1. Introduction
McTeague Frank Norris
Novel
First published in 1899, this Realism novel comments on the terrible nature of people in general and the city of San Francisco.
Protagonists: McTeague
Antagonists: Trina, Marcus, the money,
Plot Summary: McTeague, a large brute of a dentist in San Francisco, spends his days living a quiet life alone in his “Dental Parlors.” Until his “pal” Marcus Schueler brings in his dear cousin, Trina Sieppe, to have the dentist fix her broken teeth. After spending some time with Trina, McTeague falls in love with her, and Marcus happily gives her up despite his plans to marry her himself. Just after Mcteague wins Trina’s love, it is found out that she has won $5000 in the lottery, and they marry. Marcus becomes
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At the time of their marriage they were both happy and rich, but within three years they had “sucked the life out of each other” to the point where they were living in near poverty and McTeague had begun drinking large amounts of whiskey and beating Trina, gnawing at her fingers, literally eating her. This shows the depravity of their lives, despite they fortune they have. They become animals in the attempt to remain sane despite their great luck. I think this testifies to Trina’s hatred of spending money, because at the beginning their meals together were a great pleasure for both of them but at the end she would give the least amount of the cheapest food in order to save a few extra pennies. She is willing to sacrifice something so simple that brings her husband and herself happiness and a feeling of togetherness for a couple extra cents, for her …show more content…
Mac and Marcus’ friendship has done a complete 180. Marcus willingly gave up Trina to McTeague until she won the lottery and the aspect of money was introduced. The money and man’s greed drove the man who so graciously gave up Trina who he intended to marry to Mac because he really loved her has come all the way to throwing a knife at Mac’s head in a drunken stupor. McTeague is taken aback and doesn't know what to do after his pal for the first time implicitly expressed disdain for his having taken Trina and subsequently her money and throwing a knife at his head. McTeague has in a momentary shock and his animalistic brute instinct kicked in and he could only think “to crush and annihilate him.” This speaks entirely to the notion that Mac is nothing but an overgrown
His personality lacks the energy to sustain the commitments of his loyal heart. In expressing his loyalty to the dead king, he ignores his equally great commitment to protect his family. Macduff returns from the scene of Duncan’s murder, crying "O Horror, horror, horror!" (Act II, Scene 3, 63) The response of the other lords is revealing.
A sixteen year old girl named Cheyenne Wilder was sleeping in the back of her stepmoms car, when she heard the car door open. She didn’t think it was her stepmom and turns out it wasn’t. The car door shuts and the car begins to drive off. Then she realized that the car was being stolen. She couldn’t see who the person was, because for the past three years, she has been blind. She could tell it wasn’t her stepmom because the person didn’t say anything until they figured out that she was in there. The guy that kidnapped her tells her that his name is Griffin. He takes her to a house out in the middle of nowhere where he meets up with who he said was a guy named Roy. Roy is Griffin's father. Griffin then finds out that she is the daughter of the CEO of Nike. Griffin find out who she is and he says how about we keep her for ransom. Roy calls her father and tells him to give him a couple million dollars for exchange for his daughter. The deal
McMurphy demonstrates how he uses laughter and jokes to get through his days by trying to get Mr...
The relationship between a father and a son is a very important bond that is used to define an individual’s actions; due to an unwavering relationship with his father, personal conflicts will be encountered later in life. In McCandless’ situation, the relationship between himself and his father is not very idealistic, which leads McCandless to isolate himself from the rest of his family. This isolationist behavior is seen when McCandless states, “Once the time is right, with one abrupt, swift action I’m going to completely knock them out of my life. I’m going to divorce them as my parents once and for all and never speak to either of those idiots again as long as I live.” (64) Even though he has a good relationship with his sister, he feels as if he is not a part of the McCandless family. His parents provide him with all they can provide, but McCandless cares little for shallow and materialistic showings of affection. He is appreciative, but not a materialistic person. He feels as if his parents are trying to buy his...
She doesn't like McMurphy, who actually was on a working farm, but she does. managed to be sent to the hospital. There he wants to have a nice time and entertain the other patients. He plays poker and basketball. with them and slowly gives them their self-confidence back, which they lost over the last years under the control of the nurse and therefore he wins there appreciation. The nurse and he seem to be in competition.
...ches had made the foulest. Therefore the weird sisters would have tried to corrupt Macduff, not necessarily through the murder of Malcolm yet, still make him foul. Not only have Macduff and Macbeth walked similar paths to the greatness they hold at their finest moments, but the catalyst that brought down Macbeth would want to destroy Macduff as well.
When Macbeth informs Macduff of the prophecy, which Macbeth thinks, will protect him and will allow him to maintain hold over Scotland, Macduff now makes it know that he was not born of woman. The third piece of fate is now complete; Macbeth can be killed. Macduff becomes assured that he can defeat Macbeth for he was not born of a woman. With this new knowledge Macduff knows that he must be the one to kill Macbeth and secure Malcolm’s right to the throne. Macduff does kill Macbeth, being the only one able to do so and secure peace and prosperity for Scotland.
