Comparing Chains: The Similarities Of Lady Seymour And Isabell

Imagine living in a world where you are “chained between two nations” at the age of 13. You want your freedom, but on the other hand who are you loyal to? Your country or the rebels? It’s a hard choice for someone like Isabelle's character to face, but she stands strong and keeps her head held high. The word “chains” in the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is used as a metaphor throughout the whole book.

Isabel is put in a difficult situation, for while she is desperate to find freedom for herself

The girls also stayed in the city with the Locktons. They girls did not like it very much but they could not be rude or impolite, so they had to just do there job and hope not to get in trouble, but of course something happened. The Locktons had always treated the girls horribly. One of the Locktons did something horrible, they branded Isabel’s face for “being bad.” Lady Seymour had been staying with the Locktons, so she got to be a part of Isabel and Ruth’s slave life, she treated the girls fairly though.

The Colonies are in turmoil with Britain. They feel as if they are treated unfairly. Just like Isabel. The novel demonstrated the risks taken to achieve freedom to a point of equality and personal value. This shown both by the story of Isabel, the Revolution and the people of the colonies.

Julia Alvarez’s novel, In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) centers around the lives of the four Mirabal Sisters who courageously brought acknowledgement to the inhumane and brutal actions of Dictator Rafael Trujillo and the treatment of women in a society where they were seen as property. In the 2001 film adaptation directed by Mariano Barroso, the film mainly centers on Minerva Mirabal, the outspoken and rebellious sister. Despite bearing some minor similarities, there are more differences between Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of the Butterflies and Mariano Barroso’s film – both author/director start the story of the sisters in different ways, in the novel the reader is able to see all of the perspective of the sisters instead of only Minerva’s,

Lockton and Isabel are the same is that they both have very strong spirits, and are very brave. Mrs. Lockton is strong in the way that she stands up to her husband at times and will take the risk of being beaten to state her opinion. Mrs. Lockton is not like most women and does not just sit back and comply to her husband's commands. To do this and be rebellious Mrs. Lockton has to have spirit and be strong and brave. If she was not brave she would never rebel against him or question his power over her. If Mrs. Lockton was not brave or did not have any drive she would be a lonely house wife and would do nothing but bake all day. Isabel is very similar in this way as she has drive, bravery and spirit as well. Like Mrs. Lockton, if Isabel did not have any spirit she would not care about her enslavement and would not be trying so hard to escape it. For Isabel to rebel she had to have even more bravery and be even stronger. “I walked up two steps. ‘Did you sell Ruth?’... I took another step. ‘Answer me, you miserable cow, Did you sell my sister?’ ‘Stay away from me.’ she said. I rose another step… ‘One more step and I can have you hung.’ Madam whispered… Madam grabbed a painting from the wall and throw it down on my head… I ran out the door for the first time.” This cite shows how dangerous it was for Isabel to be disobeying madam, yet she did anyways and would do anything for Ruth and her freedom. Isabel had to be brave for Ruth as well, and had to

Kate Branch, an orphaned servant girl, began to suffer from a series of fits that disturbed her employers Mister and Mistress Wescot. Through Mister Daniel Wescot’s public service, the family had become prominent figures and were charged with providing Kate the basic needs and spiritual guidance as if she were a part of their family. Soon after Kate’s symptoms began, Mistress Abigail Wescot summoned the local midwife, Goodwife Sarah Bates, to examine

Freedom and liberty in the mind of Isabel are something

1.At the outset of the story, what are the gender roles of Delia Jones and Sykes Jones? What does the “bull whip” signify? (73-74)

