Tess's Passive Nature

She was always in denial about the people and her feelings that upset her and refused to believe that being hurt was part of her life. The man she thought she was going to marry and was deeply in love with, George, had jilted her at the altar and left her so traumatized that she could never get rid of the letters she had sent to him for they were all she had left to remember him, and was unable to get over her feelings for him. When Cornelia asks her if she wanted anything else, she replied, “Find [George] and be sure to tell him I forgot him. I want him to know I had my husband just the same and my children and my house like any other woman” (398). Though she claims that she has no memory of him, it is clear that she still remembers him since she if still thinking about him sixty years after he jilted her. She has tried to trick herself into believing that her life was fulfilling and that she had gotten all she wanted out of it. Unfortunately for her, this was not the case. She never broke the barrier between her perceptions and the real world, and instead chose to die in denial, showing that she was never strong enough to overcome her pain. Even all the way through her death, she was jilted once again by God. He left her with no sign that she would be ok, then thought to herself, “Oh, no, there’s nothing more cruel than this – I’ll

Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ science fiction story The Fixer takes place in Washington D.C. and Boston. Ivy is doing all she can to protect Tess. Tess’s sister, Ivy, put their grandpa in a nursing home because he had alzheimer disease. Tess then had to move to D.C with her sister. After the death of the supreme court justice, Theo Marquette, everything spirals down.

She couldn't handle being so closely exposed to something that she has avoided all of her life. It was going against all she believe in by bringing in a sense of reality and realism. She was raped by a man who knew her and made her face reality. He destroyed her, and in a way he eventually made her something of his.

However, it is through the events that happen to the heroine in opening of the bloody chamber that the reader gets the impression a similar situation has happened with his ex-wives- it becomes clear to the reader that once the heroine reaches sexual maturity that the Marquis feels as though he has to empower the female through the act of fearing him and causing pain in which he finds most pleasurable- this is evident when he describes ‘’the act of love as the act of torture’’- to the reader this seems fearful and we can imagine the act to be painful due to the connotations that can be taken from ‘’torture’. However- Carter employs a different approach from the young girl’s naïve nature, emphasising the dark nature of the gothic. It appears that she seems to gain a source of pleasure from being his seemingly ‘prey’: ‘’tender, delicious, ecstasy of excitement’’.

Frances enjoyed having a sister, but after all that, she started getting irritated by everyone’s flaws. When Frances changed, Hindley started to abuse his power. If Frances pointed out one flaw of Heathcliff, all the anger that was built up from the time his father had brought him in bursted out (46). The anger that started with Heathcliff was then used against everyone else. The house was then ruled with tyranny and all of the servants employed had left except for Ellen and Joseph because they understood where this behavior was coming from (65). This point is significant to earn an understanding of the novel since his hatred for Heathcliff causes him to act more despicable then he usually would have. So much hatred was built for Heathcliff

Rhys has successfully give the view of misogyny through her husband’s eyes and voice. His treatment of Antoinette is similar to the way the slaves treated. This is a reversal view to the way that Antoinette’s “friend” Tia felt in the beginning of the novel. Once a person is removed from their home and sent to a brand new place, their demeanor may change. Additionally, the person may have the need to transform yet, Antoinette’s husband decides to take advantage of Antoinette’s willingness and use it to his advantage for his misogynic ways. In Faizal Forrestor’s article “Who Stole the soul in ‘Wide Sargasson Sea?” the readers get an insight to the idea that Antoinette’s breakdown was a catalyst for her to escape her hardships she endured in life through the racial issues at home and her life with her husband. Purifying herself with the fire and escape through the literal hell will allow her to be who she is. “Thus, Antoinette's death is the result of her ongoing search for "a door opened" where she is "somewhere else, something else” an exit out of insanity, out of the "cardboard" world of Jane Eyre” (Forrester 38). Once Antoinette has succumbed to her death, one can say that she finally has the option to be who

Melinda notices that while in the car, Heather’s mom is watching her and she feels judged. She then tries to hide herself from Heather’s mom, but continues to look at her own reflection and comes to the conclusion that “The scabs on [her] lips are especially gross in that little rectangle mirror” proving that she is slowly deteriorating inside and out following her rape (Anderson 82). Throughout the novel, she constantly bites her lips as a nervous tick and they are always bloody and scabbed. She is aware of this and how disgusting they look but cannot stop, therefore it contributes to self-destruction of her body along with her mind. In another section of the book Melinda is scrutinizing the image that stares back at her in the mirror and she “push[es] her ragged mouth against the mirror. A thousand bleeding crusted lips push back” (125). Her lips are becoming irritated along with her mind. The thoughts she has about herself are twisted and always negative. She is destroying herself mentally which ultimately results in the adaptation of low self-esteem. Hart writes that, “she has little protection between her outer and inner self” proving that her thoughts are uncontrolled and lead to impulse habits that physically destroy her (Hart 264). Melinda is breaking apart, yet no one notices the subtle changes in her body that are the consequences of her self

She for an example persuaded her adopted daughter Estella to break Pip’s heart, because she knew he was so in love with her. Her actions “Burn” others, and possibly making other’s lives so miserable.

