From the first paragraph’s first two lines, Sister Rebecca states so boldly, “I will tell you your troubles and what to do about them. Don’t let other people confuse or mislead you.” Simply based on the syntax and attitude these two sentences seem to give off, I infer that Sister Rebecca believes herself to be all-knowing and arrogant at the same time. Moreover, she further emphasizes that claim by declaring that “through SISTER REBECCA all things are possible with God’s help on earth. I will show it to you!” The way her name and title are capitalized in every single letter of each word makes her seem confident as well. She concludes the first paragraph with proposing that she has “advice on all affairs of life.” I believe this supports my
It shows that people’s opinions of her matter to her more than her opinion of herself. Also, it is shown that her mother is the one who gave Jeannette the confidence to tell the story of her past, which later provoked her to write this memoir.
Catharine Maria Sedgewick’s heroine and title character of Hope Leslie does not convey the expected behaviors of a woman living in 17th century Puritan society. Hope Leslie is not a passive young woman that relies on the Bible for all advice and guidance. She does not stay quiet if something is on her mind. She refuses to allow the innocent to receive persecution for the wrong reasons. Hope is assertive, aggressive, courageous, bold, and quite outspoken. The characteristics that she portrays are atypical to those portrayed by 17th century women. Instead, Hope’s attitude and behavior more closely resemble that of a female from the 21st century living in an era not meant for her.
In the short story “Revelation”, Flannery O’Connor shows that self-discovery can be a painful but ultimately rewarding process to go through. The story is written in third-person and feels like it has no rising action and then out of the blue a climax comes. The characters in this story are not very likable, especially the protagonist Mrs. Turpin. She is an egotistical, self-praising woman whom O’Connor describes as a big. Her image of herself is of a person who is blessed by God above all others. She uses the pastime of “naming classes” to reassure herself of her place in the world and that none is above her in God’s eyes.
She is struggling to have children that stay full of life unlike her neighbors; “Let God blame me, not you, not you, Rebecca! I’ll not have you judging me anymore!” (39). She questions why many neighbors have been able to conceive many healthy children, yet she can only have one. God supposedly leads Goody Putnam to believe he is only trying to punish her. Within Goody Putnam’s several attempts to have a child, her desire to have a child becomes more prominent. She finds it comforting to think about how the supernatural have to do with her unborn children. Considering witchcraft covers the town of Salem, this is easier for her to grasp. She is very envious of the mothers throughout the town and especially Rebecca who has eleven
She puts comments in the passage like, “if you are reading this and looking at your own life, you may be experiencing uneasiness and even sudden fear. She continues if you start to cry you might be in denial and been the victim of incest. This passage isn’t supposed to convince people that they were victims but try and help those who were actual victims and I don’t think Sue Blume does a very good job of it, she undermines those who are trying to help and kind of makes it seem as if their lives are over, and I don’t agree with
a passage from the letter she is writing to add a personal feel to the
In the movie, the antagonist, Rebecca is diagnosed with bipolar disorder. However, the movie does not initially introduce her as someone with this mental illness. Rather, at the start of the movie, Rebecca acts naïve, innocent, and completely normal. As a result, no one gets the slightest impression that she is abnormal in any way. Ultimately, the truth is revealed to the leading character, Sara, when Rebecca’s mother asks if she has been taking her medication. Moreover, things become significantly clearer when Sara and her love interest, Stephen, find a full bottle of Zyprexa pills in her room, implying that she has not been taking her medication. Thereupon, they find out that it is used to treat bipolar disorder.
In Shakespeare's The Tragedy of King Richard the Third, the historical context of the play is dominated by male figures. As a result, women are relegated to an inferior role. However, they achieve verbal power through their own discourse of religion and superstition. In the opening speech of Act 1, Scene 2, Lines 1-30 Lady Anne orients the reader to the crucial political context of the play and the metaphysical issues contained within it (Greenblatt, 509). Lady Anne curses her foes, using strong language to indicate her authority. She speaks in blank verse, by which she utilizes imagery to emphasize her emotions and reinforce her pleas. Her speech clearly illustrates the distinction between the submissive female role within the male sphere of war and the powerful female voice within the realm of superstition.
Rebecca Nurse functions as the very embodiment of virtue and goodness. John Proctor admires her for this. Even Reverend Hale enters Salem convinced of her goodness upon their first meeting. When there is controversy swirling around what happened to the girls, Rebecca Nurse is calm and collected as she suggests that nothing major is at play except children acting like children. In a social setting in which there is chaos and confusion in nearly every one of its sectors, Rebecca Nurse functions as a voice of reason. She has no political agenda, seeming to operate only as the nurturing force that has reared so many
Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer in writing detective stories and horror stories. One of his horror stories, “The Cask of Amontillado” was talking about how a man took his revenge to his friend. However, to look deeply in this story, I found that this story was not just simply a horror tale about how a man gets his revenge in the safest way. Instead, it also demonstrates much irony in several areas: the title, the event, the season, the costume, the environment, the characters’ personalities, a man’s dignity and cockiness and at the end, the public order. he are
Ross and Pollock have put their main characters in charge of their stories. The structure of the stories reflects the impossible position the main characters are in. Mrs. Bentley is able to share how she feels about her role of a wife to a small town preacher through her writing. The diary format allows a glimpse into her character as she "builds a false front of [her] own, live [he...
In the book, Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, there exist a big emphasis on social class and position during the time of this story. When we are introduced to the main character of the story, the narrator, we are right away exposed to a society in which different privileges are bestowed upon various groups. Social place, along with the ever present factor of power and money are evident throughout the story to show how lower to middle class groups were treated and mislead by people on a higher level in society. When we are introduced to the narrator, we are told that she is traveling with an old American woman; vulgar, gossipy, and wealthy, Mrs. Van Hopper travels across Europe, but her travels are lonely and require an employee that gives her warm company. This simple companion (the narrator) is shy and self-conscious, and comes from a lower-middle class background which sets up perfect for a rich man to sweep her off her feet. The narrator faced difficulties adapting to first, the Monte Carlo aristocratic environment, and second, to her new found position as Mrs. De Winter, the new found mistress of Manderley.
Rebecca Nurse a respected character in the town of Salem. She is known to be kind to others. However, Like most characters, she is accused of witchcraft. Rebecca has an option to confess and live or be hanged. This might not be a hard decision to many but one will morals stands with them. Rebecca quotes, “... it is a lie; it is; how may I damn myself? I cannot, I cannot (Miller 237).” Rebecca's character show’s integrity and the
...look" for the first time in her life. The Victorian element of the 1800s has been brought down to a more reasonable level through Lizzie. The wild feminist in Laura has been tamed by the life threatening experience and the overpowering devotion of her sister.
The author comes across in this writing as being fondly exasperated with her friends, who published the book without her permission. However, she is gracious enough to not seem overly angry with them. This indicates that she is both patient and well mannered, and that she values these friendships over her own feelings of embarrassment.