Princess Masamassima Character Analysis

In the beginning of the novel, Princess Alyss is characterized as mischievous, endearing, and naive. Alyss loves to play pranks such as “dropping jollyjellies from an open window and watching them splat on the guards below” (Beddor 11). Instead of behaving like a proper princess, she prefers getting into trouble with her best friend, Dodge. However, her pranks are never mean spirited; Alyss just enjoys having fun. Although Alyss is mischievous, her father finds Alyss to be a “delightful creature” (19). Besides her parents, other adults who even sometimes find themselves as Alyss’s targets, such as Bibwit Harte, find Alyss to be endearing. They appreciate her playfulness and are charmed by her. Since Alyss is so accustomed to people loving her, she barely questions, “Where did you come from?” when a kitten randomly appears as a birthday present for her (41). Alyss is naive and never suspects that anyone would want to hurt her and her family. She is easily tricked into bringing The Cat into the palace. Despite her faults, Alyss is loved by many, but her sheltered life has left her vulnerable to The Cat and his master, Redd.

Learning that Hugh has not been home yet, Deborah rushes off to the mill with food for him, her fatigue vanished in the face of her desire to care for Hugh. It soon becomes even more apparent to infer from Deborah’s “painful eagerness” to please him that she is in love with Hugh (8). In these opening pages we see not only Deborah’s affection for Hugh, but that this affection is merited: for we see also Hugh’s gentle nature as he does what he can to protect Janey and to care for Deborah by sending her to sleep on the warm iron ash until he can take her home at the end of his shift (8). Yet, as Deborah watches Hugh work, she acknowledges that “in spite of all his kindness, . . . there was that in her face and form which made him loathe the sight of her. . . . [D]own under all the vileness and coarseness of his life, there was a groping passion for whatever was beautiful and pure” (9). The initial use of Deborah as a focal character, then, allows the revelation of Hugh as a kind human being who is loved by those to whom he shows kindness; it also establishes his artistic love of beauty and thus strengthens the effect of his kindness to the hunchbacked Deborah.

Castel shares the exact same anxieties in his waking life; although he is a highly respected painter, he despises critics because he is paranoid about their opinion of him. He is also recklessly fretful that Maria will leave him or that she doesn’t care about him. As he encounters more and more of his surroundings, Castel finds that his “first adolescent loves were being reborn in the house, with the same trembling and sensations of sweet madness and fear and joy” (88). His “adolescent loves” are symbolic of the love that he is unearthing through Maria. Since Castel has not experienced a true and substantial relationship, he clings to it as if he were a child holding dearly onto its mother. These “adolescent loves” also suggest that he cannot develop an adult relationship with Maria and that they he has childish and unrealistic intentions. Castel’s “sweet madness” foreshadows his eventual turn towards insanity after he realizes he cannot have the person who gave his life purpose and gave him a sense of fulfillment. When Castel awakes, he concludes that the house in the dream was Maria. The house denotes obscurity by being “dark” and by him often being lost within it. Maria is a cryptic woman who sometimes gives Castel definition but often leads him astray. Because of her puzzling

One of Roderick's fears was death. He was from a well-known and honored family, and he and his sister were the last of the long line of Usher descendants. His sister, Madeline, had been fighting a severe and long-continued illness for quite some time, which had added to much of Roderick's gloom. " Her decease, would leave him the last of the ancient race of the Ushers." Roderick seemed not only to fear the death of his sister and ultimately of himself, but also the uncertainty of the future. "I dread the events of the future, not only in themselves, but in their results. I shudder at the thought of any, even the most trivial incident, which may operate upon this intolerable agitation of soul."

The symbolic meaning of the Incurable Wound is used to show the psychological impact of Georgiana’s insecurity about the birthmark because of Aylmer’s lack of acceptance of her natural beauty. “Research has primarily focused on the consequences of exposure to beauty advertising

In Nathaniel Hawthorne 's “The Birthmark”, we find the tragic story of a woman named Georgiana who sacrificed her life for the sake of appeasing her husband, Aylmer. What did Georgiana do that it was more favorable for her to die than to continuing to displease her husband? Georgiana, who was otherwise hailed as incomparably beautiful, had a birthmark on her face. Aylmer desired this to remove this birthmark, which he considered the one thing keeping her from being “perfect”, from her face. In an attempt to remedy his wife’s “imperfection”, Aylmer makes an elixir for her to drink. While this elixir successfully removes the birthmark, the same elixir also causes Georgiana to die soon after. This story brings to light several examples of how society belittles women and puts their desires below the desires of men.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: there can be many different perspectives seen in a poem. One individual could read a poem as depressing and another can perceive it as a new beginning. One’s views rests on individual perspectives. For example, Edgar Allen Poe’s writing is dark and controversial. In my essay I will argue that Poe was not in his right mind and he was driven mad with evidence throughout his short story “The Tell-Tale Heart”.

