Although human beings consider love the universal tie that extends and forgives over race, gender, social statuses, habits, and beliefs, sometimes faults prevent them from loving, as Mary Freeman’s “A New England Nun” illustrates. Having faithfully kept their vows of engagement, Louisa Ellis and Joe Dagget have reunited after fourteen years of separation. Prim and proper Louisa has cultivated a content life of quiet, cleanliness, and strict routine. As Joe uneasily recognizes, his fiancé cannot stand even one book lying out of place, and is wearing three aprons really necessary? On the other hand, Joe, with his hulky frame, husky mannerisms, and carefree…
Throughout the story arrogance drives the action of the story. Douglas Stone exhibits arrogance by spending more then his income would allow. “Large as was his income… it was far beneath the luxury of his living.” This reveals, although Douglas Stone is the 3rd richest man in England he still thinks he deserves more. Lady Sannox is arrogant in thinking that every man wants her and that her husband will not leave her if he finds out she is cheating. Lord Sannox is Arrogant…
According to Oxford Dictionary, revenge is "the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for an injury or wrong suffered at their hands." This is one of the Scarlet Letter's main concepts we see in the story; mostly coming from Chillingworth. We see him seek his revenge against Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is a trusted Physician in the city of Boston, where the Scarlet Letter takes place. He offers to be Dimmesdale's doctor. Dimmesdale agrees because of his condition and he trusts Chillingworth. This sets up Chillingworth's plan to avenge Dimmesdale for having sexual intercourse and a child with his wife. Not only does he set up his revenge, we also see him act on it. Chillingworth would let Dimmesdale almost die and he would hang on the border of staying alive and dying for long lengths of time. He is basically playing a big game of "Operation." What man would do such a thing! His revengefulness takes over his life. That is not the kind of life a man should…
The arrogance is quite blatant in Salinger’s word choice, displayed through Holden’s utilization of the word “phony” and Franny’s dialogue with Lane about the incompetent people in the literature department of her school. (Franny 18) However, the source of this hubris is exceedingly more convoluted. A possibility for the prideful remarks could be due to the inability for society to understand their emotional strife and this failure provides the two with the idea that they understand more than that of an ordinary person. Another potentiality is that they are so blindly devoted to their deceased siblings’ values that they deny all other principles. From a broad perspective, the arrogance and cynicism only supplements the deaths’ impact on both of these…
One the narrator’s showcase of conceitedness is displayed through his actions/interactions with others. Upon arriving at the event the narrator is told he will be participating in a battle royal. The narrator relays to the reader “I had some misgivings over the battle royal, by the way. Not from a distaste for fighting but because I didn 't care too much for the other fellows who were to take part. (p.243)” The narrator sees the others as his inferior, as though ignorant to the fact that they are all entertainment. He makes little to any conversation with any of the boys because all that is on his mind is his speech and grandfather’s curse. The persistence shown is shockingly hilarious when the reader reads, “I was limp as a dish rag. My back felt as though it had been beaten with wires… There was still laughter as I faced them, my mouth dry, my eyes throbbing. I began slowly… (p.248)” Had he no respect for his people to walk away from such embarrassment and not deliver this speech? No. His pride was not for his people, but of himself and he was determined to have these men hear his speech. At one point the reader grows concern of whether or not the speech is that important. The reader was surprised by the actions of the narrator, but it is his thoughts that make you question his character.…
Acting on revenge can either be bittersweet or deadly. Revenge is the act of “getting someone back” who has done another person wrong. The emotion one feels that could lead to revenge is anger, as a replacement of grief. Normally, the person taking revenge lets the one who has done him wrong know that he is vengeful. Other times, the person would act upon his revenge without letting the victim know what he is getting revenge on. Although, sometimes, an individual would just forgive the other person and move on.…
Judge Appius meets a girl while walking and he said he would do anything to marry her so he hatched out a plan to get her to the court the father knows what is happening so he tells the daughter you can either be shamed or dead and she says "Bless God that as a virgin I'll be dead! Give me my death before I'm given shame” (Chaucer 248-249). So because of Judge Appius’s lying to the people the court Virginius’s daughter, girl he wanted to marry, dies…
As children, many people are told to take pride in themselves. Parents remind them to be prideful of their work, heritage, accomplishments, and goals. When kids get older, most are continuously reminded that they need to be confident. However, few are informed that this pride can bite. While confidence isn’t a killer, too much never leads to anything good. Pride allows many needless sins. Four books, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, share this theme. Each book tells the same prideful and destructive story in a different way.…
Revenge, the action of inflicting hurt or harm on someone for their wrongdoings against another, is characterized as a corruption of the mind of the affected individual. Throughout the history of literature, countless authors have incorporated the theme of revenge into their works. For example, in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth seeks revenge on Minister Dimmesdale because of his crime committed with Hester. Similarly, in William Shakespeare’s, Othello, Iago devises an evil plan to avenge Othello of his rumored sin.…
The characters who portray actions of arrogance most frequently seem to be the leaders of the different societies in the book, one of them being Joseph Strorm. Joseph Strorm portrays arrogance as he allows his arrogance to blind him from the truth which is that he in fact does not know who or what the "True Image" is. However, because of his belief to think he is always right, he pushes the society of Waknuk to believe and accustom themselves to live by the rules of a book called Nicholson's Repentences. He dispenses…
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the concept of secret sin often conflicts with many of the characters’ identities. More often than not, this concealment leads to isolation and self-bewilderment. Indeed, Hawthorne demonstrates this concept when he remarks how “ No man… can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude”(259). Moreover, the consequences of leading a double life fueled by “secret sin" permeate this “tale of human frailty and sorrow” in general and Arthur Dimmesdale’s ongoing moral dilemma in particular.…
Marriage has been portrayed as many things throughout the years. In the short stories, The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell both portray marriage, and how it does not always bring happiness. Each story was written by a married woman in the 1800s, this could reveal and interrupt how the lives of a married woman were in their time period. In each story, the main character is woman being overpowered by her husband, then when they find out they could be ‘free’ a sudden sigh of relief comes to mind. Only to be either be mislead or to feel trapped again. The authors Kate Chopin and Susan Glaspell illustrate how marriage was in the 1800s and how it was not the source of happiness everyone in today’s society thinks of it to be.…
Arrogance is the assumption that ones self-worth is far superior to others. It is often referred to as hubris in Ancient Greek literature and is perhaps the worst of tragic flaws to posses as seen in William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. While the conspirators claim that it was Caesar’s ambition that lead to his undoing, it is Caesar’s arrogance that ultimately leads to his demise, betrayal by those closest to him.…
Stanley Kowalski is the perfect example of a deceptive person. He tries to present himself as an honest, loving husband when he is everything but. In reality, Stanley is a lying, unfaithful, and abusive husband to his wife Stella. In fact, he has Stella wrapped around his finger. So much so that she overlooks his drunken abusiveness and makes herself believe that that is really what love is. One interprets Stanley’s unfaithfulness by his willingness to rape Blanche. If he is so willing to have sex with his wife’s own sister, then it is easily determined that he has no problem sleeping with other women when he is away from home weeks at a time. And how can one forget his biggest deception of all? The fact that he did in fact rape Blanche but lies to Stella about it and makes her sister seem unnecessarily crazy.…
Compare and contrast the presentation of relationships and marriage in ‘A Doll’s House’, ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and ‘The World’s Wife’, saying how far these text show that ‘in literature, marriage is overwhelming and shown to be an unequal relationship.…