I think in the play Hobson’s choice the character that changes the
most is Willie, because at the beginning his status as hobsons boot
hand was very low, and was an uneducated person
Who changed the most in hobsons choice
I think in the play Hobson’s choice the character that changes the
most is Willie, because at the beginning his status as hobsons boot
hand was very low, and was an uneducated person. By the end of the
play he was a well educated person and was the head of the family,
with hobsons own business.
ACT 1: in act 1 Willie has probably the lowest status out of the
characters, as hobsons boot hand and was very disrespected by Hobson.
He even gets beaten by Hobson with a belt because of Maggie wanting to
marry him. He was so low down in the social ladder and poor that, it
would be a disgrace for Hobsons daughter to marry his boot hand, he
would be a laughing stock.
When Maggie him to marry her, he wasn’t sure about it and seamed to
be afraid of Maggie. He definitely didn’t want to marry her, even when
he did marry her he was very nervous. That didn’t help Willie very
much either, not being able to express himself very well, which didn’t
help him very much with his social life.
ACT 2: In act 2 Willie and Maggie buy there place with the help if Mrs
H, they borrowed £100 and promised to pay it back next year. They
brought a cellar which they could live in but also, could be there
shoe shop, Hobson thought that it would have no affect on his business
at all, but soon they were taking all of his business and making him
go broke. At the end of act 2 they get married which means that Willie
is now quite an important person and has some power over Hobson and
his family.
ACT 3: They have just got married and Maggie invites Hobson over to
discuss there marriage and the, problems of him falling down the
cellar and having legal action taken against him. When he arrives he
is told by Maggie to stop seeking advise from her and to talk to her
husband, he talks to Willie in surprise, by how much he knows about
business. He then makes Hobson accept the marriage and eat there
wedding cake.
ACT 4: in act 4 Willie becomes the leader of the whole family and
takes Hobson’s house and business.
Hobson becomes sick and ill so Maggie has to look after him so he
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not afford to raise him at the time. He spent his life being raised by
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Dee never liked the old house that burned down. Dee does not even like the new house where Maggie and mama live in now. “Dee is lighter than Maggie, with nicer hair and a fuller figure” (Walker 418). Dee is the type of character that wants everything. Dee knows mamma will never say no to her. Now Maggie is the complete opposite of Dee. Dee needs someone to straighten her out. “Have you ever seen a lame animal, perhaps a dog run over by some careless person rich enough to own a car, sidle up to someone who is ignorant enough to be kind to him” (Walker 418)? That is how mamma described Maggie in “Everyday Use”. All Maggie wants it for her sister to accept her. Maggie needs to accept that not everyone is going to love
Prior to the play, Boy Willie had not seen his sister in three years. During those three years he was incarcerated and was sentenced to labor at the Parchman Prison Farm. He is considered to be the most impulsive and prideful character in the play. Boy Willie believes he is of equal standing to the white man despite his racial background. He wants to sell the piano in order to “avenge” his father’s namesake while at the same time leaving his mark in the world despite his sister’s opposition in order to create his own legacy. He doesn’t believe the battle between black and white exists and that it‘s nothing more than a memory. However, he lives in his own world and ignores the reality. Failing to succeed is his fear. He doesn’t want to believe that he is below in standing than a white man. He wants to be able to leave his legacy in the world as he believes is his right.
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...rs. Johnson drags Maggie into the room because she realized that she cannot always get what she wants every time she demands for it.
The last complication at the end of Act II, is the conflict between Willy and Biff. Biff finally wants to get everything straight and clear with his father. Biff shows Willy the rubber tube that Willy wants to kill himself with. An arguement errupts from this and Biff tries to explain that he was never what Willy wanted him to be.
mother had to go out and leave him with a friend or relative. In fact,