precise and charged worlds, where something is always about to happen, she writes like she’s sucking oxygen from a room. Ultimately her work is deeply psychological, but she was the first to say that was not her interest and on more than one occasion was concerned about her work’s misreading.2 The Lame Shall Enter First 3 is a fine example of her deeply conflicted morals and beliefs, seeing human nature and society as innately corrupted, with redemption as the only way to alleviate suffering. Using
Literary Analysis: The Lame Shall Enter First Nakia Chambliss Baptist College of Health Sciences Literary Analysis: The Lame Shall Enter First There are three main characters in this story: Sheppard, Norton and Rufus. Each character in this story is experiencing an emotional battle which they try to find healing but for some it will be too late. The narrator in the story is Sheppard. Sheppard
struggle between selflessness and selfishness. Flannery O'Connor captures this classic conflict between good and evil in Southern Grotesque fashion through her characters, the protagonist Sheppard and his foil, Rufus Johnson, in [comment2] "The Lame Shall Enter First".[comment3] Challenging the literal paradigm of light and darkness, O'Connor weaves together well crafted characterization, cryptic dialogue, and both biblical and literary allusion in this paradoxical plot and, by way of Sheppard and the
to show God and the universe impact people’s lives in mysterious ways. Flannery O’Connor displays the theme of cosmology and explores the big picture of the universe in many other of her Southern Gothic stories such as, The Lame Shall Enter First. “The Lame Shall Enter First is even more disquieting than most of O'Connor's works, and her protagonist's maneuverings for redemption are thoroughly skewed” (Gentry 37). This short story is about a widower, Sheppard, whose main purpose in life is to raise
finds herself utterly dependent. By the end of the story, Manley Pointer has taught Hulga more lessons than she even learned in college. Because she is unused to caring for anything or anyone but herself, she allows this seemingly sincere admirer to enter into a small piece of her heart. Because she cannot see who and what he is, for she sees “nothing” at all she allows him to remove her glasses. Because she has too long believed in nothing, she finds in Manley Pointer’s request to remove her artificial
and so really is in love with an illusion that he puts Olivia 's name too. Orsino does not seem to know Olivia 's personality. The Duke is drawn to Olivia because of what she can offer him: status, wealth, and beauty "O when mine eyes did see Olivia first, Me thought she purged the air of pestilence ". He feels that marrying Olivia would bring him ultimate happiness. The Duke finds it hard to distinguish between feelings of passion and physical attraction. This is proven when he is talking to Cesario
bondage under Captain Auld, Frederick Douglas observes his master consoling “religious sanction for his cruelty” (Douglas, 98). When he relentlessly whips a lame young woman and then exhibits her lacerated nude body for countless hours, he justifies his bloody deed with the Scripture quote: “He that knoweth his master’s will, and doeth it not, shall be beaten with many stripes” (Douglas, 99). This girl’s supposed disobedience, however, actually proves to be helplessness, as she is impaired with the inefficacy
Gawain and the Green Knight, give both an example of men upholding and rejecting the code of chivalry. As King Arthur and his knights were celebrating Christmas, a “stranger rides in and the hall enters, / driving to the high dais, danger un-fearing. / Hailed he never a one, but high overlooked. / The first word he spoke: ‘Where is,’ he said, / ‘the governor of this throng?’” (Sir Gawain and the Green Knight) Not only does this stranger, ride his horse into their dining room unannounced and uninvited
is unyielding and vivid imagery is used to reinforce it, primarily by means of compelling metaphors and enduring similes. The rhyme scheme is regular with very little change and helps establish the rhythm. The poem is divided into four stanzas, the first two of which set and develop the scene, while the third and fourth convey the abiding memory and offer a commentary on what has preceded. ‘The Soldier’ is a Petrarchan sonnet divided into two stanzas. The initial octave lays out Brooke’s thoughts and
will then want to take an active part in the life and activities of his peers. When Ro's parents wanted her to participate in First Communion at her church, with other children her age, they expected hesitation from their pastor. Instead, his response surprised them. He stated that other people had the concerns and made the rules that prevent people like Ro from receiving First Communion. (Villa & Thousand, 2005, p. 28). “But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come