Character Analysis Of Button, Button, By Richard Matheson

Mrs. Hopewell is convinced that Joy pondered until she "hit upon the ugliest name in any language" and then legally changed her name. In the passage there is many different points where Hugla shows jealousy towards other people like

Manipulation of Men through the Power of Women in The Crucible and The Great Gatsby “A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way and works within whatever system she is in. ”(Anita Brookner). Manipulative abusers have a tendency to abide in extremes. They regularly begin off being extremely thoughtful, considerate and mindful.

In this story, Liesel steals for her own benefit which inevitably leads to the people around her getting in trouble. Throughout the book Liesel steals multiple times and most of the time it is with Rudy, her best friend. Even though they have a wonderful friendship, Liesel can be selfish and disregard the fact that Rudy can be at fault. “Earnestly he said “just wait,” and hurried back around the corner.

Orual’s selfish actions in ‘Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis makes her seem like an immoral person. She is extremely reliant on those she cares about to provide joy in her life, and she selfishly tears others away from their personal happiness to fuel her own. Though she claims she does so for the benefit of the others, she only causes more pain. However, in ‘Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis, Orual’s selfishness and possessiveness stems from the love she holds for those in her life, therefore readers can sympathize with her and the consequences of her actions are mitigated.

Zeena does not seem like a nice woman. She seems angry and insane. She is passive aggressive and only says things to get her way. Also, she uses her illness to get things she wants. Zeena makes Ethan’s life a living hell for a while.

Structure in narrative film can be thought of as the arrangement of scenes and sequences, however deconstructing sequences and re-ordering them can create a whole new theme and mood in a films sequence. Phillips, (2005). Casablanca’s narrative plot has a beginning, middle and an end. It has a certain symmetry about it and follows a set of norms and conventions. For a viewer, Casablanca is easy to understand and it simply tells a story that is not ambiguous.

For example, when she said, “And if I do it you will be happy, and things will be like they were.” (255), she is lonely and desperate girl who is still having hope of being happy. She is in a bad mood and depressed too much to even ready to die, it is obvious from her reply, “I don’t care about me” (255) multiple times, waiting for him to say nice words or even make her feel good. He seems as being selfish and careless by starting this relationship and then lacking the support Jig needs from him. Hills Like White Elephant has a huge description on the story’s sitting in the train station, surrounded with hills, fields, and tress in a valley in Spain.

Her motivations are obsessive and self-centered even when she believes she is in love and cannot live without John. Since she flees in the end, it can be assumed that even her obsession with John was false. Abigail was just uneducated emotionally and did not understand what she was feeling. She was revolting against the repressive society by lusting for John and she got addicted to the power she had and the adrenaline of her plans being fulfilled - up until they failed and backfired

The Great Gatsby:Character Analysis 1.Daisy isn 't one of the nicest characters in the book, money is a big priority for her and she lets others take the fall for her. Gatsby sums her up very well in a few words by saying “her voice is full of money..” (Fitzgerald 120) and letting everyone know she is very materialistic. Daisy is very selfish she thinks Gatsby asks too much of her when all he wants is her love.

The Importance of Being Earnest contains many contains many characters that possess many different traits. In this play, Jack Worthing plays the protagonist and Lady Bracknell plays the antagonist. Although Jack Worthing is an interesting character, Lady Bracknell is one of the most memorable and satirical characters in Wilde’s play. Lady Bracknell is an arrogant, conservative, opinionated and ruthless woman that looks to rule the lives of others. Lady Bracknell is a very selfish and arrogant woman that always has to have her way.

Even Nick projects only what he wants to see upon her, after one of Gatsby’s parties. He sees her distaste for the party and says, “She saw something awful in the very simplicity she failed to understand” (114). However, Nick is misinterprets Daisy’s sentiment, she sees an awfulness in the lack of simplicity- the showiness of money repels her and her image of Gatsby in those simple days when they first met fully contradicts what she sees now. But Nick sees only what he wants to see. He thrives on simplicity, and so reduces her character and emotions to something simple enough for him to safely comprehend.

Specifically: Nick, Daisy, Myrtle, and Jordan. As confirmed while reading the book, Daisy and Myrtle are shown to be dependent on the men around them. Myrtle was dependent on Tom for his money because she and her husband George were poor and lived in the Valley of Ashes. Myrtle following Tom while married to George for around fifteen years ended up sealing her fate in chapter 7 when Daisy unknowingly killed her in a car accident. Both Daisy and Nick are wallflowers and were pawns in the story.

Jocasta can also be depicted as a stubborn woman who thinks that the Oracles and the predictions that come from it with regards to the prophecies do not have any power over the lives of people. She believes that people are only subject to chance and luck and that there is no one who could predict anything of the future or to tell her what would happen the next day or the day after that. In this regard, she thinks that the Oracles is only groping in the dark and that it does not have the capacity to see anything in the future. However, this is something that is quite ironic in the play itself, because as she is denying the prophecies, they are in fact coming true. Although Jocasta vehemently protests against the prophecies, they do end up coming true.

I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person.” (177). Furthermore, Jordan is extremely hypocritical of Nick, and brushes him lazily aside. Daisy is also careless with her relationships after discovering of Gatsby’s existence nearby; as she bounces between Gatsby and Tom claiming to love both until a conflict is reached and she is forced to choose.

Sometimes people don’t see how their actions will affect their consequences. Norma did not understand the consequences of her actions until she got a phone call from the hospital saying her husband died. Norma’s evolving decision to press the button, (when she initially declines it but is still intrigued, when she calls Mr. Steward for more information, and when she finally presses the button,) shows that ignorance can cause one to disregard values and morales. Initially, Norma declines Mr. Steward’s offer due to Athur being persistent about the moral values she would no longer be following. Although she is still captivated by the offer, she is still ignorant and does not know what she is getting herself into.