Isabel’s lions are metaphor to represent Isabel’s bravery, strength, and her righteousness when she faces many dangers to defend her friends, family, and herself. Madam does not see this because she is supercilious type who sees Isabel, and sees a piece of property such as furniture. She does not see how bold Isabel is, nor see the lengths of which Isabel is willing to go to protect her friends and family. She spies for the Americans, confronts Madam on more than one occasion, and purposely disobeyed Madam to protect those she cares for. Isabel’s will to survive, her bravery, and her will to do the morally correct action is her “lion”. Lady Seymour sees this trait from the very beginning, when she saw Isabel’s bravery protect Ruth from Madam, saw her survive a branding with her strength, and saw how Isabel was willing to do a kind act to the prisoner by giving food to them. She constantly helps Isabel unleash her lion, such as when she saved Isabel from dying, constantly shows her kindness, and even helps her escape from Madam. Her kindness and strength, such as when she survived her encounter with death, helps Isabel give food to prisoners, and helps the library in King’s College from being destroyed motivates Isabel throughout the entire book. Lady Seymour stands for the kindness in the world, and constantly looks to her when she is to do sometime morally incorrect

In her novel Girl with a pearl earring, Tracey Chevalier, explores many thematic concerns in relation to women, in the 1600s. She explored this through the themes of; the restricted roles of women, the battle of the sexes and Class, money, gender and power, she utilises literary techniques; such as dialogue, first person, exclamation and allusion to convey these themes.

Isabel, is a girl living in Cuba during Fidel Castro's reign and the economic crisis. Early in the book, a riot occurred against the government's unfair rights and that night Fidel gave the people to leave the country without punishment. “Papi had to leave Cuba. Tonight” (29). Isabel's father had been the one to initiate the riot and the police noticed this action. They said they were going to find him and put him in prison. Isabel’s family knew they must leave the country. After they leave the country on their neighbors raft they can finally see Miami’s shore but the United States coast guard begins to notice them. “don't stop rowing for shore!” Isabel’s grandfather yelled to

Finally, the reader is introduced to the character around whom the story is centered, the accursed murderess, Mrs. Wright. She is depicted to be a person of great life and vitality in her younger years, yet her life as Mrs. Wright is portrayed as one of grim sameness, maintaining a humorless daily grind, devoid of life as one regards it in a normal social sense. Although it is clear to the reader that Mrs. Wright is indeed the culprit, she is portrayed sympathetically because of that very lack of normalcy in her daily routine. Where she was once a girl of fun and laughter, it is clear that over the years she has been forced into a reclusive shell by a marriage to a man who has been singularly oppressive. It is equally clear that she finally was brought to her personal breaking point, dealing with her situation in a manner that was at once final and yet inconclusive, depending on the outcome of the legal investigation. It is notable that regardless of the outcome, Mrs. Wright had finally realized a state of peace within herself, a state which had been denied her for the duration of her relationship with the deceased.

Although the Wife of Bath and Queen Guinevere have similar things in common, they differ greatly when it comes to their personalities. The differences between the two are probably because of the different backgrounds they come from. They both seek happiness, but they find happiness in different ways. A reason for their differences is probably because of the different things they went through. They have different stories to tell in which the lives they lived. In the end women are really needy & want to be treated like a queen.

As we all know, women suffer a lot under men’s control in the early twentieth century. In the play, Mrs Wright is the best example to show the existence of oppression in women. The readers get to know the real reason why Mrs Wright murders Mr Wright. Before marrying John Wright, Minnie Foster was a cheerful and popular singer. Her life undergoes big changes after marrying John Wright. She is forced to live in John’s uncheerful and hollow farmhouse, managing households every day. She struggles and suffers alone as they are childless. This is portrayed through Mrs Hale and Mrs Peters conversations. “I stayed away because it weren’t cheerful. Maybe it’s down in a hollow and you don’t see the road.”John Wright has used to control Minnie Foster’s daily activities. She has no choice but keeping herself alone in the kitchen. Her decision to buy a canary to sing for her has made mad of the husband, John Wright. He killed the bird and the killing of bird oppressed Minnie Foster to murder her husband. The main cause of the tragedy is prominent through the theme of oppression of women. If John Wright treats her wife nicely, I am sure that the murder will not happen. With this, I think that Glaspell may like to emphasize that women often have the rights to be treated equally just as the