Alida Slade Quotes

In the story, Ortiz Cofer described in details how Connie made Abuela felt worthless. Ortiz Cofer writes, “I would like for her to disappear.” Since the beginning of the story, Connie didn’t care at all

This shows that she is different from your average middle-aged woman, and that she and Grace do not have many things in common about their personality (Petry 1).When Alida Slade and Grace Ansley are looking at their daughters having fun in the moonlight, and Grace says “And perhaps we didn't know much more about each other”, it shows that some drama is about to occur, and that she knew she had things that Alida did not know about her, and also that perhaps Alida felt the same way (Selina 1).

The night of the party she was drinking with Miranda and Lindsey, Miranda got jealous and threw beer in her face because Grace was getting all the attention from Zac. After getting beer

as if it were the first time she heard of this, although she exactly knows who they are. She even goes as far as to punish Anne for stating the truth that she so desperately wants to forget and in turn leaving Anne in tears. Grace tries to hold on to her dear faith by blindsiding and denying the truth and in turn hurting Anne, to just keep her false faith alive. This to me is an complete alien concept, if I were in Grace's position I would have struggled to accept that my beliefs are wrong straightaway, but I would have never go to such lengths; damage my relationship with my loved ones, just so that I can cling on to a my false faith. This just shows the extreme lengths we, humans can go to keep our faith alive and this disturbs me.

Fia had goals for them both that were nearly impossible without anyone dying. She was the one who had gotten the into the mess so she had to find a way to get Annie out of their minds to use her to.

When Aileen began to question Corey, he got upset and ended up beating her, tying her up and raping her. This is what our textbook shows us as the “victim precipitation theory- the idea that the victims behavior was the spark that ignited the subsequent offense, as when the victim is abused by the offender physically or verbally.” I don’t think Aileen planned to kill him, but he was definitely abusing her and tried to intentionally hurt her, I legitimately think she killed Corey completely for the reason of self-defense. After stealing his car and cleaning up the mess, she didn’t really know what to do, but that experience definitely scarred

Alida came forward to Grace and said she had written the letter that was assumed to be from Mr. Slade. Although Alida thought Grace would go out alone, she was wrong, Grace confirmed the unofficial date to the colosseum and sneakily went to meet her friend's fiancé. She hid a relationship with Mr. Slade and did so in a manner that wasn't acceptable. Grace only thought about herself and acted foolishly to risk a friendship.

I agree with Leslie’s post on the last scene as the self-reflexive moment in the film. The townspeople put Grace through so much. The chores she had to do for everyone may have been too much, but she did them all to make everyone happy and to win them over. But then they kept wanting more and more from Grace, until she had enough and tried to leave Dogville. Her freedom to the townspeople didn’t mean anything. That when she came back after trying to skip town, they turned her into their slave and she was raped over and over. So for Grace to make the town pay for all the pain and humiliation they put her through, by destroying the town and having everyone killed was completely understandable. For Grace to make Tom believe that she had forgiven

Within The Miller’s Tale, Alisoun could almost be considered passive with her agreement to be with Nicholas, but again, she manages to be

In this scene, however, Juan’s emotions finally get the better of him, as he raises his voice for the first time in the whole movie when he shouts at Chiron’s mother. Although Juan did not actually hurt her physically, he displayed a new aggressive disposition. Ali’s performance in this scene is passionate and really conveyed to the audience just how much Juan cared about Chiron. The emotional explosion was very realistic and captivating. Chiron’s mother then accuses Juan of selling her the drugs in the first place.

Alexandria watched as Alduin contemplated their situation. It was a tricky one to be sure, and part of her wanted to confront the scoundrel head on. She was not afraid of a fight. That much had been proven with her actions within the woods they stood in. She looked down to the man that had tried to kill her. Had she been a normal well behaved princess as her mother always wished, she be dead. That irony almost made her laugh, if only her mother could have seen. Than again the woman would have had a heart attack while watching. So it was probably best she didn't know.

Her mother story makes more sense to me now, I think I would have been afraid if she had shown up like that. However, Grace is a brave person and having the encounter escalate is more believable -- if there wasn't this fear that she just cut her tires. This could mean someone else is responsible, and I'm curious as to who. So, this is great suspense

In this passage, Lina begins to realize that her mother was not as perfect as she thought. As Lina reads through Grace’s old notes, it becomes clear that maybe Grace did not die but left instead “I cannot bear to leave her. I cannot bear to stay” (141 Conklin).

Rebekah in Genesis and Monica in Confessions are both women who possess some admirable qualities of a Christian wife and mother. Augustine writes a beautiful tribute of his mother in his famous Confessions. We read about her humble character in Book IX. Here we see a glimpse of her kind, loving spirit and we learn more about her background growing up in a Catholic family. We are introduced to Rebekah in the Old Testament book of Genesis when she is sought out as a wife for Isaac. During this time, her character is briefly revealed, but it is not until later in the story that her personality is divulged and we see her greatest downfall. Although in the beginning they are both women of prayer and remain faithful in their marriages, they have very distinct personalities and handle situations very differently throughout their lives.

I believe Grace is a very humble character. It seems like she kept her cool throughout the story. The way Alida Slade and Grace Ansley were bragging about each other was pretty intense. Especially knowing what Grace knows about Alida’s Husband. This is the reason why I believe Grace is very humble. She could have easily ended the conversation a long time ago by saying her child came from Alida’s husband. I believe Grace is grateful for what she has, and understands the position she is in, in her life so keeping what she knows in her head takes a lot of strength, especially because of how much Mrs. Slade keeps bragging. However, in the end of their conversation Grace does end up telling Mrs. Slade that Grace’s daughter is from Mrs. Slade’s husband, Delphin Slade. After she was pushed over the edge just a little bit.