Macduff ends up putting his country ahead of his family, whom he loves dearly when he quickly decides to flee to England. Macduff made the hardest decision of his life and a decision he had to make to bring prosperity back to Scotland. Lady Macduff questions her husband’s wisdom as she sees no reason for him to leave his family and home behind. "Wisdom! To leave his wife, to leave his babes, his mansion and his titles in a place from where himself does fly?" Lady Macduff yells in question. Although fleeing to England to Malcom’s side was a very questionable decision, there was no doubt in Macduff’s mind of what had to be done.
...agitated and angered where when he asked Macduff to attend the feast, Macduff refused and he considered it an insult and what made him even angrier was the fact the Macduff fled to England to where Malcolm was to join forces with him thus he sent the murders to slaughter Macduff’s family thinking that it was a resolution but actually it was truly a motive for Macduff to attack Macbeth.
At this point in the play, Macbeth is afraid of losing his crown that he is willing to do anything to save it. He lost his moral values and rational judgment. Every actions does indeed have consequences. Macduff learns the truth that Macbeth killed Duncan and when Macduff is often absent from Macbeth’s sight he grows suspicious. Macbeth has also been told by the witches during his second visit to beware of Macduff. Upon hearing this, he decided to send people to kill Macduff and his family. Macduff fled the castle first leaving his family behind. During the time Lady Macduff voice her fear: "He loves us not; / He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren, / The most diminutive of birds, will fight, / Her young ones in her nest, against the owl" (4.2.11).
...y Macduff after hearing that that his family has been slain. This reference shows how low Macbeth have sunk and how destroyed his morale are as to even kill a “defenseless woman and child”.1
Macduff was the first to openly defy Macbeth by his decision to go to his castle in Fife rather than Macbeth’s coronation in “Scone” (2.4). Macduff flees to England to rally support and revolt against Macbeth (4.3). Macduff acts on his free will, uninfluenced by the power of Macbeth nor others, and does what he believes to be the best for himself and everyone else. He retains his independent thoughts and his sense of masculinity despite the consequences he might suffer, standing his grounds with his beliefs and ideology of being a true patriot. Later on, upon hearing the news of his family’s murder, Macduff shows his sensitivity: “I shall [disput it like a man], but I must also feel it like a man” (4.3). He depicts the ability to have emotions and link it to his masculinity as a part of human traits, embracing his weaknesses and flaws and showing that he also acts as he believes he should act. The sharp contrast between Macbeth’s cowardly actions and Macduff’s strong will is shown at the final battle between the two; Macbeth refuses to fight with Macduff when Macbeth learns Macduff is that one person in the prophecy that would defeat Macbeth until Macduff threatens to capture him alive and humiliates him in front of the crowd (5.8).Once again, Macbeth masculinity is threatened, and he gives in to the threat rather than stand his ground, leading to his ultimate demise. Macduff’s
The role of Macduff is an essential one in Macbeth. He acts as the brave antagonist and foil to Macbeth, while portraying a dynamic and round character in the play as well. Macduff’s values do not change throughout the play however, as acts progress, more is learned about his character and certain traits are accentuated. For example, Macduff is hostile against Macbeth from the beginning, immediately suspicious of his path to royalty, first seen when Macduff chooses to return to Fife instead of attend the new king’s coronation. As Macbeth is more overwhelmed with his power, and chaos ensues from his reign, Macduff’s suspicion and lack of acceptance in his kingship grows to fuel his rivalry against the once heroic Macbeth. Macduff is dynamic in his growth as a more involved character but also in his suspicion and hatred for the protagonist. In addition, Macduff is also considered a round character with many facets. In Act 4, Macduff is revealed as more than just a moral man and brave Thane, but also a sensitive family man with a wife and many children. His multi-facet life exposes the increasing differences in M...
The title of this drama "Trifles" demonstrates how men have the assumption that women and their respective actions are seemingly unimportant. Trifles can be used in two forms in the English language. In verb form, trifle means to treat someone or something as unimportant or non-essential. The word trifle in noun form means something of little value or importance. Both definitions of this word yield an idea in this story that women are seen as trivial and are not worthy of respect by men. This idea is conveyed throughout the entire story by the belittling assumptions and attitude the men use toward the women. For example Hale says, " Well, women are used to worrying over trifles" (1003). Typically, a kitchen represents women's work and the idea of domesticity. In Glaspell's eyes, men tend to assume that nothing of importance occurs in the kitchen and this can be related to the idea that women are insignificant. As Glaspell writes,
Trifles centers around two women who are gathering belongings to bring back to Minnie Wright, who is in jail for murdering her husband. Their husbands look for evidence, not sure why Mrs. Wright murdered her husband, while Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale discover the true motive behind the murder. (Glaspell 36-45). A major theme of Trifles is the entrapment of women by men and the patriarchy. Mrs. Wright killed her husband because he killed the last piece of herself that she had left, her bird. Mrs. Hale can relate all too well to the oppression that Mrs. Wright was going through before she murdered her husband. As Mrs. Hale says, “We all go through the same things—it's all just a different kind of the same thing,” (Glaspell 44) supporting that all women can relate on their ent...