How Does Mitchell Present The Foil Characters In Gone With The Wind

Margaret Mitchell publish one novel, but it was enough to make her reach success and show her powerful voice to be most talked American author. She grew up in Atlanta and knew about the American Civil War and the Reconstruction (“Margaret Mitchell: American Rebel”). Mitchell was different from most girls, she was rebellious. Still, today Mitchell is recognized for her eminent work on her novel. Margaret Mitchell grew up hearing about the Civil War, which influence in her work. Her only novel,”Gone With the Wind”, was more than just the Civil War, it was how the war affected people in the south in many ways, but it gave hope to the people to survive the roughest times. Growing up in Atlanta and hearing about the Civil War formed a novel ….

The Puritan society is actually extremely discriminative, particularly against women, who may be incriminated for being witches, and with the common religious belief that a mother's sin engenders the miscarriage of a “demon offspring” (67). One can fully realize the prevalence of religion over human matters with the execution of Mrs Hibbins, Governor Bellingham's sister, because she is suspected of being a witch. Then, society gives religion greater importance than to family ties, and, to a larger scale, human feelings. Actually, it doesn't hesitate to dominate people and abandon them at the same time: Hester and Pearl are both secluded from the rest of society while pertaining to it. The image of the Eagle in the Custom House, representative of the Republic of America, is revealing of this paradox between domination and abandonment: it is represented as being “fierce” through her beak and eye and “apt to fling off her nestling” (8-9). Thus, The Scarlet Letter imparts society with pitilessness, and the narrator's experience in the Custom House was actually an introduction to what would be depicted as such in the Scarlet Letter: the “axe” and “guillotine” (32) are used against the political side that loses and represent the violence of one dominant ruling group against individuals in disagreement, or at least with different views from theirs. Society is actually about the relation between the strong and the weak, the latter who must cope with the

Comparing Hope Leslie or Early Times in Massachusetts and The Scarlett Letter is interesting because at first glance both novels don’t appear to have much in common aside from having a female protagonist and taking place within Puritan society of early America. (keep but not as first sentence). However, despite obvious differences between both novels such as the character presentation of the female protagonists in Hope Leslie who range from the free-spirited Hope Leslie, obedient Puritan Esther, and character of Magawisca as a noble but proud Native American contrasts with the Hester Prynne’s presentation as a shamed but deeply contemplative woman in The Scarlett Letter. The different purposes all these characters each serve in their respective stories begins to show commonality in that Hope Leslie’s Hope, Esther, and Magawisca and The Scarlett Letter’s Hester Prynne all have to overcome the adversity and social expectations with Puritan society so they can follow their hearts and do what they feel is right by relying on their wit, intelligence, and inner strength. By examining how both Hope Leslie and Hester Prynne overcome the challenges they face in their respective Puritain socities it will be easier to observe how these novels presentation of their female protagonist illustrates the gender politics of each text.

Scarlett O' Hara, a charming sixteen year old teenage girl living on a plantation in Georgia by the name of Tara, was always able to get exactly what she wanted. She was able to flatter most of the men in the county into submission, however over the course of the novel, Scarlett begins to change drastically due to events which include the rage of The Civil War on Tara, several relationship conflicts, and loss of family members. Scarlett O' Hara spent much of her time concerning her many suitors but gave extra consideration to a man named Ashley Wilkes. But she is distraught to find out he is to be married to his cousin Melanie and from that point on her classic southern, Georgia plantation style life was never the same. At a barbeque held by many plantation owners and residences, Scarlett first meets Rhett Butler. This man will turn out to be an important factor in Scarlett's future actions.

Often times, as a teenager, one can be faced with many responsibilities and having someone to talk to could help ease the burden. Yet when one is not comfortable or feels like an outcast around kids their age adults are the only option. Adults , although they were once teenagers, find it hard to communicate to younger kids shown in the relationships with adults of Holden and Melinda lives. In the coming of age novels The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, highlights the relatable communication barriers between adults and teenagers by using character foils to express the differences between adults and teenagers in both novels. Both Holden and Melinda do not find comfort with people their own age and somewhat

The first piece by Rowlandson tells the story of a white Puritan woman. She is captured by Native Americans, and goes through many hardships as she is held against her

Within first pages of the book Hawthorn encapsulated the Puritan community’s dreary setting. The scenery opens up with, “A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments and gray, steeple-crowned hats intermixed with women, some

