“I was angry. I never cried. I didn’t know how to cry.” -Mary Lennox. This quote expresses how Mary feels without human relationship. The point of The Secret Garden, written by Frances Hodgson Burnett, is Mary, Colin, Lord Craven, and Mrs. Medlock need to learn to love with their heart and develop relationships. Without human relationships it’s hard to for these characters to function and get along.
“My parents always thought about themselves, never about me.” Mary’s whole life she had been cast aside by her parents, they didn’t have time for her. Mary never had a real relationship with anyone in India, but with her servants and butler. Only negative thoughts filled her mind because she had never felt love. In the scene when Mary
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After his wife Martha died Lord Craven had been so emotional and sad. Lord Craven is scared to have a relationship with his son Colin because he can’t stand the thought of losing another loved one. The scene where Lord Craven goes down into the garden and meets Colin, plays a major turning point for him because it has been such a long time since he has loved someone and shown affection. It’s a relief to Lord Craven that Colin is okay and he can stop worrying and just be there for him. In the movie Lord Craven could be symbolized by his cane. The cain Lord Craven always walked around with in the movie was meant for the lump on his back and to help him get around, but it also symbolizes authority and power. Lord Craven used his cane like a witch would use a wand, he could boss anyone around and get what he wanted. All in all, Lord Craven needed to move on from the death of his wife and not be afraid to love his …show more content…
I’ve had to, my Lord. That’s how wild she is.” This quote shows how unloving and rude Mrs. Medlock is. Mrs. Medlock is the way she is because she has been working in the Manor for so long without any love or friendship it has shown its effects on her. The first time Mrs. Medlock ever feels friendship or any kind of love is in the scene where she is on the stairs crying and Martha the maid comes and comforts her with a hug. In the moment when Martha hugs Medlock she tells her to get away, but then she accepts Martha and calms down. Mrs. Medlock wasn’t such a bad woman down deep inside, it’s just on the outside that showed. In the movie Mrs. Medlock could be symbolized by keys. She used her keys to shut away the kids, but she also locked away herself and her emotions with keys. The key to unlocking Mrs. Medlock’s emotions was love with someone in the castle. In the end, Mrs. Medlock was not a bad person after all, she just needed to love someone with her heart and unlock her
Men must face hardships. Men must face disease. Men must face each other [Parallel]. Men constantly pressure one another into perfection. Some men, however, crumble under the burden looming over their heads [FoS]. When some men cannot face themselves or those around them any longer, they choose a dangerous and deadly escape. They would rather commit suicide than face their hardships. In the japanese culture, society encouraged seppuku to end a life before a man brought dishonor to his family. In a world full of yearning for honor, young men learned that they must express courage through suicide to fulfill their honorable ancestors’ wishes. Gail Tsukiyama uses her novel The Samurai’s Garden to prove that only
The thought of even having to touch the aides disgust Mary because they are a physical representation of the reality she is denying. When she is told that she may have to kill her daughter, she reacts poorly, as most would expect a mother to, however she has gone to extremes. She accuses her husband of having never loved their daughter and that the only thing keeping them married was the daughter and that without Jennifer, Peter would have left Mary (156-158). This intense outburst from a woman who is usually so calm when tragedy affects those outside of her narcissistic bubble only goes to show further the indifferent attitude of denial. When made to recognize the oncoming death, she cannot fathom it, and tries to find other reasons for Peter trying to get her to come to terms with “murdering” her daughter.
As a young immigrant to London, Mary’s background contributed to the regression of her autonomy. Despite her idealization of London, Mary had an abrupt realization of the difficulty of independence when she arrived. Worth describes her situation, “Completely alone, talking to no one, sleeping in the Cuts at night” (165). Sadly, Mary’s first autonomous experience after fleeing Ireland was accompanied by isolation and vagrancy. It was not until Mary met a man, Zakir, that she felt
This quote was used to show how Mary Anne was starting to act grim and unusual. Also, this quote showed how different she speaks to her boyfriend and the ways she even finds her joy in everything that was and is different.
To begin with, Charlie Gordon experiences pain throughout the novel. “Those who want to reap the benefits of this great nation must bear the fatigue of supporting it,” (Paine). In the novel Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes Charlie Gordon is a thirty-seven year old man who is mentally impaired and has a I.Q. of sixty-eight. This quote relates to the novel because it is saying that if anyone wants the benefits they have to go through some bumps to get there. Even though Charlie did get his feelings hurt throughout the journey, his operation had more benefits than costs.
Mary had very loving and caring parents whose names were Sam and Pasty McLeod. Her father, Sam, often worked on the farm that they owned. Her mother, Pasty delivered and picked white people’s laundry. Mary often got to come along and play with the mother’s daughter. Once, Mary got into a fight with a little white girl who said that Mary couldn’t read at that time in South Carolina, it was illegal to teach a black person. This made Mary mad, and she wanted to do something about it.
