disgusting animals and objects. The word "ugly" itself appears seventeen times. Even the proper names signify the moral ugliness which the author exposes in this powerful piece of short fiction. The protagonist is Ruby Turpin‚ "a respectable‚ hard-working‚ church-going woman." In her own eyes‚ Ruby is a "good woman‚" and her self-satisfaction finds
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character of the story: Mrs. Turpin. These religious morals‚ however‚ contrast with Mrs. Turpin’s
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comic circumstances prelude horrific tragedy. O’Connor’s characters often experience redemption through personal pain which becomes a point of freedom in a continuing process of reformation. Her stories are set in the South where people like Mrs. Ruby Turpin and unnamed Grandmother show the illusion of sophistication through their faith‚ pride and manners‚ but in reality they live in a place shattered by violence‚ racism and oppression.
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12 February 2015 Essay Analysis: Revelation 1. The title of this short story is Revelation and was published in 1965. 2. The author’s name is Flannery O’Connor‚ 1925-1964. 3. Mrs. Turpin is the main character of this short story and proves to be a dynamic character. In the beginning of the story Mrs. Turpin immediately starts judging everyone in the waiting room of the doctor’s office. While observing these people she was thinking to herself how grateful she was that she was a white woman with a
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In the waiting room of the doctor’s office is where it all begins. Mrs. Turpin and her husband‚ Claud‚ arrive to treat an ulcer on Claud’s leg. As they arrive‚ they see that there is nowhere to sit‚ because a dirty child is taking up too much space on the sofa. Immediately‚ Mrs. Turpin starts a mindless conversation with the only woman in the room who she deems worthy based on appearance alone. However‚ the woman is the mother of an extremely unattractive‚ fat‚ teenage girl reading a book called
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"Good country people" and Mary Grace and Mrs. Turpin from "Revelation". Consider the similarities between Joy and Mary Grace‚ the nineteen-year-old teenager with sever acne problems. O ’conner describes both women having bright vividly blue eyes. Her eyes icy blue‚ with the look of someone who has achieved blindness by an act and means to keep it (O ’conner‚ Country 417). Like Joy‚ Mary Grace ’s eyes become brilliantly blue when she attacks Mrs. Turpin with her thick blue book. They seemed a much
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Varner College Writing I Character Comparison The grandmother and The Misfit of Flannery O’ Connor’s "A Good Man is Hard to Find" are backward‚ opposite images of each other. However‚ the grandmother does have similarities with the character‚ Ruby Turpin in O’Connor’s short story‚ "Revelation". The grandmother is portrayed as being a selfish self-involved woman who wants her way‚ a person with little memory‚ just a basic old woman living with her only son. The Misfit on the other hand is a man
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even identified with racial terms. The main character in the story is actually prejudiced and makes many statements using racial jargon. For example‚ Mrs. Turpin‚ the main character‚ refers to the higher class woman as "well-dressed and pleasant". She also labels the teenage girl as "ugly" and the poor woman as "white-trashy". When Mrs. Turpin converse with her black workers‚ she often uses the word "nigger" in her thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters definitely reveals the Southern
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When Mrs. Turpin enters the doctor’s waiting room‚ she immediately scans the room to look not only for the available seats‚ but to evaluate the other patients. She classifies the patients by their appearances‚ and places them below her in class according to her categories of social status. The first to meet her eyes‚ is a well-dressed woman. Mrs. Turpin is pleased with her companionship because they seem to have the same opinion of the small child taking up two seats. Mrs. Turpin then scoffs at
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writing style reflects her convictions The main character in the story is actually prejudiced and makes many statements using racial remarks. For example‚ Mrs. Turpin‚ the main character‚ refers to the higher class woman as “well-dressed and pleasant”. She also labels the teenage girl as “ugly” and the poor woman as “white-trashy”. When Mrs. Turpin talks with her black workers‚ she often uses the word “nigger” in her thoughts. These characteristics she has given her characters definitely reveals the Southern
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