Turpin

judgment brought to a waiting room of a doctor’s office. Ruby Turpin, who takes the role of the protagonist, is an insecure Christian with prejudice views on society. Mrs. Turpin has an unhealthy habit of placing people in their “proper categories”. The waiting room was filled with people from several of these categories, which Mrs. Turpin seemed to make a game of judging and placing them based on appearance and stereotypes. Mrs. Turpin engaged with every occupant in the room, some of whom agreed

would link Saint Bernard of Clairvaux to the fictional character Archbishop Turpin from The Song of Roland. These two both embody the tradition of the church militant and the idea of fighting for the one true God. When analyzing The Song of Roland and the documents on the first and second crusade, it’s evident Archbishop Turpin’s values model the first and second crusade. Through the power of persuasion, Archbishop Turpin and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux could convince Christians to fight with them

Brutality, humor, religion, and violence are a few themes portrayed throughout many of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories. In many of her short stories, O’Connor exposes the dark side of human nature and implements violent and brutal elements in order to emphasize her religious viewpoints. In the short stores “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Revelation”, O’Connor explicitly depicts this violence to highlight the presence and action of holy grace that is given to a protagonist who exudes hypocritical

The main character in this story, Mrs. Turpin, is extremely prejudice and uses many terms of racial terminology. All of the characters in this story are well-known by their physical looks, and some are well-known by the racial terms used in the story.

The story of “Revelation” by Flannery O’Connor is all about judging others from observations, as shown by Mrs, Turpin, who was soon put in her place. The two main setting locations in “Revelation” is a doctor’s waiting room and a pig parlor. A diverse set of people can plausibly gather together and commune in a doctor’s waiting room. It is the ideal setting, because it is utterly reasonable that a broad range of social types appear there. A doctor’s waiting room is also a place to wait, as the name

Catholic mind. Though her literature does not preach, she uses subtle, thematic undertones and it is apparent that as her characters struggle through violence and pain, divine grace is thrown at them. In her story “Revelation,” the protagonist, Mrs. Turpin, acts sanctimoniously, but ironically the virtue that gives her eminence is what brings about her downfall. Mrs. Turpin’s veneer of so called good behavior fails to fill the void that would bring her to heaven. Grace hits her with force and

Catholic mind. Though her literature does not preach, she uses subtle, thematic undertones and it is apparent that as her characters struggle through violence and pain, divine grace is thrown at them. In her story “Revelation,” the protagonist, Mrs. Turpin, acts sanctimoniously, but ironically the virtue that gives her eminence is what brings about her downfall. Mrs. Turpin’s veneer of so called good behavior fails to fill the void that would bring her to heaven. Grace hits her with force and their

specifically people like the main character, Mrs. Turpin. Mary Flannery O’Connor was born in Savannah, Georgia in 1925. She dropped her first name once she began writing, and she became known as Flannery. When O’Connor

Turpin all her life. Another element of plot which reinforces the theme of "Revelation", is the element of surprise which actually brings the main conflict out in the open. O'Connor brings the conflict out well because the incidents that built up to the actual conflict do not give away what is going to happen. The action around the conflict is completely surprising and unpredictable. We are aware the girl dislikes Mrs. Turpin because of her previous actions.

states that O’Connor used eye symbolism during the course of the story. In some religions a third spiritual eye is on the forehead of a person in order to obtain higher knowledge (Smith 231). Smith states an example of this is in the end when Mrs. Turpin sees the vision of all the different types of people floating to heaven. Brown states, “When she reaches her moment of epiphany, her eyes are small, but fixed unblinkingly on what lay ahead”. She has gone through the darkness of her soul and has obtained