In Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett’s The Diary of Anne Frank, Mrs.Van Daan displays a highly coquettish attitude wells hiding out in the secret annex. This is evident during her discussion with Mr.Frank about Peter’s school work: MR.FRANK: [Going to Peter] What about it Peter? Shall we make our school coeducational? MRS.VAN DAAN: [Kissing Mr.Frank] You're an angel, Mr.Frank an angel. I don’t know why I didn’t meet you before I met that one there. Here sit down, Mr.Frank…. [She forces him down on the couch beside Peter] Now, Peter, you listen to Mr.Frank. (718) This short passage definitely shows Mrs.Van Daan’s coquettish attitude. Mrs.Van Daan’s personality would have been dull without this attribute, which would have made the environment of the secret annex stale. Being coquettish made her life happier but others uncomfortable. She …show more content…
She loves to talk all about herself and how great she is at everything. This is exhibited while talking to Anne about all the boyfriends she had when she was little: MRS.VAN DAAN: Oh I don’t mind. (To Anne) Our house was always swarming with boys. When I was a girl we had…… MR.VAN DAAN: Oh, no. Not again. (717) Mrs.Van Daan’s view was always wanting to lecture about her personal experiences. It didn’t matter if the topics were intimate, she just wanted to tell the world all about it. The most important person hiding in the annex obviously was Mrs.Van Daan. It was a great challenge for Mrs.Van Daan to stay reserved from 8:00-12:00. Mrs.Van Daan’s materialistic nature was presented a couple of times throughout the play. One example of her materialism was the argument between Mr.Van Daan and Herself: MR.VAN DAAN: Whose fault is it we’re here? [Mrs.Van Daan starts for her room. He follows, talking at her] We could have been safe somewhere…… in America or Switzerland. But NO! NO! You wouldn’t leave when I wanted to. You couldn’t leave your precious furniture.
Anne Frank a young girl who died believing that people are good at heart. ‘’You could not do this you could not do that.’’ A quote from Anne Frank. Found in the collection book page number 283. In this essay, I will be showing you why Anne might feel certain ways during this hardship. Also what it reveals about her character. Anne is a brave young girl who always does what she feels is right and her way of taking on life and its challenges is taught for a person to do in that time and she managed to take on so much. In advance to Anne hard life, she keeps a diary to share her thoughts and option on life in hiding during the dreadful event called World War Two. This dairy was a miracle to the world. They now know the hardship and struggles that the Jews had two indoor. Anne dairy opened so many doors for journalists and many others. They have a diary of a real end of the Holocaust in their hands.
When the Franks first move into the Annex, Anne is positive, creative, full of energy, and self-centered. We gather all this about Anne in Act I Scene II when she says, "I had to turn in my bike . . . I couldn't go to the movies . . . But somehow we children still
Jane’s life at Moor house was the depiction of stability. During her time there she created a name for herself. First, she worked as a respectable teacher, helping develop the minds of young children. Then, she crafted friendships for the first time with
Anne's optimistic personality created the hope that she had for her future. Each day she could do nothing but just hope that one day everything will turn around and be better. In The Diary Of Anne Frank play, she expressed, "It'll pass, maybe not for hundreds of years, but someday..." Deep down inside, she had the hope that all of the disgusting things that Hitler alongside his army performed, would all vanish one day. She knew for the most part that the hatred may never go away, but imagining that it might, made things at least a bit better. Anne's situation was pure negativity, with almost nothing good about it. The only good thing that may have come out of it for her were the relationships that she created with everyone in hiding with her. From the Van Daans, to Miep, she bonded amazing friendships with each person involved. Aside from that, Anne's personality stuck out more than anyone's because of the hope that she had, in such a terrible situation.
As a result, women were stuck at home, usually alone, until their husbands got home. In the story, Jane is at home staring at the wallpaper in her room. The wallpaper’s color is described by Jane as being “repellent, almost revolting” (3) and the pattern is “torturing” and “like a bad dream” (10). The description of the wallpaper represents Jane’s and all women’s thoughts about the ideologies and rules upheld by men prior to the First World War. It is made evident that this wallpaper represents the screen made up of men’s ideologies at the time caging in women. Jane is subconsciously repelled by this screen and represents her discovering continuously figuring out what she wants. Metaphorically, Jane is trapped in that room by a culture established by men. Furthermore, Jane compares the wallpaper’s pattern to bars putting further emphasis on her feelings of being trapped and helpless. Later in the narrative, she catches Jennie staring at the wallpaper’s pattern and then decides to study the pattern and determine what it means herself. Her study of the pattern is representative of her trying to analyze the situation in which she’s in. By studying the pattern, she progressively discovers herself, especially when she sees the woman behind the
When Betsie and Corrie switch roles, the emphasis on their differences is especially strong. Betsie’s quiet patience and good-natured generosity brings Corrie’s impatience and energy into focus. Despite their differences, Betsie and Corrie’s personalities complement each other and reveal the close bond of the sisters. Betsie’s homemaking illustrates the theme of home and homeliness, which reappears in Scheveningen. Wherever Betsie goes, she tries to make a place into a home, by instilling order and beauty even into a prison cell. The symbol of home holds great significance for a family who is forced to leave their house. Home represents love and care, and sharply contrasts the philosophy of Nazism. Later in the prison, the sisters are called by numbers rather than name and made to feel like they are not human
Fox, Michael. “BBC’s ‘Anne Frank’ vividly depicts determined, dreamy teen.” J weekly, 2010. Web. 25 April. 2014. http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/57606/bbcs-anne-frank-vividly-depicts-determined-dreamy-teen/
Jane does not experience a typical family life throughout the novel. Her various living arrangements led her through different households, yet none were a representation of the norm of family life in the nineteenth century. Through research of families in the nineteenth century, it is clear that Jane’s life does not follow with the stereotypical family made up of a patriarchal father and nurturing mother, both whose primary focus was in raising their children. Jane’s life was void of this true family experience so common during the nineteenth century. Yet, Jane is surrounded by men, who in giving an accurate portrayal of fathers and masculinity in the nineteenth century, fulfill on one hand the father role that had never been present in her life, and on the other hand the husband portrait that Jane seeks out throughout the novel.