Mary’s displacement due to Colin also serves as a conduit for a feminist reading of the work (Knoepflmacher). Although owned by Archibald Craven, the garden is nurtured by Mrs. Craven and later restored by Mary. Women take on the traditional role of the nurturing caretaker. Additionally, the development of both children has been heavily influenced by their genders. Whereas Mary’s coming of age has been reflected in the shift of her physical appearance from “the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen” to a healthy, normal child, Colin’s development is represented through his transition from a sickly boy to an aspiring athlete (Burnett 1). By the conclusion of the novel, The Secret Garden’s narrative has shifted from Mary to
The Secret Garden is a film based on Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic children's book bearing the same title. This movie is about a young girl who is literally shipped off to her uncle's English castle after her parents are killed in an earthquake. The main character, Mary, is played by Kate Maberly. She is tossed into a world where sunlight and cheerful discourse seem as rare as the attention she receives from the sour-pussed housekeeper Medlock, played by Maggie Smith. She helps her crippled cousin to see past his hypochondria and into the wonders of a long forgotten garden hidden beyond the confines of Misselthwaite Manor. While one critic dislikes the slight deviations from the book, another is content to relish in the imagery and scenery of The Secret Garden.
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.
...cultivating the garden lets the group of characters keep away from the unfair world in which pessimism is present, while cause and effect are easily measurable in the garden.
Mary has never been sick since she married Elton causing her family to disowned her and “she and Elton had quarreled the night before” (65). Mary’s husband is off at somebody else’s farm for the day, far from her and at home Mary is sick, alone, and miserable--her mood reflecting the weather. Berry tells us about their neighborhood of six small farms working together in fellowship and genuine camaraderie. Berry builds a setting in which Mary is happy and feels a sense of belonging which he juxtaposes with an insecurity wrought from sickness and doubt. Mary describes herself and Elton as each other’s half and even in quarrels, their halves yearned towards each other burning to be whole. Berry again juxtaposes, “their wholeness came upon them in a rush of light, around them and within them, so that she felt they must be shining in the dark. But now that wholeness was not imaginable; she felt herself without counterpart, a mere fragment of something unknown, dark and broken off” (79). There is a noticeable shift in Mary’s normal attitude as a result of her sickness and this is emphasized the emotional setting. In the physical setting, Berry uses the stove and the fire to limn her emotional setting, as she goes to bed the fire is burning low but she doesn’t have the energy to bring herself to rebuild the fire. When Mary wakes, Josie Tom has rebuilt the
...en she goes home to her family and friends, her attitude toward Indians in general changes greatly. At first, living with Indians is the most appalling thought that she could ever have. Over time, she realizes that she must somewhat befriend them in order to survive adequately. In the end, she even appreciates the Indians, and the experiences she has had with them. Her captivity also brings her closer to God, because during every hardship, she turns to her faith to help her through it. Her time with the Indians also gave her the affliction that she had always hoped for. Mary lived in prosperity before, and had too many comforts of the world around her. The journeys with the Indians give her a kind of reality check, because she sees that not everyone lives in prosperity as she did. The biggest lesson that she learns is to “look beyond present and smaller troubles, and be quieted under them, as Moses said, Exodus.xiv.13, Stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord.”
... call to be His servant. Embedded in Mary’s decision was the full awareness that she would suffer ridicule, contempt, and loneliness.
With no husband, no country to turn to, and no one she can really depend on for rescue, Medea is trapped by her circumstances. Instead of becoming crushed, however, Medea turns it against those she hate. She attacks the weaknesses in her enemies’ character. Knowing Jason would feel guilty about his abandonment, Medea sent her own children to deliver the poisoned gifts, despite the certain death her children would face being involved in such a plot. Knowing the princess would not resist flashy gifts, she cursed the dress and crown. Knowing the king’s love for his daughter would cause him to rush to her aid, Medea formulated the curse to spread to those who touched the daughter as well. As each facet of her plan had to be executed perfectly to succeed, Medea demonstrated the full potential of her capabilities. She proves that when a society completely scorns and devalues women, everyone will pay as women are incredibly strong.
In “The Echoing Green” the speaker chooses to use words such as “our” and “they” which gives a warm and thoughtful impression of people being together (9 and 14). Unlike “The echoing Green,” “The Garden of Love” uses the singular pronoun “I” (2 and 9). The use of the singular pronoun conveys that the speaker no longer has the close companionship that he felt he had as a child. Though the experience of growing up the speaker now seems to feel alone in the world.