“Good morning.” Jane smiled as she opened her eyes slowly. “Morning Jane‚ how did you sleep?” “Really good! I had a lot of dreams. Where is Mommy and Daddy?” “They are already at work. You and I will spend the the day together just like we always do.” Diana‚ Jane’s Nanny nudged her out of bed and downstairs for breakfast. She spent every waking moment of Jane’s life with her since she was 2 weeks old. Jane’s parents were workaholics. Sometimes‚ Diana felt as though Jane were her child. She
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interrupts them to conclude the play‚ offering the audience a farewell that pointedly delivers the party up to its judgment. Mommy An archetypal "bad mother"‚ Mommy is the household’s sadistic disciplinarian‚ dismissing Grandma and infantilizing Daddy at every turn. She recalls a number of other of Albee’s female characters‚ most notably Martha from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. Like
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committed relationship with a child. Jordan explains Marta’s thoughts as she’s panicking by saying‚ “Maybe she could put on that Nancy Wilson song‚ ‘Guess Who I Saw Today‚ My Dear?’ and then rush to pack her bags. But then what would she do about Kim‚ who would be sure to announce that she was staying with her beloved daddy?” (8). Marta rushed into marriage and love and now when she wants out she’s too far in to get out. Marta can’t leave Jon because she has Kim and‚ because of her rushed love‚
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to herself‚ ‘Will this here nasty luck that be chasin’ my shadow‚ gonna run out of breath anytime soon?’ Slowly‚ she reopens her eyes and places the cards in the middle of the table. Nonchalantly‚ Beth flipped the top card over and said‚ “Yes dear‚ your luck will be changing soon.” “Thank the sweet lord‚” Estelle Louise says as she wipes tears from her cheeks. “How you be knowing that there stuff?” Clemmy Sue asks. “Uniquely gifted‚” replies Beth‚ as she removes three cards from
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green grass. She gets dizzy and falls down‚ still giggling. She looks around for her daddy. But he’s no where in sight. "Daddy!" She calls out‚ suddenly frightened of the big wide field she’s in. "Daddy!" She cries. No one responds to her pleas. Meygan starts to tear up. Where was her daddy? Why had he left her all alone? She cries and cries. Her tears seeming to start a river below her feet. "Daddy!" She cries out one last time‚ hoping he’s still there. Meygan’s red balloon‚ the one
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consideration. Therefore‚ being unable to express their own perspectives and discriminated against in their writings‚ women are a marginalized group. But‚ in their portrayal‚ are they truly victims of a patriarchal society? Certainly Sylvia Plath ’s Daddy (1962) paints a despairing picture of suppression and inner anguish‚ a woman driven mad by the men in her life - though is this really the case? For Ania Walwicz challenges this concept of a helpless damsel in distress by subverting the traditional
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look at mens. (A. Walker‚ 5)” Her father uses violence against Celie for any actions he doesn’t agree with. She begins writing letters to God as a way to cope with stress from her abusive father. Her isolated and lost state is shown when she writes “Dear God‚ I am fourteen years old. I am I have always been a good girl. Maybe you can give me a sign letting me know what is happening to me” (A. Walker‚ 1) By writing letters to God‚ she is able to express herself and her concerns. However‚ Celie believes
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right onto the airplane… and we cheered at the funeral‚ some people thought we were crazy but still we were laughing and talking about momma…having a life now. Rickey said girl you right…your daddy was nasty….he should have died years ago. Gladys said boy’ shut up… then she tells him very boldly‚ my daddy was great as a father and an awesome granddaddy‚ he just was a no good husband and my
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Armani’s neighbors the Babineaux’s told Armani they should leave but she doesn’t tell Daddy because it was her birthday weekend but Georgie hears about it and instead of ruining Armani’s birthday‚ he helps Armani and doesn’t tell Daddy. The author writes‚ “‘Yeah‚’ Georgie said over the top of his glasses. ‘You don’t wanna show up at your party on Sunday looking like you dressed yourself outta the swamp.’ He laughed. Daddy shook his head from side to side‚ a nice smile shining across
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which has progressively made his life bitter‚ including the life he shares with his family. Not to mention‚ Mae and Gooper‚ another marriage forming part of the family‚ have become more united with them‚ but not for the right reasons. Meanwhile‚ Big Daddy suffers from unanswered questions and a disease he has to look after. Though‚ in this play‚ Williams exposes that when families have relationships‚ where there are secrets‚ lies‚ unloyalty‚ and convenience‚
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