Rita's Heartbreaking The Relationship Between Woodrow And Rita

Rita notices his sad expression and asks him what was bothering him. Phil tries to explain to her that he was stuck on the same day, but she would not believe him. To prove that it was true, he begins stating random facts about people in the café. Surprised, Rita spends the whole day with him. At the end of the day, while they were discussing the situation, Rita tells him that he should think of this “curse” as an

Nick is aware that Daisy is not Catholic and that Tom’s response shows his duplicitous nature. Once Myrtle’s husband finds out that she has been unfaithful to him, he decides that he and Myrtle are leaving town, which marks the end of the relationship between Tom and Myrtle. If Tom had possessed the same feelings toward Myrtle as she did for him and had cared about their future together, he would have married her and avoided Myrtle’s husband taking her away and her no longer being part of his life. Nick, as an outside observer of Tom and Myrtle’s relationship, realizes that the lack of mutual feelings and willingness to make a commitment result in the dissolution of the relationship. By understanding the reasons behind the failure of their relationship, Nick arrives at an understanding that, for a relationship to be successful, there must be mutual commitment between the parties.

The destroying of relationships is one of the lasting effects that occur when the consequences of feuds, grudges and revenge take place. In the novel, Fences by August Wilson, an African American character named Troy has the grudge of thinking he couldn't play major league baseball because of his color. Because of this, he prevents giving his son, Cory the privilege of playing football. His wife, Rose then tries to tell him he didn't make it big because of his old age. He replies with, “What do you mean too old? Don’t come telling me I was too old. I just wasn’t the right color. Hell, I’m 53 years old and can do better than Selkirk's .269 right now!” (Wilson, 39) Here, Troy is expressing his feelings and discussing how he was not too old to play baseball, but his skin color was the main problem.

A5: Based on what the book said Rita really didn’t miss her parents, she actually enjoyed being away from home and she really connected to

“They’d been married only six months but already they were in a pattern, like the Garcias down the block who did everything the same way on the same day, all year” (Rosales 306). Josie lives day in and day out living with her abusive husband, Ramon, and doesn’t know how to get out of the relationship. “When he arrived he expected a good dinner to be on the table at the right temperature exactly five minutes after he walked in the door. He yelled if she didn’t get it right and sometimes even if she did (Rosales 306). It is an unhealthy pattern that she has become accustomed to.

When Allie reads this in the newspaper, all her feelings for Noah returned. Confused, Allie decided to go back home. Allie wanted and needed to see this house. While in the town, Noah sees Allie from a store window. Noah is in shock, wants her back. Allie shows up to the house he renovated and can’t believe her eyes. After all these years and separation, Noah made the house exactly has he had promised her. It is evident she feels the same way, but she now has a fiancé. Allie decides to spend the days with Noah and this time became as it was when they were teenagers. Noah wants forever, Allie is confused because she is to be married soon. Noah asks her to stay with him but she can’t. Noah tells Allie that he stills loves her, he never stopped. Noah asks "What do you want?" Allie repeatedly cries, “I don’t know”, but he does not take this as an answer. Noah does not want to lose her for a second time. Allie screams she has to go and tells him this is not right, she is about to be married. Allie leaves Noah and heads back to the hotel. Now Allie is confused and has to decide which love she wants. Noah stops reading the notebook and Allies memories fade after a few minutes again. Allie doesn’t know who the man that is sitting next to her and starts screaming for help. A nurse runs in the room to help her and asks Noah to please leave and to stop reading to her, this will not help.

She aches to be part of an elite class like Daisy, but instead, she is married to a man who is hard working and honest but does not have the passion that she craves. Wilson, Myrtle's dumb witted husband, owns a garage. Because Wilson is a passive aggressive character, he does not want to admit to himself that his wife would cheat on him, even though Tom makes it apparent that Myrtle is more his wife or "property" than she will ever be to Wilson. For example, when Tom visits Myrtle at the garage Myrtle orders Wilson to fetch some chairs while she gives her true lover a warm greeting.

As Myrtle’s relationship with George Wilson deteriorates and she is disenchanted with his limited lifestyle, she desires more and thus when she meets Tom he offers her this. In some distorted way, Myrtle thinks that Tom will leave his beautiful wife Daisy and marry her, Tom doesn’t truly see the relationship between Myrtle and himself being a true relationship, he just believes she is someone he can call upon unannounced and use her for a sexual relationship. But Myrtle has other plans for the two of them. This is made clear when he breaks Myrtle’s nose we she mentioned his wife’s name: “‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy Dai-‘Making a short deft movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand” (Fitzgerald, 1926)This harsh action implied by Tom, really puts Mrs. Wilson in her place, making her come to her sense of what she can and cannot say. This reaction from Tom signifies that it is not a pure love existing between them. Further, Myrtle’s desire for the material goods Tom can provide shapes her conception of their alleged love, which is evidently greatly distorted as shown through Tom’s treatment of her.

In the beginning of the story, Rita acts very impatient and likes to do things when they are supposed to be done. When Aunt Darlene decides to help an old man who lost his dog, she acts annoyed. “Darlene, he’s one of those mumblers. Come on.” (Page. 53) She would rather not help an old man in favor of getting to her orchestra rehearsal on time, and expects others to hurry so that she can do her own thing on time. She would even rush while driving to get where she is supposed to be. When Aunt Darlene gives Rita her car to drive so that she can get to her rehearsal on time, Rita drives quickly on the road. “I drove just under the speed limit.” (Page. 54) Rita is so anxious about getting to the rehearsal on time, that she would even risk her

is not quite good enough. Rita wants to be of a higher status than her

Elaine is able to cope with the memory of Cordelia, by establishing relationships with others who closely resemble her. Her affair with Josef symbolizes twinning with Cordelia as he treats her with disrespect. Cordelia was always trying to reform Elaine. She tormented her by watching all her movements, making sure to correct anything she was unsatisfied with. “‘Don’t hunch over’ says Cordelia ‘Don’t move your arms like that’”.

Initially, when Bill asks her how she is enjoying her book, she responds that “it is great.” However, in the very next scene she remarks that“[Faulkner] is boring” (Ives 5-6). Bill proceeds to comment that she may have previously disliked Faulkner because “[she] might not have been ready for him,” noting that “you have to hit these things at the right moment or it’s no good” (Ives 7). Betty’s unpredictable pattern of general like and dislike towards Faulkner is a clear metaphor for her unstable pattern of either accepting or rejecting Bill’s attempts at conversation. These varying reactions are influenced by the individual timing and circumstances produced in each distinct scene. In some instances, Bill barely gets the chance to sit at the same table as Betty; in others, they fall deeply in love before the night is over. Like Bill says, if the timing is off in even the most insignificant way, the potential relationships is “no good.” In this way, the play is further expressing the theme that even the strongest potential relationships may often rest solely on a blind combination of luck, timing, and

Frank’s attempt to make Rita understand is completely wasted upon her at this moment in time, but is funny and keeps the audience interested to see if Rita will ever appreciate “Good literature.” These comedic situations, juxtaposed with the more seriously natured ones, such as when Rita’s flatmate attempts suicide, work well. I will now explore the serious themes, and how they contribute to the play. I believe the main and most important theme of the play is social divide.

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How does Rita and Franks Relationship change between Act one scene 1 and Act 2 scene 1?