Tess of the d’Urbervilles is a story about a young girl who had very tragic life growing up. Her father, John Durbeyfield, came across a major surprise that he was part of a lineage of family that is very wealthy, the d’Urbervilles. When Tess’ father and mother discover that they have a nearby relative of the d’Urbervilles, they send Tess to go and claim their kinship. When Tess arrives, Alec d’Urberville is immediately attracted to her and makes Tess the caretaker of his ill mother and soon after seduces Tess and rapes her. Tess then returns home and explains to her parents what happened and her parents are infuriated that she didn’t make Alec marry her so that they could inherit the wealth of the d’Urbervilles. Tess finds out that she is pregnant and gives birth to her son, Sorrow. Sorrow gets ill and dies as a baby and Tess is left traumatized by this event. Soon after Sorrow’s death, Tess leaves home and takes a journey to Talbothays Dairy and becomes a milkmaid to dairyman, Mr. Crick. While she is working for Mr. Crick, she meets a man named Angel Clare who she ends up marrying even though he does not know Tess’ past. After Tess and Angel get married, they confess to each other about their past and Tess forgave Angel but Angel could not forgive Tess of her past. Angel suggests that he should go away for a while and Tess should return home, and so they do. Tess eventually leaves home again and travels to Flintcomb and picks up work there. She makes up her
Blanche portrays herself as a refined and sophisticated woman, but when you get further into the story you realize that she’s neither of those things. Blanche pretends to be innocent and good while she has a very arresting past. Implying unhappy sexual relationships, alcohol abuse, and death, which she wants to hide from others. Blanche likes to seek approval from everyone she meets because it makes her feel wanted and loved. But, she feels complete loneliness even when she’s surrounded by others. It’s as if she’s on a quest to find someone who thinks she’s special and loves her unconditionally. Blanche is a symbolic character, an alcoholic, and an attention seeker.
she heads out to endeavor to get the arrangement for her own particular self. At the point when Tom finds her dead,
The fight for justice is not always unequivocal or favorable, sometimes justice is given by means that do not seem fair at all. William Styron says in a novel that life “is a search for justice.” It is blatant that throughout Khaled Hosseini's novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, female characters are continuously battered with injustices. Hosseini hones into the oppression of women and the fight for women empowerment through the life of one of his main characters, Mariam. Her journey is shown throughout the novel where she struggles to search for and understand justice.
In the story “A Secret Sorrow”, a woman by the name of Faye is battling a traumatic accident. The reference of the car accident sets the reader up for the tone of the story. In the beginning of chapter 11, Faye is very fragile woman. Something is making her feel distraught. When reading the first sentence “feel the blood drain from her face” (Van Der Zee 28) and “thought she was going to faint” (28), its not clear what permanent internal injury Faye has, as stated in the preface. In the following few paragraphs the author wrote, “clutched at him for support, fighting for control” and “legs were shaking so badly”. These descriptive statements of
And most importantly, she learns to forgive herself for the accidental murder of her mother and understands that the past is unchangeable and she have to move on for she is a person worthy of
Sarah Goldfarb suffered from an addiction to amphetamines which were prescribed to her as diet pills and also suffered from stimulant psychosis. Addiction is defined as a compulsive substance use despite the harmful consequences of said substance to ones health and life. Stimulant psychosis is a psychosis symptom which includes auditory and visual hallucinations, paranoia, and/or delusions which are caused by an overdose or high use of psychostimulants.
Tessie’s fate is foreshadowed in the beginning of the story when Mr. Summers says “Thought we were going to have to get on without you” (134).
Over the past few days, Jasper and Octavia have been trying to figure out the best way to get you and Murphy to date, considering the both of you are head over heels for one another.
