Lelia Alternate Ending Essay

His innocent attempt to reject the Queen and remain loyal to his beloved turned into a life-threatening situation when the offended Queen reports the events in a manner that looks as though Lanval had attempted seduce the Queen and after being rejected, insulted her with the mention of his beloved so beautiful that even the chambermaids that waited on her were more beautiful than the Queen. Lanval is put on trial and given the choice to either expose this woman he speaks of as real rather than someone made up with the intent of insulting the Queen, or to

On the other hand, Lanval promises the mysterious lady that he would let the lady take control of his life, and therefore he is weak in his own character. On page 74, Lanval states that “Fair lady, if it were to please you to grant me the joy of wanting to love me, you could ask for nothing that I would not do as best I could, be it foolish or wise. I shall do as you bid and abandon all others for you.” In other words, Lanval is offering to do anything to just have her to want to love him. When he states that he would do anything she asks, “be it foolish or wise”, he essentially announces that he would do anything for the woman with reckless abandon. He, therefore, denies the ability to tell the lady “no”. His reckless abandon reveals that he does not value himself, which demonstrates

Later in the story, the reader experiences the power of the queen when Lanval denies her offer to love him.

Livia tried not to put any thoughts toward her husband's new acquisition. The dark haired man fought like a caged animal and seemed always at the ready to lunge for anyone's throat, with a quiet sort of anger that was hard to detect. She was a bit frightened of him to be sure yet she also was... curious. Where did one find such a creature, thrown into the Abyss and pulled back a changed man? She never asked of the men and women her husband found in the market when they arrived in their service, aside from a few of the body slaves who she became close with.

Connie, a stereotypical fifteen year old girl, views her life and her family with dissatisfaction. Jealous around her twenty-four year old sister, June, despite June’s outward plainness, and tense around her irksome mother, Connie escapes to the mall with her friends. She and her clique of friends

When Lelia got her first glance of Owen, her mouth dropped open, and her flirtatious eyes widened, followed by an exaggerated, methodical blink. Her feet felt as if they were glued to the shiny tiled floor as she stopped, paralyzed in awe with no chance to compose herself. However she snapped out of her trance when she heard a decidedly familiar voice say, “Lelia Elizabeth Russell, what are you doing downstreet?”

Starting off with a picture of how days were when she experienced her fifth-grade summer, the author adds in details that seem so minuscule, and unimportant to set the setting. The information about the cost of riding a trolley and the ice truck driving around on a hot day with blocks of ice provides the readers with the background of her story. In addition, by using diction that the author used as a child, such as “that-old-thing” and “help-him-out,” she brings the story to life as if it were still the 1900s. Every tiny detail that the author remembers about her childhood shown in this passage proves to the readers how important her fifth-grade summer was to her.

Sammy lives in a town that is not adequate for his form of lifestyle which. The biggest building is the food store that he works at and the local church. Because of the lack of activities in the town Sammy thinks that the townspeople would go to the local beach. With the beach being only five miles away, Sammy thinks that it would be a popular pastime, but that is far from the truth because “there 's people in this town haven 't seen the ocean for twenty years” (322). The idea that the townspeople are content staying at home instead of going to a beach shows Sammy that they are stuck in a daily routine where nothing can be out of place. Breaking out of the norm is too farfetched for even his coworker Stokesie, who has no issues continuing the life that the town expects. At the age of twenty-two “Stokesie 's married, with two babies chalked up on his fuselage already” (321). Sammy is nineteen, and he feels as if

As Lelia’s belly continued to grow, the winter of ‘55 felt endless, followed by a spring that brought copious amounts of wind and hard-driving rain. As a result, the raw cold air escorting the early springtime rains in Maine kept Lelia and her children chilled to the bone, as well as hardworking: stoking the fires until the end of April.

True, Lelia flirted with Owen as she had with William Randall, III the year before. However, her heart belonged to Samuel Truman, and she had hoped he’d be asking for her hand in marriage before he left

I lifted my first forkful of, well, whatever this meat is, and carefully placed it in my mouth. My eyes eased shut in amazement as the perfectly cooked square of pure happiness collided with my tongue. Never in my life have I tasted something so magnificent; so – satisfying. My eyes snapped open and I shoveled more of the gourmet meal into my mouth. Potatoes, corn, beans, and my favorite: a warm biscuit topped with melted butter. This meal reminded me of the good ol' days. Back when we had it all.

Aralia had been born pale grey almost all over. Now her coat was a deep silver colour with puffs of milky white fur at her neck. Her long nose was a blond colour too and showed up her deep brown eyes. Her hair was still a wiry cap but one day would grow to cascade down in silvery veils. M hounds have very, very long tails but, certainly, Aralia’s was truly amazing! She was young enough to let her tail fur loose so it flowed out behind her as she skimmed by all in her path— so fast it made Caty dizzy to watch her.

She looks forward to moving away like others in her town. She admits she will not be missed at her job and at nineteen, without the former protection of her older brothers, she is beginning to feel "herself in danger of her father's violence.” This danger she sees is taken away when she meets her suitor, the sailor, Frank who promises her a better life away from these hardships she has faced.

My thirteen-year-old mind could not handle waiting idly in an uncomfortable, wooden chair. By that time, my powdered makeup had turned into beads of liquid. “Can we please leave,” I yelled “we’re going to be late!” In response to no response, I stood up from my chair and marched into my cousin’s room. I was startled as I walked in on one of the most frantic scenes I had ever witnessed. There were clothes sprawled on the floor, makeup powder on the dresser and jewelry on the bed. My cousins and aunts were running around the room; some were getting ready, some were arguing and some were talking on the phone. The mixture of heat and expensive perfume was asphyxiating. “We’re going to miss the trip tia !” I failed to understand why I was the only person who was ready. We had all been aware of our reservations for the party boat in Old San Juan for almost a week.

A bewildered Clym answers "It is very beautiful. But will you be mine?". Eustacia then asks even more questions about Paris, such as, "Now tell me of the Tuileries, and the Louvre." (Page201). Frustrated with the lack of a solid answer from Eustacia, Clym cries "I hate talking of Paris!", but this does not stop Eustacia's constant flow of questions about the city. This is definitely not the expected response to a proposal of marriage, and further evidences that Eustacia is more interested in a possible life in Paris than the love of Clym Yeobright.