Who Is Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?

Indirect Characterization is when the author describes the character's personality by the characters speech, actions, appearance, etc. Gary Soto does that alot. In the short story ¨Broken Chain” he describes Alfonso as he was very kind. He wanted to take a girl bike riding but while he was making his bike look good , his chain snapped in two. Then his brother gave him his bike after he got done catching frogs. Alfonso ask the girl if she wanted to ride on his handlebars.

To start off a direct characterization would be something the author directly states the literature. For example, “He was a jerkline skinner, the prince of the ranch” (Steinbeck 33). This is a direct characterization because Steinbeck is directly stating that he is the prince of the ranch. Slim is called the prince of the ranch because he is seen above the other ranch hands. And everyone goes and looks at him for the final say. Slim was this all-American type guy, he was suave, slick and he worked hard. An indirect characterization would be “we’ll have trouble keepin’ him from getting right in the box with them pups.” (Steinbeck 38). The author is not directly stating that slim is friendly and caring. The readers are using context clues

As a main character we may get a different impression of Nick since we are now analysing his personality and how he interacts with the other characters in the story. We read numerous pronouns in the first chapter, ‘I’, suggesting that he is self-indulgent and pompous. For instance, once at Gatsby’s party, Nick only kisses Jordan Baker because he ‘had no girl’, conveying he only kissed her because there was no one else there. This makes Nick seem selfish and arrogant as he is only thinking of himself. To the reader, we

He views himself as having moral standards unlike the others in West Egg. He begins the story by telling us that he doesn’t pass judgment on people. Nick views himself as both highly moral and highly tolerant, but not passing judgment on other. If so, he will misunderstand them if he holds them up to his own standards.

In “The Prologue” of Canterbury Tales, Chaucer uses both direct and indirect characterization to introduce the characters. Direct characterization presents a character’s personalities directly. For example Chaucer’s statement that “the knight followed chivalry, truth/honor…” Indirect characterization uses actions, thoughts, and dialogue to reveal a character’s personality.

There are two types of characterization that are used throughout literature. Direct Characterization is when the author or director takes a direct approach and tells the reader what a character is like. With direct characterization the reader does not have to gather information about the character and put the information they have together about the character. Indirect characterization is when the author does not come out and tell the reader exactly what the aspects of the character are. With indirect characterization it may be more difficult to pinpoint exactly how a character is unless the reader really thinks about it.

2 Nick describes himself as a person who doesn’t judge others. He says it is a family trait that was given to him by his father. Nick is from an upper-middle-class family. Nick believes his accepting personality makes people feel more comfortable sharing their secrets with him.

Characterization in a narrative is how the author creates and describes a character. The character is introduced and then explained in detail throughout the story. The two ways an author can deliver this information to the audience is through direct and indirect characterization. Direct characterization is when the author is telling the readers information about the character and what he or she is like. Indirect characterization is when the author attempts to show what the character is like and give the reader information through the character’s actions and words. Through both direct and indirect characterization, we are able to understand some of the physical attributes of the character as well as their personality. People want to know why

It seems that George takes Martha comments with a grain of salt. He ignores Martha in a way that hints at the deep love he has for her.

Through direct characterization each story directly gives the reader what a character’s personality is like through the narrator. Indirect characterization is what the character’s behavior is towards themselves and towards the other characters throughout the story. A symbol in each story can tell the reader more about an object or more about the story. The main characters in two different stories can surprisingly have a connection, either through relationships or through objects which creates an everlasting perspective. Each story has the elements of direct characterization, indirect characterization, and symbolism which builds the story into an essential story through the

Nick is still, however, an honest and good man. He is not extravagantly rich, but unlike Gatsby he earned all of his high social connections fairly. He is rather disgusted with the East and it’s empty values by the end of the book. But he is still intrigued by it all, as he demonstrates through his relationship with Jordan Baker. He holds an almost subconscious

One thing that surprises me about Nick is that he was loyal to Gatsby who seemed likeable enough but empty inside. He seemed like the picture was more important than the real person. Nick was interested in person and would put himself in a bad light to help a friend. “I didn’t want to go to the city. I wasn’t worth a decent stroke

“You’re a blank, a cipher… a zero.” (Albee, 1962, p.18). With these words, Martha the main character in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” showed her husband, George, that he was nothing. Edward Albee, the writer of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” talked mainly about Martha and George who pretend to have different identities just in order not to face reality. Moreover, Arthur Miller, the author of “A View from the Bridge” presented the idea of identity in a different way. Miller used the character Eddie to show how people’s identities are constantly changing due to some changes in their lives. Modern playwrights question the idea of a definite identity.

The battle fought between George and Martha is played with the weapons that each sex has perfected. In American Plays and Playwrights of the Contemporary Theater, Lewis notes "Martha has instinct for the right wound; her tongue for the cutting word and her body for the most humiliating insult"(89). George has a greater vision of cruelty. When threatened by Martha, to cheat on him with one of the guests, George pretends not to care in order to upset his wife."I'm necking with one of the guests" "Good...good. You go right on" "Good?" "Yes, good... good for you, why don't you go back to your necking and stop bothering me? I want to read" (Albee,171,2). At the end of the play, George triumphs in the battle by using what he knows will hurt Martha the most; their son. Amacher states in Edward Albee, "All of the games, in terms of Albee's purpose, relate directly or indirectly to George and Martha's attempts to hurt each other"(93).

In the 21st century, the equality for women’s rights has significantly improved compared to the 20th century because men and women have equal opportunities in the United States. In the 19th century, women had limited opportunities because society viewed women as properties. However, at the present time, We can see many women having higher position job such as being a manager and also having an education. How can I image the social environment in 100 years ago? As I read the article “A Room of One’s own”. Women have oppressed in patriarchal society about 100 years ago. In the beginning of 20th century, men were controlling the society. They could have activity what they wanted and opportunities. Women had low status at that time. They could not do something like what men could do. They could not have education and opportunities compared with men. Women had a difficult time in that society. Virginia Woolf who was feminist in the early 20th century. “A room of one’s own” is an article which was she having a speech at Cambridge university If women want to be a writer, they should have money and a room of her own. In the book, A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf successfully persuades the audiences about her rhetorical arguments because she gave insights on her personal struggles in a society which gender equality didn’t exist.