Archetypes In The Lottery

Macbeth’s fate is in the hands of Macduff either he will rise or fall. Macbeth suffers from the decisions that he makes. For example, when Malcolm and Macduff come back to battle him. Macduff says

For instance, when she writes about Martin Guerre’s impotence, she cites the sources that give insight to his family relations, his impotence (and that he was bewitched), and how Bertrandes’ parents tried to push her into annulling the marriage. This information is documented in Coras’ court files. Yet Davis “fills” in her own interpretation and guesswork to make the narrative of Martin Guerre’s importence much more compelling; she writes about how he was bullied as a child because of his name, his difficulty of finding a male identity in a family dominated by women, and his conflicted partaking in the French folk customs. This example illustrates how Davis uses general historical knowledge and facts to strengthen her arguments about the individual

The society that the Party is developing contains an imbalance, since the children have begun to report their elders for crimes of various sorts. The civilization being created by the Party will suffer, as the Proles, who have political leverage, will turn against the corruption executed by the Party. 2.) Before Winston enters Room 101, he hears other people regarding the room as the most grueling and frightening sector being apprehended by the Party. In Room 101, Winston was held captive and was tortured in

Any child would be terrified in this scenario, which is why they follow their orders. Even though not all children are forced into fighting, they are still too young to fully understand the life-changing decision they have made. Some children enlist because they seek revenge. In Ishmael Beah’s novel he states, “I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I 've come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge; then revenge and revenge and revenge will never come to an end...” Children who decided to fight for revenge are not in a stable situation after they are angry and heartbroken.

Under the pressure of the court Mary breaks and says while pointing at proctor “My name, he want my name. ‘I’ll murder you’ he says, ‘if my wife hangs! We must go and over throw the court,’ he says!” (194). She completely changes her stance and prosecutes Proctor because she is scared of being dissent and wants to conform to everyone else.

Jaimito was very abusive and ruled Dede’s life. He screamed at Dede, pushed her around, and hit her. Dede’s sisters were out making a significant and dignifying change in their country and all Dede wanted was to be a part of it. Dede finally decided she had had enough and went completely behind her abusive husbands back and joined the revolution. Her sisters denied letting her in, and Dede grew more and more frustrated with her sisters for joining the revolution.

Along with the constant sexual harassment, Jacobs suffered the wrath of a jealous Mrs. Norcom. After attempting to escape the evils of Dr. Norcom by bearing two children to a white lawyer, Jacobs suffering only worsened due to the fact Dr. Norcom now had leverage over her. With her children’s lives in mind, “the thought that her children would be made plantation slaves and subjected to all of the brutality that implied convinced Jacobs that she had no choice but to escape her enslavement once and for all. In her absence the children would not be sent to the plantation” (“Harriet Jacobs”). In order to do so, Jacobs ran away and moved from hiding place to hiding place until settling in the attic crawlspace of her grandmothers shed for the first seven years of her escapement.

In the story it says, “ ‘I know, I know. You’ve said that a hundred times,’ she snapped. ‘What did you say?’ He asked, pushing his newspaper aside.” Maria’s conflict connects to the theme of the story because she is being ungrateful towards her father and wants to grow up too fast.

Through St. Cyril’s quote the temptation of pride is present in each one of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories. In each short story the symbolic dragon (temptation) is exhibited in at least one character in each short story. The temptation that each character falls victim to is pride. The grandmother’s pride got in the way when she was badgering the family about doing what she wants to do, Mr. Shiftlet’s pride was ironic when he judges the earth for being slime when he himself is slime, and Mrs. McIntyre’s pride gets in between the marriage of Sulk and Mr. Guizac’s white cousin.

Inciting fear into the population and by attempting to fight their distraught state with violence, they are gradually turning from the oppressed to the oppressor. The people of the French revolution while fighting against an oppressive government do so in an unjust manner, in turn, delegitimizing the revolution revealing how violence is never the answer. The revolutionaries dance the Carmagnole to advertise the dominance and authority of the revolution; however, this demonstrates their aspiration to be dominant over society. The dancers in the Carmagnole are “dancing like five thousand demons” exemplifying the goal of the dance to incite fear into its enemies (288).

You can 't just say no you 've been transferred your uni chief signed to papers" she explained before handing me a piece of paper. There was all the proof she needed her transfer paper the signature of one Aaron Hotchner on the dotted line she was going to kill him next time she saw him "then I quit" I answered simply handing her the paper back "Agent Castillo for the love of god" sighed Hill irritably it 's hilarious how she thinks she 's the one who irritated "6 months work on this time for six months and after that you if you choose to leave S.H.I.E.L.D will never

[5] Anxiously exclaiming, “The word’s going to get around…then what… [our house] ain’t going to be on the list” (86), Lydia recognizes the power of gossip that, were Miss Brown to remain, would impact their reputation as a house for teachers. [6] Control-freaks, Irene and Lydia, aim to regulate as much of their lives as possible, Irene by straightening her pleats and Lydia by preventing her rooming-house from becoming a source of rumors. [7] When Irene boldly lies to her school principal, “I looked her straight in the eye the way people do when they are telling the truth… ‘She hit him’”

Atticus told Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it” (39). Scout doesn’t fully grasp this concept until the end of the book, several years later, where she alludes to Atticus’ saying. The messages she and Jem received on the way helped her come to this understanding. Atticus taught them to respect their elders, no matter how cantankerous they may be. Jem ruined Mrs. Dubose’s flowers after a particularly disrespectful comment about Atticus, and he made Jem read to her.

“The Lottery,” a short story by Shirley Jackson, is about a woman who has been selected for sacrifice by a lottery drawing. Tessie Hutchinson, and the rest of her town, are unfeeling about how the annual sacrifice affects the selected. However, they carry on with their tradition year after year, with no intent to make changes to meet modern day morals and needs. “The Lottery” is about blindly following tradition, the awareness of how cruel a practice sacrificing is, and how one’s mindset can change when they are the chosen one. (1) When one blindly follows tradition, they become unmindful.

In Catching Fire, Katniss is forced to make a choice; to run away from the President 's threats or to stand with the rebellion. When she is reaped again for The Quarter Quell, Katniss tries to destroy the Capitol in any way she can.. Katniss also is able to empathize with others. She puts herself in front of Glae when he is whipped and she finally understand that her actions have emotional impacts on