Compare And Contrast Dona And Marquesa

People who read her stories, particularly “The Story of an Hour” may have several different views of what the meaning might be, but because Kate lived in a time when women were expected to obey their husband, it makes me think that Kate may have felt the same way she portrayed the main character to feel when her husband died in 1883. (526)

In "A Sorrowful Woman" the wife is depressed with her life, so much so, "The sight of them made her so sad and sick she did not want to see them ever again"(p.1). This wife and mother has come to detest her life, the sight of her family,

A voice is given to the mother in this poem, who is representative of all women who have suffered under the churches morals and values and still hold a high regard for religion, in this case, Christianity. It is clear from Heaney’s depiction of suffering that the mother does share a maternal bond with

Thus the young and pure would be taught to look at her, with the scarlet letter flaming on her breast, -at her, the child of honourable parents, -at her, the mother of a babe, that would hereafter be a woman, -at her, who had once been innocent, -as the figure, the body, the reality of sin.

Many families were broken apart during the civil war, where the father had to leave his spouse and children behind; forcing them to take care of themselves in his absence. In the novel Little Women, Marmee is the ideal representative of a motherly role model in a transcendentalist family during the eighteen hundreds. She continually guided her daughters to find joy in the most menial tasks. She stood strong in the presence of her daughters, although she had to raise them alone in the absence of their father, who has left to volunteer as a Chaplin during the Civil War. Her girls made it clear how they aspired to be as good hearted as she was. A mother’s hard work is seen through her children’s actions.

As a woman, the narrator must be protected and controlled and kept away from harm. This seemed to be the natural mindset in the 19th century, that women need to have guidance in what they do, what decisions they make, and what they say. John calls her a “little goose”(95) and his “little girl”(236), referring her to a child, someone who needs special attention and control. His need for control over her is proven when she admits that her husband is “careful and loving and hardly lets me stir without special direction”(49). John has mentally restrained the speaker’s mind, she is forced to hide her anxieties, fears and be submissive, to preserve the happiness of their marriage. When the narrator attempts to speak up, she is bogged down and made guilty of her actions. Her husband makes her feel guilty for asking, he says, “‘I beg of you, for my sake and for our child’s sake, as well as your own, that you will never for one instant let that idea enter your mind!’”(225-226). By making her feel guilty for her illness, John has trapped her mentally from speaking up about it, convincing her that she must be more careful about her actions. Men often impose the hardships placed upon women during this era. They are often the people reassuring them of their “womanly” duties, and guiding them

Her whole life the Marquesa “lived alone and she thought alone” (Wilder 14). The Marquesa grew up without love and happiness in her childhood. When she married “a supercilious and ruined nobleman” (Wilder 14) she bore a daughter who she “fastened upon her idolatrous love” (Wilder 14). She chose to bestow upon her daughter all of the love that she didn’t receive. Her daughter Clara was like her father in many ways and regarded her mother “with astonishment and repulsion” (Wilder 14). When time of marriage came she “deliberately chose the one that required her removal to Spain” (Wilder 14). The Marquesa’s whole existence “lay in the burning center of her mind”(Wilder 15) and revolved around writing her daughter letters after she moved to Spain. She chose to become more secluded and to devote her time trying to connect to her daughter who would never return her

From the Queen Mab speech, we can tell that Mercutio is not a person of love. He makes a very descriptive speech, the Queen Mab speech. The speech he gives is all about a fairy midwife

Parents make up an essential part of family. They teach, nurture and discipline their children to make them better in life. But, children's’ parents pass away or divorce leaving the child with one parent or none. In the 20th century biography, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot impulses emotions to reveal how the loss of a parent scars the life of a child forever and thereby causing the child to hate, lose themselves as a person and fear.

She was described as short, plump, and homely, she had yet to gain the character that would render her face so interesting according to her parents and siblings. Clara’s mother also neglected the child’s thick lustrous dark brown hair which was noted to be her one good feature. Her hair was close cropped which only served to emphasize her broad forehead and sallow complexion. Along with this, Clara had a speech impediment which caused her to lisp and this lead to increasing her bashfulness. Due to all of these difficult things Clara had to deal with on a daily basis, her timidness grew to be excessive. Clara’s mother regarded her daughter as shy and troublesome as well as “difficult to manage” this attitude only reinforced Clara’s own sense of being a burden. As she began to grow older, Clara gained a particular interest in helping others that could not help themselves and directly alleviating sickness or trouble. Her brother David grew extremely ill and sought to his sister for help. She spent large amounts of time trying to nurse her brother back to health. Clara refused to leave his side for nearly two years and acquiescing to his demands that she alone administer his medicine. Despite all of her relief Clara sensed a

“Resting my head on Helen’s shoulder, I put my arms round her waist; she drew me to her, and we reposed in silence.”

The novel delivers the message of remembrance through Rivka’s character. To begin, when Rivka is explaining how most of her family is gone, she says, “As long as we can remember, all those gone before us live inside of us.” Throughout

Through life, we often lose someone we loved and cared deeply for and supported us through life. This is demonstrated by the loss of a loved one when Esther's father died when she was nine. "My German speaking father, dead since I was nine came from some

Kate Chopin’s novel, The Awakening, explores the themes of nonconformity and its repercussions through the personal growth of its protagonist, Edna Pontellier. Of all the characters that contributed to Edna’s awakening, perhaps Adèle Ratignolle and Robert Lebrun had the greatest impact on her. At first, Edna’s adoration of Adèle borders on worship, “Mrs. Pontellier liked to sit and gaze at her fair companion as she might look upon a faultless Madonna.” Adèle, as the “embodiment of every womanly grace and charm” is a perfect Victorian wife and mother-woman. These mother-women, as Edna dubs them, consider “it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels.” It only takes the slightest touch from her idol for Edna to share “…thoughts and emotions which … belonged to her and were her own, and… concerned no one but herself.” It took only the touch of Adèle’s hand to hers for her to confess, as

In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman…It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels (Chopin 6).