Carol James Dr. Chris Walker AP English Literature and Composition 27 January 2012 Importance of Gertrude and Ophelia The love a man has for his mother and the love he has for his girlfriend/fiancé/wife are two different kinds of love that always seems to conflict one another. The mother and the female companion usually really like each other or they hate each other. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Gertrude and Ophelia has a steady relationship with each other. But Gertrude’s relationship Hamlet starts
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point of his mother Gertrude betraying his father by marrying his uncle Claudius. It could also be seen as him betraying himself. Sometimes he has to keep talking himself into keeping up his motive for revenge. The sense of betrayal has the possibility of ruining a persons mind. It is essentially what drives Halmet so crazy. The fact that Gertrude married Claudius only two months after the death of the king is preposterous to Hamlet. He does not understand that if Gertrude really loved the king
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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. Jay Gatsby spends his fortune building a mansion to impress his first love‚ Daisy Buchanan. With his newly accumulated wealth‚ Gatsby thinks Daisy will love him like she did in the summer of 1917. But deep down‚ Daisy cannot love Gatsby the way he wants because she is committed to the protective bubble of her old money wealth. Daisy is a representation of the unscrupulous values of the upper class East Egg‚ which Gatsby falls in love with‚ but because
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Assignment: James’ use of Ambiguity in Daisy Miller and theme Ambiguity Conveys Theme in James’ Daisy Miller In the novella‚ Daisy Miller by Henry James‚ the complexities of social conventions‚ gender stereotyping and conformity are exposed through the actions and words of the protagonists. Daisy Miller is the young woman who invites a multitude of speculation regarding her personality and behavior. James creates ambiguity around Daisy as an insightful glimpse into the
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Daisy the Killer “Engagement rings are often worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because the ancient Greeks maintained that that finger contains the vena amoris‚ or the “vein of love‚” that runs straight to the heart. The first recorded wedding rings appear in ancient Egypt‚ with the circle representing eternity as well as powerful sun and moon deities.” That fact by Fact Retriever‚ article “50 Fascinating Facts about Love‚” makes me think about Daisy Buchanan‚ from “The Great Gatsby” by
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Daisy is depicted as superficial and rather selfish through the way she behaves as both a mother and an individual. Daisy is fully aware that she is charming and flirtatious as she is always giggly no matter who she is with‚ including Gatsby whom she knows is in love with her. As Daisy observed Gatsby in this passage‚ she laughed “her sweet‚ exciting laugh” which makes her sound as if her voice is very endearing towards men as her voice is full of happiness‚ and what Gatsby identifies with luxury
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Yimei Xu Group 6 Daisy Miller by Henry James In James’s novels‚ Daisy Miller is fresh‚ pure‚ brave‚ honest and enthusiastic‚ likes freedom‚ and dares to challenge old European convention and tradition.. But somehow she is not well cultured or well refined. Daisy Miller is a wealthy‚ young‚ American gial from upstate New York‚ traveling around Europe with her mother and her younger brother in order to see Europe for herself. Daisy is a curious mixture of traits. She is spirited
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uncle Claudius‚ who has murdered Hamlet’s father‚ the King‚ and then taken the throne and married Hamlet’s mother. In this play‚ Gertrude is Hamlet’s mother and Queen of Denmark. Her relationship with Hamlet is somewhat turbulent‚ since he resents her for marrying her husband’s brother Claudius after he murdered the King (young Hamlet’s father‚ King Hamlet). Gertrude is first seen in Act 1 Scene 2 as she tries to comfort Hamlet about the death of his father‚ begging him to stay at home rather than
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After King Hamlet’s death‚ his wife Gertrude marries King Claudius the murderer. Later in the play‚ Gertrude suffers a terrible death by drinking poison that was not intended for her. This fatal action is caused by Gertrude marrying Claudius‚ watching a play that offends her‚ instead of speaking out‚ she tries to get Polonius to overhear her getting on to Hamlet. After this‚ she does not listen to the advice of Hamlet to stay away from Claudius. These actions Gertrude chose proves how weak she is. The
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uncle over you? Gertrude puts away all her motherly instincts to improve her relationship with Claudius. She also needs Claudius as a supporter otherwise; the kingdom would most likely fall apart. If Gertrude knew about the plan to kill her son Hamlet‚ she would have ruined it. It is shown throughout the story how weak and evil Gertrude really is. She is no mother to Hamlet‚ she is just someone who she gives orders to. Prince Hamlet appears in the play dressed in all black. Gertrude disturbed by this
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