The Governess Character Analysis

In the novel Sold by Patricia McCormick, Lakshmi is a 13 year old mountain girl who lives in Nepal. She has been sold to somebody as a prostitute for 10,000 rupees but she doesn't know that. The value of a human life is more than just a dollar amount.

Here the author points out that the Grandmother “lurches from one strategy to another” (9) in an attempt to save herself. Almost as though the death of her family does not affect her, she exhausts all of her “manipulative techniques” (9) and ruses until her ultimate demise. While this argument may seem harsh, it is helpful because it allows students to see multiple layers of the character. It offers an opinion that students may not have been exposed to, and in the process, illuminates a more well-rounded character. In a sense, it pulls back the mask she carefully creates to reveal new aspects of her, ultimately making her a more interesting character to study.

The second visitation of the ghost of Peter Quint also occurs while the governess is by herself. As the governess, the children, and Mrs. Grouse are preparing for church, the governess goes back into the house to retrieve gloves she sees a visage of the same man she saw at the tower. When Mrs. Grose sees her face she immediately asks what is wrong. The governess goes on to describe the man that she has seen in an odd mixture of attraction and revulsion. This adds question to the reader on the subject of the validity of the testimony of the visitations

But either way I don’t believe the governess saw the ghosts based on two main factors; first being, her vague description of Miss Jessel, and secondly, the fact Mrs Grose never saw either of the ghosts. I think the children need protection from the governess and her imagination. The governess comes across to have an unbalanced behaviour which doesn’t go well with the children. I also think madness links into the fact the governess is hallucinating. I believe the hallucinations have lead the governess to get carried away, which slowly turned her insane and made her very over-protective towards the children.

1) The Virginian: The Virginian was a man of justice and order. He strived to keep peace and make sure everything was fair. He was clean and orderly. The Virginian is a cowboy in Wyoming. He is good with people. He is a strong man that fights for himself and justice. When he was faced with Balaam, he attacked and won against him. Balaam was the horse killer, and since the Virginian saw Balaam trying to beat the horse, he became infuriated and killed Balaam. He falls in love at first sight upon meeting Molly Wood.

The intersection of Maribel’s and Mayor’s lives is significant to both of them for various reasons. Mayor gives Maribel someone to talk to and have a friend that would have her back through it all as well as allowing her to escape from her usual life and the boring schedule that she has been accustomed to. Mayor soon becomes protective of Maribel as she is more susceptible to bullies, like Garrett who tried to sexually assault her, because of her injury. When Mayor saw Maribel at the gas station, it was love at first sight for him mostly for her beauty but also because they were both viewed as ‘outsiders’ in America. He tries to protect her from the evil in the world around her and make sure she is happy and comfortable. He gains a friend from

The film, Ordinary People, relies solely on the realistic interactions between “ordinary” people living through “extraordinary” circumstances. It examines the dynamics of families and reveals the different parts of dependencies. It also looks into a type of client/therapist relationship and how it evolves over time. Healing, communication, and relationships are illustrated very well in this film. Ordinary People presents a family catastrophe and how the resulting trauma plays itself out among the survivors. The two models I have chosen are Structural Family Therapy Theory & Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Theory.

In the governess's insane pseudo-reality and through her chilling behavior, she managed to bring downfall to Flora and Miles, the children of Bly. With compulsively obsessive actions, irrational assumptions, and demented hallucinations, the governess perceived ghosts bearing evil intentions were attempting to corrupt and destroy the children she had taken the role of care for. In reality, the governess herself brought tragedy to the children through her own selfishness and insanity.

Miles represents a socially and sexually corrupt figure by the ghost of Peter Quint who violated status on two occasions. His being “too free” with Miles leads to controversy as well as his love affair with the previous governess. The governess’s knowledge on the history behind Quint and Miles changes drastically as she learns more information to discover truth. Her rejection of the idea that Miles could be “bad” transforms into an obsession noting his every action in hopes to reveal that the children are being possessed by ghosts. Despite the connotation of Quint’s clash of class boundaries, the text also suggests the potential homosexual nature of his association with Miles. Therefore, the ghost of Quint stands for everything the Governess is afraid of, and his sense of menace dictates Miles living through his identity.

As Mayor of Springfield, I will encounter a multitude of issues while trying to make this community healthier. One of the largest challenges is making sure that all people are able to receive a decent education. This problem was illustrated in the book when Wes Moore’s mother paid a large sum of money in order to send him to a more prestigious school. The schooling in his community did not seem to have teachers that wanted to teach the children or believed that they could succeed in going to college or receiving a job later in life. It is essential for our community to have good public schooling, so that even those in poverty can learn just as much and as well as those who are more wealthy.

The Governess could be the hero of the story right away. The story begins with her taking a new job in Bly, caring for two children, for a man she does not really know, completely on her own. Now, if the ghosts that she claims to be seeing are real, then her heroism shows throughout the entire story as she tries to save and shield the children from these ghosts. She shows nothing but love towards the children, even stating “My conclusion bloomed there with the real rose-flush of his innocence: he was only too fine and fair for the little horrid unclean school-world, and he had paid a price for it.”

Being self-aware is the only way for people to move forward and fix their own problems. Having the knowledge of what is wrong around someone will allow them to fix it and move on with their life. Someone who is unaware will be ignorant of their surroundings and continue to let their struggles control their actions and who they are. The common trait between the novel, Ordinary People, and the play, Death of a Salesman, is the possession and lack of self-awareness between certain characters. Willy, from the play Death of a Salesman, was unaware of his surroundings, so he continued to cause problems for himself without the issues being solved.

As in the case of most, if not all, good allegorical stories, the primary impact of the tale is strongly influenced by the author’s detailed characterization of the setting, as well as the characters’ feelings and passions. Certainly such is the case in Susan Glaspell’s story “A Jury of Her Peers”. Here the reader sees a richness of characterization and setting that is elusive at first reading, but becomes clearer as the story evolves. In the final analysis, it becomes clear just who the jury is and the outcome of their collective verdict. It is by the use of allegorical and metaphorical rhetoric that the tension of the story is maintained so very well.

In the selection, A Respectable Woman, Kate Chopin portrayed the life of an early nineteenth-century woman, expected role, and behavior in a largely patriarchal society. During that period, churches in America were instrumental to the way people lived. Due to the large influence of Catholics, Anglicans, and other Protestant churches in America, people believed that having an affair outside of marriage was a taboo and ungodly. Married women symbolized perfection and most times battle, with satisfying sexual desires, and keeping their role as respectable women. Chopin employed the use of plot, conflict, theme, imagery, and symbolism, verbal and dramatic irony, and foreshadowing techniques to narrate the story of a woman torn between satisfying sexual desires and staying faithful.

Majority of the good stories begin with a crucial list of the ingredients such as the initial situation, the conflict, the complication, the climax, the suspense, the denouement as well as the conclusion. An Enemy of the People by Ibsen Henrik is a play that encompasses all these ingredients. The drama takes the form of a unified plot since it has a chronological order of events from the beginning to the end. In this paper, I will analyze the plot of this drama play by specifically examining the plot type, plot action and how in overall the plot is structured.