Essay for the Short Story Shilling

Fully discuss the attitudes towards the fallen: dangers of judging others use the short story Shilling and the woman caught in adultery.
The setting of the story Shilling took place in an urban area in Kingston where she was able to maintain her character which allowed her to feel isolated and lonely at times because of the way people thought of her. The use of irony was used to unfold the plot of the story Shilling. The protagonist Shilling, was a fair-skinned brown girl who dyed her hair with all the colors of the rainbow. There was a deliberate reason for the name and it was not because of the names she was called by her friends about selling herself for a shilling. An astonishing shade of blonde which looked green was the reason for her alias. The use of indirect characterization allows the reader to fully understand the protagonist and how her personality traits represent society without it being said in the story. The setting of the story influences the actions and the plot. “It seemed that she wanted to change herself so badly” is a line in the story that showed how she wanted to change her ways so that they could stop judging her. The opposing colors red and blue worn to the party was used to show how Shilling felt. Red represents anger, where she was upset with the fact that the guy she was infatuated with was in love with someone else but this did not matter to her she just wanted to be with him. Blue on the other hand, represents happiness this leads to the resolution of the story where she was finally getting the chance to be close to the one she truly loved. The irony of drawing wedding dresses symbolized innocence and purity which she was not, but this was not an issue for her because all she wanted was to be happy with the one she love, get married and have children. However, the danger present in judging the fallen is that, as the one who has always been accused, she became blinded by her affection that compromised her good judgment. She was unable