The disorderly atmosphere of Wuthering Heights, generated by Heathcliff’s raucous behavior causes Catherine to gravitate towards a more uncivilized and mannerless version of herself. Several times, Catherine snaps at others and throws furious tantrums, as she scolds and even slaps Nelly for cleaning in Edgar’s prescence. The rambunctious setting of Wuthering Heights conjures a different Catherine, where, “to pracise politeness...would only be laughed at,” influencing her to act on rebellious

Portrayed as spiritual and intellectual in contrast with his crude laboratory assistant Aminadab, Aylmer becomes disturbingly obsessed with a birthmark on his wife’s countenance. The plot of the short story revolves around the man’s attempt in removing the mark, which results in the death of Georgiana. In the very beginning of the story, the audience discovers through the narration that Aylmer views his wife’s birthmark as more than a congenital, benign irregularity on the skin. In reality, the primary reason why he becomes severely obsessed with the birthmark is because in his eyes, the mark symbolizes something. Aylmer proceeds to further clarify his inner thoughts by replying to his wife, “This slightest possible defect, which we hesitate whether to term a defect or a beauty, shocks me, as being the visible mark of earthly imperfection” (Mays 340). Although Georgiana is initially mortified and even goes as far to question the existence of the marriage between them, the narration later sheds light and explains that the precise reason why Aylmer is excessively bothered with the birthmark is because he regards Georgiana as virtually the embodiment of perfection. As a consequence, perceiving a flaw on his wife’s image that clashes with the concept of her beauty inevitably leads him to feel aggrieved and begin to judge the birthmark as a dangerous blemish residing on her skin.

Whereas, Singleton is unwilling to see the truth, Rowland Mallet, on the other hand, is awakening from this illusion, and what he discovers is his own complicity in the creation of a self-obsessed artist who is in constant need of flattery. For that reason, one cannot help, but feel a tad sorry for Rowland Mallet whose intentions were, to some extent, charitable towards Roderick, yet, at the same time, they are also self-aggrandising in that he hopes to elevate his own social standing. Put simply, Rowland Mallet desires Roderick’s artistic genius, and the only way he can achieve this is by paying for it financially, which, in turn, exacts an emotional toll. Nevertheless, there is also the possibility that Rowland desires the beautiful sculptor

While, Singleton journeys back to tell them the devastating news of Roderick’s demise, Rowland Mallet for seven long hours stands vigil over the corpse. During this time, the wealthy patron accuses “himself of cruelty and injustice” (231) towards his fallen protégé. What is more, Mallet reasons, “he would have lain down there in Roderick’s place to unsay the words that had yesterday driven him forth on his lonely ramble.” (231-232) What Rowland fears and dreads now becomes a reality, when his dead friend is brought back to the inn thus inviting the women to cry and it is precisely that cry which “still lives in Rowland’s ears.” (232) Since that tragic day, Rowland occasionally sees Miss Garland in Northampton in the vain hope that she will

Victor is taught at a young age that beauty is something to be highly appreciated based off his family’s values. Elizabeth is described as “fair, and very thin. Her hair was the brightest living gold… a crown of distinction on her head.” (30) Elizabeth’s beauty made her stand out to Victor’s parents, her seeming to be the only plausible choice among the other children. Her precious looks attract the main focus of anyone who lays eyes on her, reinforcing the priority of beauty over other qualities. His parent’s prejudice towards the other, more undesirable babies, lead to them choosing Elizabeth as the one to shower their love upon.

From the “Ms. Marvel “Tell me why my precious Kamala has suddenly become a reckless disobedient girl I barely recognize” the statement has move me when I was reading the comics novel. I found out that kamala intension was not to disobey her parents, instated she wants to have freedom to achieved her goals. The reason why her character and behavior was changed is because of the oppression that faced women in our society. She wanted to look perfect and beautiful. Her friend reactions makes her think that she was not exited before them. Kamala was ashamed of here self being not be able to dress perfectly. The inferiority complex she felt makes him not to pay attention for her parent advice I don’t think that women has to be a victim of the oppression

The nature of their illnesses also reflect the gender roles of the era. While Roderick’s illness amplifies his senses, Madeline’s disease, described as “a settle apathy, a gradual wasting away of the person”, dampens hers, reducing her into an ‘barely-there’, almost ghostly, individual. Roderick is able to isolate himself from the outside world to spare him from the torture

Moshe Dayan, an Israeli military leader and politician, once exclaimed that “Freedom is the oxygen of the soul.” Humans need to have freedom in order to live happily, similar to how the body needs oxygen to survive. Without liberation, one will start to break down mentally and physically. In the novel, Princess Masako, written by Ben Hills, Masako Owada is a commoner that was very studious, outspoken, and she enjoyed playing softball as well as tennis; she experiences the feeling of having no freedom. This story uncovers the harsh reality of Masako’s journey before and after marrying the prince of the Chrysanthemum throne, Naruhito Hironomiya, which includes her moving to many places with her family, her efforts in getting a job, and her