All individuals have their own unique traits that compliments who they are. In the short story, “The Chaser”, the main protagonist, Alan Austen, has the following traits: naïve, greedy and obsessive. To begin, it is evident that Alan is profound of a girl named Diana. Alan goes to the extent of purchasing a ‘love potion’ to make Diana fall in love with him. “She will want to know all you do," said the old man. "All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you are thinking about, why you smile suddenly, why you are looking sad.’ ‘That is love!” cried Alan. (Collier 294-295) Alan shows amazement at each example given of the love potion’s potential effect on Diana. His view of love pictures her desires …show more content…
‘‘Oh, no’ said the old man. ‘Their effects are permanent, and extend far beyond the mere casual impulse. But they include it. Oh, yes they include it. Bountifully, insistently. Everlastingly.’ ‘Dear me!’ said Alan "How very interesting!"(294). Alan’s pubescent brain is absorbing all of this information and is not comprehending what he is getting himself into. His inexperience with potions makes him gullible to every word the old man says. Furthermore, the third quality that Alan possesses is greediness. "She will actually be jealous?’ cried Alan in a rapture. ‘Of me?’ ‘Yes, she will want to be everything to you.’ ‘She is, already. Only she doesn't care about it.’ ‘She will, when she has taken this. She will care intensely. You will be her sole interest in life.’ ‘Wonderful!" cried Alan. (294) Alan is unable to express his feelings to Diana, as he knows she does not feel the same way about him. So, instead of trying to have a relationship the right way, Alan becomes acquisitive and buys a potion that will ensure Diana in his future. In conclusion, Alan has three qualities that are present in the short
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In short, this is a story of a random meeting of two strangers, and an attraction or feeling that is overlooked and ignored. A man describes a lady such that you could only envision in your dreams, of stunning beauty and overwhelming confidence of which encounters of the opposite sex occur not so very often. The mans attraction is met by a possible interest by the lady, but only a couple flirtatious gestures are exchanged as the two cross paths for the first time and very possible the last.
Emma's arrogance shines through when she brags that she is exceptionally skillful at matching couples. She believes that she is in control of fate and must play matchmaker in order for couples to discover their true love. Austen confirms, "The real evils indeed of Emma's situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself" (Austen 1). Although Emma is so spoiled and overbearing, she truly doesn't realize this fact.
The story starts off slowly then picks up, and then at the goodbye there’s no tying up the loose ends and the ending needs to be imagined by the reader if Alan got what he wanted. It starts off slowly by introducing the main character, how he’s feeling and the setting. The old man’s introduced after the description of his home was given. Then they started talking. It climaxed by the old man saying if he didn’t sell love potions he wouldn’t make a killing out of the potions. The actions that Alan gave are normal but a bit exaggerated.
Most people think of drugs as a bad thing. When they hear the word, they think of cocaine, meth, tobacco, and other harmful materials. But what about antibiotics? They save lives every day, and still are drugs. In Shakespeare’s time, there were no ‘bad’ drugs, only good ones. That doesn’t mean, of course, that they always came from good things. Dope, one of the most powerful medicines of the time, came from a flower, which, if ingested, was the most potent poison in the world. In this essay, it shall be discussed how Friar Lawrence's speech in Romeo and Juliet teaches us that beauty can hide death, that good can come from bad, and that what you have been does not always define what you are.
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Afterwards, she understood why he hated her after she prevented him from playing the stock market when their stock would increase on stanza 3, additionally demonstrating the equity between them. Moreover, proof of their equity is further shown through their dedication. “I put on eyeliner and a concerto and make pungent observations about the great / issues of the day / Even when there’s no one here but him,” shows the wife’s efforts for the husband. The husband’s dedication is revealed on stanza 2 when she asks “If his mother and I was drowning and / he had to choose one of us to save, / He says he’d save me.” A relationship deprived of equity would be illustrated in “The Chaser”. The love potion described by John Collier will cause the drinker to “want to know all you do” (Page 200) and “want to be everything to you” (Page 200). “Then the customers come back, later in life, when they are better off, and want more expensive things” (Page 201) imply many of his customer’s return for the poison. This suggests that many of the relationships will be unable to develop beyond a certain point after buying the “love
John Collier writes the short story, The Chaser, telling of how a desperate, love-craving man, Alan Austen, finds himself helplessly turning to an old man for the solution to a problem only magic can fix. Deprived of love from the girl, Diana, who has caused him constant saudade, Alan makes a purchase. The trickery of the old man’s bargain is nonexistent to Alan and, eagerly, he accepts the love potion. A one dollar purchase that will have a snowball effect, eventually leading to an obsessive Diana, no free time, an extremely frustrated Alan, and, eventually, a second potion purchase. Untraceable, tasteless, and colourless, the glove-cleaner, or, life-cleaner, will rid Alan of the stress coming his way.
In John Collier’s short story “The Chaser”, the title has a significant meaning, which means “a mild drink taken after hard liquor.” The significant meaning of this word is common throughout the scenario. In the story, a young fellow, Alan Austen, is energy infatuated with a young lady who is certainly not interested in him, goes to the foundation of a strange old man who has an unusual job in selling “magic potions.” He is edgy for her friendship, buys the potion without seeing the old man’s insight about all the more dangerous item and costly item he will definitely return for at a later date. Through this like-thing quality in use of sudden, surprising biting humor, the author portrays the power relationship between men and women in the story.
Alan Austen locates a man that who sells love potions, but ignores the old man’s warnings and still wants it. The old man is clever and tells Austen about the glove cleaner first. He warns Austen about the potion and how serious it is. Austen isn’t aware that the old man is trying to tell him that he will not want the potion in the end. Austen doesn’t comprehend what he got himself into. He is so desperate to find love, he is not aware that he is doing is the wrong way. He purchases the love potion from the old man. From past experiences, the old man knows he will be back soon for the glove cleaner. The glove cleaner, is a dangerous poison, that is very dangerous and expensive. This was told to Austen, but he didn’t think that it would be necessary. Regrettably, he was wrong and desperately needs i
A child she longs to be delighted. We do not see much of her in daily activity, but if we
Even for the briefest moment, Rosalind regretted to dress up like a man. But luckily, using her quick-wit, in Act 3 Scene 3, she cunningly persuaded Orlando into love-counselling by letting him pretend to woo her. She states that love is merely madness and deserves to be whipped. Then she intelligently said about the marks of a love which Orlando did not have.
The use of a love-potion to complicate things in the play might have been a representation of intense love, and the fact that one would immediately fall in love with the first thing one lays their eyes on,