Unfortunately Isabella fell in with an evil man, Heathcliff. Their marriage was never about love and compassion it was about to the downfall of Edgar. Also he wanted to own the land. Isabella endured abuse from Heathcliff and could never go back home because Edgar disowned her. Isabella was trapped in an evil house, with an

At that moment Francis flew backwards as Tess stretched her hand and directed a purple wave energy at him. Eshe fell just as she started to stand seemingly confused as he awoke from sleep. They confiscated our weapons as they took us captive.

1. A passive-aggressive person can be annoying at times. They constantly live in a push-pull manner and they do not state what they want but instead they expect people to know what those needs are. Also, they rarely state their opinions, but we have to figure what their opinions are. For example, my sister, she is a passive-aggressive person when it comes to choosing restaurants to eat at or what food to eat. She will always say “up to you” but when I say A she will sigh or look mad. When she does that, I know that she doesn’t like my choice. Passive-aggressive could actually destroys the interpersonal relationship. All relationships with a person who is passive aggressive will become confusing, discouraging, and dysfunctional. I think it affects

Each character that partakes in Tess’ fall possess a quality of one of the deadly sins and maintain an industrial mindset seeing people as interchangeable objects. Tess’ parents reveal their thoughts of Tess being an object by making her do their work while Alec does the same by not considering what may effect Tess, and Angel follows this trend with giving Tess restrictions without showing any care for her. These qualities are easily distinguishable from all the experience I have with people which whom are my friends, acquaintances, and classmates that carry around prideful, lustful, and greedy

Jones makes the reader respect Dolores and realise that she can be caring and strong since she has made up for her past sins. This is shown when Dolores stands up for Mr Watts after he is murdered. “Sir. I saw you men chop up the white man. He was a good man. I am here as God’s witness.” Jones shows the reader that Dolores is so guilty about her theft being the cause of Mr Watts’s death that she can’t stand but stand up for him, even if it means her rape and death. Dolores continues to redeem herself when she sacrifices herself to stop Matilda being raped. “Please. Have mercy. See. She is just a girl. She is my only girl. Please I beg you. Not my darling Matilda.” Jones shows the reader that Dolores feels the same way about Matilda and they both love each other completely and that love is thicker than water. Dolores appears to the reader as a decent person at the end of the novel, protecting her daughter and standing up for the man who’s death she caused, redeeming her selfish act with a completely unselfish one.

. . . How can forgiveness meet such a prestidigitation as that?” (223). This reveals the injustice for women, that women must actively guard their purity with their lives while men have the luxury of making mistakes. Furthermore, for women, it matters not if she is a victim of a crime, as long as a woman is bereft of her purity, she is unworthy to be wed. In fact, the title of the fifth phase is “The Woman Pays,” suggesting that there is a debt for which Tess must be atoned. However, this debt is not inflicted upon Angel who was corrupt, nor for Alec who defiled Tess. This shows that punishment is reserved solely for women, which reflects on the cultural expectation of a woman’s purity. Despite all that Tess went through, she was able to become stronger because of it. As she told Angel of her woes, “Tess’s voice throughout had hardly risen higher than its opening tone; there had been no exculpatory phrase of any kind, and she had not wept” (222). The composure that Tess keeps as she recounts her tragic tale is an attestment to to how strong her experiences have made her. Another way in which Tess’s strength is revealed is through the aloof distance which she keeps while working in the fields with her child, even though her peers judge her because of her illegitimate child and impurity. Her maturity of strength is also revealed in the murder of Alec D’Urberville. For the first time, Tess stands up for the women in her culture and actively defies

Tess of the D’urbervilles is an extraordinarily beautiful book, as well as an extraordinarily moving one. Tess Durbeyfield, the daughter of a poor foolish peasant, who believes that he is the descendant of an ancient aristocratic family, first is seduced by Alec, the son of the neighboring family by the name of D’urbervilles. Then Tess encounters Angel Clare, a man of liberal mind and the son of a clergyman, and they fall in love with each other. On the evening of their wedding ceremony, Tess confesses to Angel her seduction by Alec, and then Angel abandons her and leaves for Brazil by himself. Subsequently Angel comes to understand his moral and intellectual arrogance and searches for Tess, only to find that the