Examples Of Marital Infidelity In Rebecca

One recurring theme in the novel is that success is not easily earned. This is a message that Winter Santiago didn’t quite comprehend. Winter’s father ‘success’ made her believe that she could have anything she wanted in life with a snap of a finger. She didn’t understand how to become successful. Winter believed that hustling and seeking out a man to take care of her, would bring her back on top. In order to

Favell, Maxim, and the heroine accompany Julyan to London; the heroine is certain that Baker will reveal that Rebecca was pregnant, thus revealing Maxim's vengeful motive for murder. But instead, it turns out that Rebecca was dying of cancer, and that furthermore she was infertile; she had lied to Maxim about her pregnancy. Her terminal illness now supplies a motive for Rebecca's supposed suicide, and Maxim is saved. He and the heroine drive all night back to Manderley, stopping only once, when Maxim calls home and learns that Mrs. Danvers has disappeared. As they crest the ridge near the mansion, they look down and find it in flames.

When you look at an example like this one, you start to think whether or not these upper class people believed in their own morals and if they even had any. But one thing is for sure, such arrogant actions only go a short way until they come back to haunt you. Because Mrs. Van Hopper was so blinded by her own self and worried so much about what was going on in other people's lives, she had lost her attention from her companion friend, which let to a love affair between the narrator and Mr. Maxim de Winter.

There is no such thing as a perfect liar. In this book many characters lie to try to avoid confrontation with others and so they can get away with things. This is exactly how Abigail acted throughout the story in which ways that can be easily related to a crucible. A crucible is a pot that can withstand great heat, so it is used for melting other metals.

In the book, The Crucible, Abigail Williams is an orphan and under the care of her uncle, Reverend Parris. Abigail is portrayed as a liar when she accuses her friends of witchcraft and blames them for crimes they have not committed. One example of Abigail’s foolish actions is when she and John Proctor have an affair behind Elizabeth’s back, John’s wife. Elizabeth finds out and does not want John seeing Abigail. Abigail takes matters into her own hands when she tells the court judge that Elizabeth Proctor is a witch. Abigail does this so Elizabeth will be arrested and eventually killed and Abigail can have John all to herself. Abigail’s actions affect people around her when she accuses them of witchcraft. Abigail is motivated by lust, and she

The other characters of the novel reward Rebecca’s rampant and wild behavior because she did what was expected of the upper class woman in terms of social expectations, whereas the inexperienced behavior of Mrs. de Winter often only wins her resentment and harsh judgement from others. The protagonist’s marriage to Maxim establishes exactly what kind of expectations will be heaped on her by the surrounding people and life, and “her conformity to a domestic discourse compels her to establish a division between Rebecca and herself”, subconsciously placing Rebecca on a level above herself (Miquel-Baldellou, 33). Mrs. Danvers, who shows general dislike towards the new Mrs. de Winter, is the main contributor to and often the symbol of the narrator’s inability to reach the same standards that Rebecca set. The housekeeper, despite the protagonist’s honest effort to be a good wife and mistress of the house, still

    Jealousy can also be seen in Mrs. Putnam when she accuses Rebecca Nurse for killing her children. Rebecca is in her 70’s and delivered a few of Mrs. Putnam’s babies but all died that she delivered. Putnam as only one child who lived through birth and is now sick but Mrs. Nurse has all healthy children and grandchildren. When the news about witchcraft broke out Mrs. Putnam points fingers at Rebecca saying she used witchcraft to kill her children. Rebecca’s husband goes to Hale after his wife is arrested:

On the surface Rebecca appears to demonstrate the conventions of the romantic genre. The storyline includes a heroine, who is thinks herself to be very plain “with straight, bobbed hair and youthful, unpowdered face, dressed in an ill-fitting coat and skirt…”, as well as a hero, who the heroine believes is

Concerned that word about her affair will spread throughout the village, Abigail begins to lie and point fingers at people for witchcraft, hoping it can draw the people’s focus away from her. After she and the girls were discovered in the forest by Reverend Parris, she lies or purposely forgets to mention to that she had drank a potion that would kill John Proctor’s wife. The only thing she said to him was: “We did dance, uncle, and when you leaped out of the bush so suddenly, Betty was frightened and then she fainted. And there's the whole of it.” (Miller 9). In another situation where Abigail's lying is shown again, Parris is asking why she was fired from her previous job as Elizabeth Proctor’s servant, and her excuse is: “She hates me, uncle, she must, for I would not be her slave. It's a bitter woman, a lying, cold, sniveling woman, and I will not work for such woman!” (Miller 11). Clearly this is false because Elizabeth didn't fire Abigail just out of coldness, though that was part of it, she fired her because she found that Abigail was having an affair with her husband, John. These lies led to unnecessary problems and prove Abigail is a self centered person because she only wants what's best for herself.

The discussion of the Wife’s five husbands describes her evolving role as a woman and how she overcame the most ridiculous obstacles to maintain this idea or illusion of marriage. The Wife’s depiction of her marriages was that three were good and two were bad. The initial marriages were to older rich men where she kept up this idea of marriage in order to receive money, but was not faithful by

When she first talks about winter, she says that “Thus in winter stands a lonely tree,” (9). When referring to winter, it is the season of death. The speaker is realizing that her days left is slowly approaching an end. She then turns and references summer, “I only know that summer sang in me” (13), and “that in me sings no more” (14). As she is talking about summer, she is also talking about her memories of herself when she was young. This corresponds with the seasons because in summer things are new and want to be experienced however, in winter this is the season when everything is dying and no one wants to be a part of it. The speaker can feel this happening to herself because she sees herself as winter, and she longs to be like summer again. In the summer stage of her life, she is youthful, and she has men aching to be around her. However, now that she has approached the winter stage of her life she is feeling strong feelings of regret. Thus, this shows how she feels about herself by showing how she talks about winter and summer and how it compares to the sorrow in her life

Rebecca Nurse is an example of a character who has struggled in The Crucible. Rebecca says, “There is prodigious danger in the seeking of loose spirits. I fear it. Let us rather blame ourselves.” Rebecca knows the girls who cry witchcraft just do it for attention. Rebecca doesn’t think the adults should play into it. Rebecca says, “Pray, John, be calm.” Rebecca Nurse is the voice of reason. Many characters such as Ann Putnam, get agitated with her rationalization because they want to believe in witchcraft. Ann Putnam says, “I have laid seven babies unbaptized in the earth.” Ann Putnam has had many babies die, and Rebecca hasn’t. Ann says, “You think it God's work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one?”

Mrs de Winter in Rebecca, is a young woman who openly admits to herself and her readers that she is "a martyr to [her] own inferiority complex";

F. Scott Fitzgerald was an american author with several breathtaking novels and short stories. Among his most well known pieces of literature is The Great Gatsby which is a about a rich man who is in love with a married woman. “Winter Dreams” is also another piece of literature that Fitzgerald wrote. “Winter Dreams” is about a man's dream of becoming wealthy and dream of marrying the woman he loves. These two pieces of literature are very similar in various aspects that are noticeable as the reader compares the two. The constant mention of the desire of love and the desire for luxury demonstrates that these two things are not always the key to a happy life.

Richard opens with the lines “now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York, and all the clouds that loured upon our house in the deep bosom of the ocean buried” (1.1.1-4). These lines use the metaphor of changing seasons, winter signifying trouble and summer content, to show how his brother has laid to rest his family’s