Jude the Obscure
There are many prominent themes that run throughout the film Jude - the themes of love and marriage and what's socially accepted are two of the most prevalent. As these themes, among others, are portrayed throughout the film, it is blatantly clear that the society in which Jude, and his cousin / "wife" Sue, are confined within, has their own set beliefs regarding what is right and what is wrong. These "social bindings" are inflicted upon Jude and Sue both individually and as "husband and wife" throughout the film. One of the very first scenes in the film shows Jude and Phillotson, his schoolmaster, walking together. Apparently, Phillotson is leaving the small town of Marygreen and is headed for
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Sue recognizes her own intelligence and potential for a satisfying career in teaching, and marries Phillotson partly out of a desire for a pleasant work environment. She attempts to resist a romantic relationship with Jude, but falls in love with him nonetheless. Yet by marrying Phillotson, Sue hopes not only to protect her reputation, but to achieve the traditional and accepted lifestyle of a married woman. She does like Phillotson, despite his age, yet is unable to become attracted to him. Phillotson tries very hard to preserve at least the external appearance of a typical marriage. As a man, he is legally permitted to force Sue to stay in his bed and even sleep with him. For this reason, he is viewed with contempt by society when he eventually permits her to leave him. However, his understanding brings him only more difficulty, as he is personally blamed for Sue's disobedience of what is considered the societal norm. Jude and Sue are both able to obtain divorces from their previous marriages - Sue to Phillotson and Jude to his wife Arabella. Therefore, they are now able to marry one another. Jude decides that he can be happy not being legally married to Sue, as long as he is with her. The couple does not tell their neighbors that they are not married, yet live as if they were. This results in the two being considered sinful by people around them - another example of society's obvious moral values at the time. Eventually, Arabella informs
The book I would like to tell you about is called Among the Hidden. The author of this book is Margaret Peterson Haddix. In this book, there is a boy named Luke Garner who has never been able to leave his backyard. He has only been able to quickly peak through blinds for fear of being seen. Until the day the workers started cutting the trees down, Luke was able to experience a little fresh air while rough-housing with his brothers in their isolated backyard farmland. The reason for this is because of the population law. The government believed that there wasn’t enough food to feed the growing population, so they made the law that there is only a maximum of two children allowed in each family. That meant that Luke was an illegal third
In marriage, a man should possess certain qualities in order to be a good husband, and he must provide both financial, and personal support. In the novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, characters Logan Killicks, Joe Starks, and Tea Cake all have some of these qualities in their marriages. Janie’s first husband Logan does not provide support for her and has very poor qualities in their marriage, in fact, he requires Janie to do unnecessary work on his farm, therefore, he is not a good husband. Furthermore, in her next marriage, she is overshadowed by Joe Starks, a selfish entrepreneur that provides her with financial support, but does not support her needs and desires. Nevertheless, Janie obtains a third husband, Tea Cake, who has exceptional
In this marriage, Janie is viewed more as a possession to Jody rather than his wife. Janie’s freedom of speech and expression is suppressed by Jody (Hurtson 77-85). Due to this marriage, Janie’s hopes of love were shattered once again.
“This is the moment between before and after, the pivot point upon which story, like a plate, spins.” “pg.1” Jude hasn’t been the same since his little sister, Lily, drowned seven years ago when she was four. Jude was supposed to be watching her, but he was playing his videogames. He found her at the bottom. Since the accident, he keeps more to himself, he doesn’t tell a lot of people his feelings and he doesn’t let people into his heart. His mom has been a wreck but his father has picked himself up a bit and goes running to clear his head.
When reading Jandy Nelson’s I’ll Give You The Sun, the presence of foreshadowing allows the reader to gain a deeper insight into Jude’s life, shedding light onto the greater theme of fate. At a young age, Jude falls in love with a drawing Noah did of a man. She would do anything for that drawing, even trade the metaphorical sun. Jude’s extreme desire for the sketch is demonstrated when she replies, “‘Oh all right,’ she says, totally surprising me. ‘I’ll give you the sun.’ ‘I practically have everything now!’ I say. ‘You’re crazy!’ ‘But I have him.’ She carefully rips the naked english guy out of my sketchbook” (Nelson 74). Jude felt as if the english man was speaking to her, drawing her towards the portrait. This unexplainable connection foreshadows
The aspects of marriage was the first of the three criticized by Irving. Irving does this by showing the physical abuse between the main character Tom and his wife. It is mentioned that whenever people walk past their home and hear the arguments between the two, they appear thankful they aren’t married. An example from the story to show this is “Her voice was often heard in wordy warfare
2. “She had no thought at all of causing Nel pain when she bedded down with Jude. They had always shared the affection of other people: compared how a boy kissed, what line he used with one and then the other. Marriage, apparently, had changed all that, but having had no intimate knowledge of marriage, having lived in a house with women who thought all men available, and selected from among them with a care only for their tastes, she was ill prepared for the possessiveness of the one person she felt close to” (119). -From what I understand, this passage appears to include Sula’s reasons for sleeping with Jude.
In addition, the woman needs some freedom in the marriage, which is demonstrated through Janie’s marriage with Joe Starks, whose overbearing nature ultimately caused his marriage with Janie to deteriorate. Although Janie did eventually find her true love, Tea Cake, at the end of the novel, she demonstrated the ultimate act of womanhood by shooting her husband and true love in order to save her own life. This analysis most likely implies that a marriage must be fair to the woman, but the woman must not lose herself in her marriage and be defined by the man in the relationship. Instead, the woman should maintain a clear sense of self and treat her partner as an equal, rather than putting the partner before
Her change through out the film is a prime example of the effect of breaking conventions. At the beginning of the film Marry sue is the typical party girl that doesn’t care for much other then
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