were to end fraudulently, Parris would be left with a lying daughter and niece. He is only trying to cover himself and make sure his social position is not lowered because of witchcraft in his house. I am not a fan of Reverend Parris.
People always say never judged a person by their cover, yet some of us still do it without even trying sometimes. I have done this on multiple occasions without really trying to judge a person. I once had an experience where I was trying out for a new club team and I saw this girl who looked really mean and scary because of the expression on her face. I always thought if I ever talk to her she would be mean, but one practice we started to talk and she wasn’t at all the person I thought she ways. It turns out that she is a nice person who just takes soccer very seriously. This just shows that we can have a certain opinion on someone by their looks, but they may be completely opposite from the way they appear.There’s this book call “Freak the Mighty” which has a good way of showing the theme of not judging a person
Miss Strangeworth’s character can be analyzed by considering what she does, narrator says about her, and how the characters interact with her. In the story “Possibility of Evil” the example is how people act in front of someone and how they act when they are not around others. People think Miss Strangeworth is a nice lady, but people don’t know the true side of her.