The function of the minor characters of Mistress Hibbins, Governor Bellingham, and Mr. Wilson are that they are supposed to symbolize the hypocrisy of the Puritan society. For example, the extreme superstition and religious ideas of the Puritans lead them to presume that Hibbins is a witch. The reason as to why the population is all under this assumption is due to Hibbins frequently speaking of, and inviting people to, her “excursions into the forest” (Hawthorne 101). The significance of this is that it displays the hypocrisy in the society since although she is considered a witch and flaunts it, she has been left untouched because her past husband was once the magistrate and her brother, Bellingham, is the governor. Contrarily, the townsfolk will constantly harass Hester for adultery for being “proud” of her actions, which is ironic for the reason that she has been depicted as miserable for her crimes, while Hibbins has no shame for being a witch . As for Bellingham, he represents how those in power were the most hypocritical shown by the greed they had, but preach God to their followers. An illustration of this is when the author writes “but it is an error to suppose that our great forefathers made it a matter of conscience to reject such means of comfort, or even luxury, as lay fairly within their grasp” (Hawthorne 59). The quote demonstrates that due to his position in the city, Bellingham is capable of living a extravagently, rather than modestly as the Bible states.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables, the characters of young Matthew Maule and Alice Pyncheon mirror those of their descendents Holgrave Maule and Phoebe Pyncheon. Both portray what can happen in love when good meets evil. One relationship ends tragic with the loss of Alice, while the other ends happily with marriage.

Throughout the entire novel, Harper Lee managed to maintain certain characters as unprejudiced and principled individuals, who taught the people around them how to be fair and honest. Everything they did and said contributed to one of the main themes of the novel, moral education. Atticus Finch, Maudie Atkinson, Calpurnia, and Aunt Alexandria

As the eras changed, so did American culture. Literary works including The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, reveal two main characters who are alienated by their societies and who are not valued for their true worth as individuals. Both characters in these novels endure an identity crisis, which then leads to them become their own tragic hero/heroine. Both F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, depict characters that reinvent themselves in order to conform to their own ideas of how they should live and how people should perceive them. In each text, the main characters are both, in a way, trapped in their lifestyles. Jay Gatsby and Hester Prynne both rise from the ashes. Distraught over their pasts, but determined to create a new and better life for themselves, Jay Gatsby and Hester Prynne use every opportunity to better their situations. In the end, both characters leave their marks and leave us as readers to decipher their symbolic meaning.

values. Many of the characters in this classic novel display many Puritan values: making clothes for the poor, tending to those who are ill, and preaching God to the community. At the same time, though, most of them have committed some form of serious sin. In a way, the real question is, who is the “best” Puritan in The Scarlet Letter? Well, many believed that she was demonic due to the fact that she was ultimately created from sin, but in the end, there is no doubt that Pearl Prynne is the “best” Puritan.

“Her attire, which, indeed, she had wrought for the occasion, in prison…seemed to express the attitude of her spirit” (Hawthorne 51). The Scarlet Letter explores the strict relationship between religion and law. By the mid 1630’s many Puritans settled in Boston, Massachusetts, from England. The villages where they settled often included houses, a community garden and a meetinghouse where church services were held. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter utilizes the late 1600’s to reflect on how the church would deal with serious issues including adultery. This raises the question: how does Hawthorne develop characters to express the corruption of the 1600s and the relationship between church and government? Through the developing of key

To begin, in both novels, sin and knowledge are the source of all problems. In The Scarlett Letter, hypocrisy is a prominent theme. Hypocrisy in the eyes of religion, is a horrible sin to have. It has physically scarred Dimmesdale. Dimmesdale believes that “God knows and He is merciful” of his sins. Dimmesdale says that “[God proves] his mercy, most of all, in [Dimmesdale’s] afflictions” (The Scarlett Letter, 266). Since Dimmesdale is a sinner and keeps it a secret, God inflicts pain on his chest were the letter “A” should be. This is interpreted as a ‘sign’ of karma for his sins. Therefore, his knowledge of God and his sin makes him believe that this is his punishment for letting Hester take all the blame and are the ultimately the cause of his death. Another example of how sin causes problems is in Hester. In her care, the act of adultery ruins Hester’s life and reputation. To support, when