Tess also struggles between the proper course and her own desires. She was born poor and, as a woman in a rigid social hierarchy, is expected to remain poor. Her heart, however, chooses to reject normal conventions as Tess falls madly in love with the wealthy Angel Clare. Angel himself has broken away from orthodoxy and, rather than being repulsed by her lowly status, becomes enamored by Tess’s beauty and humble charm. Unfortunately, the couple finds their love is not enough as the relationship is at the mercy of Angel’s parents’ opinion. As influential members of the
Can you recollect a person that you hate all the time? Is this person rude, not sociable, emotionally abusive, or just plain racist? In To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the novel digs deep into the roots of Social Classes. One of these classes, in particular, is “White Trash.” “White Trash” is a class that has the poor white people that don’t contribute much to society and sometimes even make the society worse. There is one character that everyone loathes in Maycomb, and he is Mr. Ewell. Harper Lee portrays Mr. Ewell and his kids as uneducated, racist, murderous pigs because of three reasons. This family disrespects other members of the community in cruel ways, abuses their power by accusing a black man of rape, and tries to kill two
Mrs. Jones offered kindness to Roger in many ways. Mrs. Jones taught Roger a lesson by making him understand that steal poketbooks is not something that you should do. Mrs. Jones gave food, and money to help Roger out. In the book it says, “When they were finished eating, she got up and said, “Now here, take this ten dollars and buy yourself some blue suede shoes.” (Page 359) This means, that in the book Mrs. Jones gave Roger 10 dollars to go buy his favorite shoes. Mrs. Jones made Roger wash his face because it was very dirty and she didn’t want him to go somewhere looking like that. The text states that, “Um-hum! Your face is dirty. I got a great mind to wash your face for you. Ain’t you got nobody home to tell you to wash your face. No’m,
“The ability to do something that frightens one.” This quotation shows that to have courage isn’t always when you are being brave but when you finish something that you start. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird” By Harper Lee, Many characters show the trait of courage throughout the book. It also shows many important parts of the book through these quotes that are shown. In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper lee Atticus shows the trait of courage a lot in the book. The next two quotes are ones that show that Jen is a person in the novel that shows the trait of courage when he tried to find boo. these quotes are ones that show that Dill has courage because he travelled by himself and because he he is a daredevil. In my three
When the virtuous Angel Clare becomes privy to information regarding the past indiscretion of new wife, Tess Durbeyfield, he is unable to cope with his feelings of betrayal. As a Result of Angel’s inability to accept Tess’ past, the pair spends a limited amount of time together in the days following their marriage and behave awkwardly in the public eye. Once Tess and Angel ultimately realize that their lives cannot continue on in the same manner they make the decision to separate for a period of time, Tess returning back to her home in Marlott. A point of dramatic irony develops during this undisclosed phase of separation as Angel’s mother provides Angel with her acceptance of Tess as his wife. This fosters dramatic irony as Angel’s mother
In Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird,” Mayella Ewell, a young woman as well as the daughter of Bob Ewell, lives a life of insolence and isolation in the town of Maycomb. As a Ewell, which they are familiarized as being vulgar, uneducated, and indigent, Mayella is disrespected by the people of Maycomb as well as by her father. During the court case, Atticus shows courtesy towards Mayella by addressing her as a miss and a ma’am, which is not surprising for his values of equality. Mistaking his manners with sarcasm, she replies with, “Won’t answer a word you say as long as you keep mockin’ me” (pg.181). Harper Lee is demonstrating the amount of disregard Mayella faces in her life, so much that courtesy can’t be identified as just that. Mayella finds that Atticus is ridiculing her for what she doesn’t have, respect from others. With a reputation such as Mayella’s, people treat her like an outcast. Her lonely life can be a reason to explain why she always asked for Tom Robinson’s company, she wanted to experience friendship and perhaps love for the first time. Her loneliness was so clear to see, even Scout, who still has their childhood-innocent mind, can see through it. Scout compares Mr.Dolphus Raymond’s “mixed children” to Mayella because they both don’t know where to stand in their social class, “white people wouldn’t have anything to do with her because she lived among pigs; Negroes wouldn’t have anything to do with her
Throughout Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, the character Jean Valjean, the Patron-Minette, and Gavroche have a lot in common. What defines them as people, though, are their actions in life and the actions of others. Hugo emphasizes how the lack of those things (education and kindness) leads to criminal ways and an ungratified way of life. No one has shown them affection or kindness which leads them to believe society is mean and they develop hatred towards it. Not one of them were educated, which leads to ignorance and a lack of opportunities in life, which leads to crime in the long run.