Claire Durrenmatt

In the play “The Visit” by Friedrich Dürrenmatt is a story about a wealthy lady who comes back to the place where she grew up to commit an awful deed: She needs the townspeople to murder the man who abandoned her in return for enough cash to revitalize the town. Which in the end the townspeople do. In order to commit the murder Claire the wealthy lady dehumanzis or “ treats less than human ” Schill the man to justify his killing. Although ,characters Schill and Claire were dehumanized in this story,Claire was duhumainzed as the town’s only hope for economic prosperity , the other Schill was because his death means the towns prosperity, and subsequently is hunted like a animal. This dehumanization is based classification,symbolism and finally extremination.

When authors write medical narratives, they have to play the role of a doctor by using metaphors to explain to the readers what is happening to the

Antigone, a young, ambitious, powerful-beyond-her-knowledge girl sets the reader up with her awareness of the power of fate, in which she attributes all the tragedy in her family to the almighty Zeus. Fate being the upcoming of events beyond a person’s control, something that is destined to happen. We see fate throughout the story occur over again, it is a common action bestowed upon both Creon and Antigone.

The process of deciding when a terminally ill patient should die lies within the patient, family members, and the

In the detailed story of an impoverished family during the late 1900’s, Jeannette Walls describes her experience from the young age of 3, up until adulthood. The family of 6, with Rex Walls as the father, Rose Mary as the mother, and her three siblings, Lori, Brian and Maureen, were constantly moving throughout the country with little to no food or cash. The memoir shows how dysfunctional the family was, but never seemed to force the reader to condemn the parents. In a life of poverty, the have to move for own to town, and often lived in various mining towns. Although they each found something they learned to love (like Jeannette’s rock collection) in the desert, they had to leave them behind once Rex’s alcoholism only worsened, and they ran

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All of this adds up to a classic tragic hero and tragic heroine. Fate plays a part in the outcome because both Antigone and Creon have tragic flaws that lead to their misfortunes and playing them against each other, it was inevitable the outcome would be bad. Antigone’s tragic flaw was an absolute loyalty to honor the gods

tragic events and as a symbol of unfortunate events. In one instance, Minerva makes a dangerous

Jeannette Rankin believed, “What one decides to do in crisis depends on one 's philosophy of life, and that philosophy cannot be changed by an incident. If one hasn 't any philosophy in crises, others make the decision" (Lewis, 2011). This quote introduces us to the life of an amazing woman who dedicated her life to the rights of women, children, blue-collar workers, veterans and most importantly - peace. Many times in this paper, Jeanette 's own quotes will serve as the voice of her moral courage. Born in an era of limited women 's rights, Jeannette Rankin challenged conventional thought about the influence and power of a woman. She was the first woman elected to Congress,

Foster’s idea behind the use of illness in a novel creates a deeper meaning to Hosseini’s use of the topic. In chapter twenty three, Foster reveals that more often than not, the use of illness in book is to emphasize an underlying issue. “There are certain principles governing the use of disease in works of literature: not all diseases are created equally, it should be picturesque, it should be mysterious in origin, and it should have strong symbolic or metaphorical possibilities.” (Foster 224). Cancer has often been used as a common ailment in books because of the mystery behind what may cause it. It is also used because of the many different paths it can take. Brain cancer can have a very different metaphorical meaning than lung cancer. In

The Fates are often portrayed in modern movies and pieces of literature because of their importance in Greek mythology. These sisters are shown in latin and greek mythology. In Latin the Fates were also known as Parcae and in greek they were known as Moirae. Most do not know why the Fates were enfact crucial to Greek and other mythologies. Without these sisters the stories of Greek mythology and the outcomes would not be the same.

In Act 3 of the play, the teacher tries to reason with Claire and says that she reminds her of a "heroine from antiquity, Medea" because of her "demand for absolute justice" (72) In Greek mythology, Medea was a sorceress who had helped Jason, a man whom she had loved, to obtain the golden fleece. But after Jason left her for a wealthier woman, she sought revenge against him and killed the other woman. In Claire's situation, Ill left her for a wealthier woman who owned a store, and Claire now seeks revenge for Ill. However, Claire's justice isn't just, because she seeks vengeance instead of justice by "buying" the townspeople which illustrate the exploitation of justice when one has the power to do so, in this case, Claire's wealth. Not to mention when Ill first meets Claire, he recalls her to be his "little sorceress" (13) in Act 1 of the play. Ill's "little sorceress" reference alludes to Medea, because of her misuse of her magic to kill someone, because of personal greed which relates back to Claire because her notion of justice has been transformed into pure cold vengeance. Ill forces her into a life which she did not want and in return, Claire uses her "magic" to manipulate the town into forcing Ill into a situation that ultimately results in his death. This once again demonstrates this misuse of justice when one has the capability to do

Louise Mallard is Kate Chopin short story's protagonist. As noted earlier, Louise has a heart trouble during the time when her friends are to break her husband's death news to her. She reacts to the news despite her heart condition with a flood of grief. She quickly retreats to her room which indicates repressiveness which she is accustomed to. She briefly feels guilt out of experiencing joy at the freedom which is brought by the death of her husband. She is later faced with some complex mix of love and resentment emotions which are elicited by the thoughts of Brently's tenderness with absolute control of her life from her husband. She ultimately welcomes her independence which she has newly found and then takes on the newly self-possessed individual's life. This essay will emphasize my argument on how the story shows some aspect of mental change in character, and I will identify where this starts in the character, what happens to cause the change, what the change is, and the consequences of this change for the character.

The Greek fates are influential, immortal women in charge of controlling the lives and deaths of mortals. Through Claire’s characterization Friedrich Dürrenmatt constructs an

47). Here Camus presents the power of certain words like "syndrome" as their use suggests or outlines a certain course of action for the doctors. Rieux recognizes this power and initially rejects the use of "syndrome" as it would mean almost immediate implications upon his profession as a doctor. Camus furthers this when Rieux considers the use of the word "plague". Rieux hesitates, knowing that this word possesses certain implications that will change the lives of all Oran's citizens through quarantine. Thus for Rieux, "It's not the question of the term I use; it's a question of time" (P.47). In this description Rieux establishes that the real issue of using the term "plague" concerns whether the "time" is right to unleash the word's power to change both their careers and the townspeople's lives. Through Rieux's hesitation in stating these terms, Camus demonstrates how language, like plague, can have the power of life or death over people like Rieux.