Elizabeth And Hedges Character Analysis

Character Analysis What is characterization and why is it so important? Characterization is the building of a character through their description and how they react to their environment. The description of characters in a story is important and helps the reader connect and get a better sense of the character. In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”, he reinforces the characterization of Miss Emily’s dominate and mysterious traits through images of her almost tyrannical father and by her own arrogant and controlling actions.

“When I was little I would think of ways to kill my daddy.” This beginning to the novel “Ellen Foster” by Kaye Gibbons, prepares readers to enter the world of one of the most influential and appealing young woman protagonists in modern fiction. Ellen Foster, the main character of the book by Gibbons, is, in my view, the most fascinating and remarkable character in the story. Readers are introduced to the narrator Ellen, a determined, yet mature and individualistic eleven-year-old, who lives in the South during the 1970s. She lives with an alcoholic father and a sick mother. Ellen must go through many hardships and face much trauma, when she foreshadows her mother’s death and the long journey in front of her by saying that a storm is coming- “I can smell the storm and see the air thick with the rain coming.” (p.7). Young Ellen must go through much more than the average child her age, but she knows that she will get her happy ending. After dealing with her abusive father and depressed mother, Ellen deserves to go to a happy family, one that will accept her with smiles on their faces and joy in their eyes. Even if it means jumping from foster home to foster home, from a cruel grandmother to a condescending aunt and cousin, Ellen will find the people that will love her, even if it means first having to go to those who don’t.

Oscar Cresswell, the only wealthy person in the story, not satisfied with his wealth uses Paul to accumulate more. Paul’s uncle is different from the others, in the sense that he converses and interacts with Paul

The personality of Elizabeth Owens can only fit one wand correctly. Beech tree symbolizes tolerance, past knowledge, and softening criticism. Consequently, this wood fits Elizabeth because she is wise beyond her years, broad-minded, and tolerant. Beech wands are one of the most powerful when matched correctly. Phoenix feathers are the rarest of cores and are able to perform many different types of magic, phoenix feather matches perfectly with Elizabeth due to her patient personality, as sometimes it takes time for them to reveal their full potential. Overall, flexibility of a wand reflects the flexibility of its owner. Elizabeth’s wand is mildly flexible, but not too bendy. Length of a wand reflects how if something is lacking in the character

1. Despite mention of passersby, Miss Brill is the focal point in this story. How does Mansfield develop her character?

My favorite character in the novel isn’t the main character my favorite character is Mary’s grandmother. Mary’s grandmother is my favorite character because I like her personality, more than Mary’s. Mary is a person who gets nervous and if someone is bothering her she shows them that she is nervous but her grandmother doesn’t let anyone get under her skin. For example when Mary was being bullied on her first day of school by a girl named Mildred, by the end of that class Mary owed Mildred a dollar back then a dollar was a lot. Mildred followed Mary home, to make sure she gave her a dollar. When they got home Mary’s grandmother invited Mildred in for something to eat, so Another reason that I like Mary’s grandmother is because she always knows

As Hannah Meyer’s calculus professor during the first semester of her freshman year, I was able to watch her hit the ground running and strive everyday for excellence in the beginnings of her college career. I have been a freshman math instructor for years and have taught thousands of students, few of which have shown the work ethic and dedication that I have seen in Hannah. I was delighted to hear that Hannah was applying for this Society of Women Engineers scholarship, being the strong candidate that she is.

He wears nice clothes around town trying to become the person he sees himself as. He goes to parties and meets people who are very different from the boring folk back home. Paul felt that these were the people he wanted to be. He believed that he was finally where he belonged. Paul felt that fate brought him here and that he should have never been in the dull town that he was from in the first place. If I was paul I would make the same decision and live life how I want it. I think every human person has right to live the life in their own way. They shouldn't be forced by societal

A dream. A world where ideas run wild and imagination is the primary mode of thought. Reality is a faraway distance. Eventually, the dream comes to an end as reality creeps into sleep and the fantasy finishes. The story of Jane Austen’s Emma is one of a similar account. Emma Woodhouse, the main character, has an active imagination that causes her to loose sight of reality like getting lost in dreaming. Her imagination and “disposition to think a little too well of herself” causes Emma to be emotionally arrogant and skews her perception of other characters (Austen, 1). Throughout the novel, Emma struggles to develop emotionally because her dream-derived visions of those around her and her obsession with

1. Jane Austen is famous for describing characters. What is her attitude to her characters in this passage?

In the novel, Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte, Catherine Earnshaw was not like many of the women in the Victorian era. She was not known as a perfect maiden or as a femme fatale. Instead, Catherine was a carefree and stubborn woman. She fell in love with her orphaned brother, Heathcliff, who her parents told her to stay away from, but because of close interactions and spending all their time together, they both created an indestructible love. However, the Earnshaws were strict with Catherine on marriage and how she should marry into rich. Heathcliff overhears one of their conversations, and he hears that Catherine would not want to marry Heathcliff because of his social class, overruling the love she has for him. Despite the fact that is what Catherine said, Heathcliff did not hear the part where she said regardless of his social class she would want to be with him, but it was too late because Heathcliff already ran away. Bronte wants the readers to feel the sense of tragic compassion in the two characters’ relationship. In Wuthering Heights, Bronte presents the idea that endearment is indestructible and long lasting even when the partners are not together. Through the powerful star-cross lovers, this reveals more characterizations of Cathrine because of her decisions on marriage.

In Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the poems “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue” and “The Wife of bath’s Tale”, the main character Alisoun, explains she has come to such a point in her life where she has to defend her actions. She has had five marriages and has been harshly judged for it. She questions the constructs and the rules placed before her and challenges men by focusing on women’s rights. Her motivation is solely to live as well as she possibly can, but she argues for all females who have gone through the same unequal treatment. Through the characters of the Wife of Bath, Chaucer shows how society unequally treats women by allowing men to abide to a separate set of rules not shared by women. The different genders go through double standards which give a greater leniency for men when judged for the same crime as a female.

Throughout Wuthering Heights, the setting in which the novel takes place plays a large role, not only in painting a picture in the readers’ minds, but also in enhancing the plot, as well as the development and depth of the characters. The desolate setting of the Yorkshire moors in which Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange sit enhance the themes throughout this novel by separating the main characters from the real world and developing them as individuals.

Emma, by Jane Austen, focuses on the life of Emma Woodhouse, heiress to the wealth and importance of her father’s mansion, Hartfield. The story takes place sometime in eighteenth century England in the populous village of Highbury, where Emma lives with her father in their mansion, Hartfield.

Once upon a time, there are five Bennet sisters who have been taught by their mother their one goal in life is to find a suitable husband. When new men come to town everything changes for the girls as they search for their perfect mate. Many problems will arise as the girls begin to find the men they want to settle down with and marry. They must take on their responsibilities and roles as women in 18th century England. In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, the women’s main focuses in life are their familial and romantic responsibilities and social prosperity, as proven by the actions of Mrs. Bennet, Elizabeth Bennet, Lydia Bennet, and Jane Bennet.