This quote essentially undermines a woman’s importance, by simply adding the women into the description along with the room’s interior. The fact that the women were mentioned last in a list of the furniture evokes the idea that they are of little importance and could almost be used to suggest that they are nothing more than a decoration; an added detail to the room. The lack of verbs within the depiction of the room creates an element of stagnation which consequently constructs the image that the women are statuesque, therefore seen as something which is admired for its beauty, but holds no deeper value or use. Their lifelessness is further exaggerated by the use of verbs referring to the movement of the house and the various inanimate objects within it; however it is not once used to refer to the two people in the room. It creates a small, understated contrast between our expectations of women in modern day England and those expectations upheld by traditional, social expectancies which were affluent during the time the text was set and written. The use of description within the first chapter describing Daisy and Jordan effectively displays the gender specific behaviour of an almost useless and helpless
Mrs Van Daan: Oh Anneke! (She takes off the top, sniffs, then lets the others smell.)”
She speaks her mind and isn’t concerned about others’ opinion of them. For example, when Anne was arguing with her mother, she didn’t hold back. Afterward, Anne started, “I get so mad. They’ve formed their opinions… about… everything.” This goes to show that she wants to know why they did that when they don’t even know them. The quote is from the Collection Book page 332 from lines 572 - 574. Another example would be when she arrived at Peter’s room. Mrs. van Daan was appalled by Anne and at the fact that it was improper for a girl to chase a boy. Anne makes up her mind and no one can change it except for her father, Pim. Otherwise, it would be useless. In the play, she gave herself a vacation after her study time. She didn’t like being treated like a child, though she was stubborn like one. She always pulls pranks such as hiding Peter’s shoes and hiding Mr. van Daan’s pipe. That was her determined side of her personality. With it, she also had a none curious side. Even when they were in hiding, she asked Miep to buy many books to read. Also, she asked Miep how her life was, sympathizing with her because Miep had to help both herself and 8 others in the Annex. Ann asked many questions while in the Annex, trying to get to know the people. Following this, she asked Mrs. van Daan, “Did you have a lot of boyfriends before you were married?” Some people call it prying but call it what you must. Her unique personality had brought her
She states, ¨what a lovely, lovely day! Aren´t the clouds, beautiful?¨ By saying this, Anne is looking at the beautiful things in life. Furthermore, Anne made that statement because she is trying to forget about everything that is happening. Rather than spending the time she had left living negatively she decided to be positive. This is another reason that proves, Anne was different from others. She had a bright mind and had hoped for the war to end so that she could be free again. She had hope that everyone has a good heart and that people do evil things, but that doesn´t mean their heart is evil.Even though Anne lived in hard times that didn´t stop her from having fun. She still tried to dance and mess around while she still could. In the play it would talk about how Anne would jump around and ask her family to dance with her before they forget how to. Additionally, Anne would mess around with Peter, she tried to loosen him up and make him more fun. She always went into his room and had conversations with
I saw tons of kind things that Anne and others have done. I chose when Anne was being really nice to peter and didn't want him to leave so she begged her mom for him to stay. On page 124-126 Anne stated “Mother, you’re not putting peter out. Peter hasn't done anything.” When Anne said this they had been in hiding and they are almost at the end of hiding so it had almost been 2 years. So she has changed by being nice to not being nice a lot since they first moved in because when they first moved in they did not like each other.
When we first meet Vivie Warren, in the presence of Mr. Praed’s bumbling attempts at flattery, we instantly see that she is of a “modern” sensibility, at least for the Victorian expectation of women. When Praed expresses “excitement about meeting you ever since your magnificent achievements at Cambridge” (Shaw 1745), Vivie expresses the view that she would not do it again, as she “was better than her bargain” (1745). The achievement itself was nothin...
A characteristic to describe Anne is intelligent. She was intelligent in the story when she was good at writing, likes family trees, history, and Greek Roman mythology. These were her hobbies and interests. I know this because in the text it says, “First of all: writing…., number two: family trees….” Another example of Anne being intelligent was when she said she wanted to be a journalist. I know this because in the text it says, “I must work so as not to be a fool, to get on, to become a journalist, …” Pg. 197 In order to be a journalist you have to be a good writer, which Anne is.