Esther does not renege on her beliefs and continues to believe that there is no good left in the world without any will to change that Everything seemed upsetting in Esther’s eyes. Esther had not seeked any help alone, which proves that she never wanted a normal life, but she needed one to survive instead. Death was beautiful in her perspective, and humans are attracted to beauty. Although Esther could have helped herself, she did not. She allowed others to help her, but when they failed, she blamed them for her misery and depression.
The character was also not afraid to challenge current gender inequalities and defy them. Overall, Cristina’s daring actions depicted her as a positive role model who refused to conform to what society expected her to be. She first proved that she would speak and act according to what she felt was right regardless of who agreed. The first instance this occurred was when she as a married woman made the choice to engage in an affair. Her husband was able to sail away with ease, so she figured her situation should have been no different.
79. Everyone blames her for the departure of her husband but she is not the one to be overwhelmed by this criticism or so called shallow blames of the society. She is ready to face them all. She confesses her love for her husband and is resolute to defend her life and territory against all odds of the society. She proves to the world that living a life of her own is not a crime.
Traumatized, she wanted to protect her daughter from the severe mental pain of forbidden love and did so by stopping Pedro from ever becoming an influential figure in Tita’s life. Mama Elena loves all of her children dearly, although she struggles with expressing this love vocally. She never meant to abuse Tita, nor did she ever intentionally try to harm her in any way. She believed that she was doing the right thing, that she was disciplining her child. She only punished Tita out of good intentions, not because she wanted to inflict permanent physical and emotional damage on the young woman.
Thornfield was a completely different world for Jane. It was a major change physically and socially, as a governess she had more opportunities and duties to fulfill. Jane was not intimidated by what was expected of her, yet she was excited to see what the future at Thornfield had in store for her. The power of love was unavoidable for Jane, “The claims of her former love prove stronger than her sense of duty to that honorable but emotionally shallow Rivers” (Moss 3). Rochester was a major influence on Jane as this was a critical time she was maturing, yet she did not let him get in the way of her work.
Traumatized, she wanted to protect her daughter from the severe mental pain of forbidden love and did so by stopping Pedro from ever becoming an influential figure in Tita’s life. Mama Elena loves all of her children dearly, although she struggles with expressing this love vocally. She never meant to abuse Tita, nor did she ever intentionally try to harm her in any way. She believed that she was doing the right thing, that she was disciplining her child. She only punished Tita out of good intentions, not because she wanted to inflict permanent physical and emotional damage on the young woman.
Yet, she never succumbs to the community’s thoughts about her. She feels guilty for her action, but she is not ashamed of her own person or self. In his book, The Cycle of American Literature: An Essay in Historical Criticism, Robert E. Spiller explains, “Although Hester suffers enormously from the shame of her public disgrace and the isolation of her punishment, in her inmost heart she can never accept the Puritan interpretation of her act.
Needy friends, overbearing men and rude bosses shouldn’t be on your list or in your life at all. Also, if you want to be a femme fatale, remember that you don’t have to be dark and mysterious all the time. Learn to laugh at yourself and gain the ability to keep a conversation going no matter what you’re talking about. In fact, a sense of humor will make you fascinating as a femme fatale. As a femme fatale you have to be independent – this is very important.
Elizabeth is Batsheva's feisty and vibrant non-Jewish best friend. Although with an age difference of a few years Elizabeth knew a lot more about life then Batsheva and was too smart to be played with. She always played the role of a wise old woman and guided Batsheva in whatever she did. Clever as she was, she had made up her mind to search for a boy better than her classmates and was smart enough to realise that all man are not as good as they seem, treating woman as disposals, to be used up for their ideas and bodies and then discarded. Elizabeth had been very careful not to let herself be used by other but instead experimented with using others.
But when Emma came to know that Mr. Elton had not shown any interest in Harriet then she decided to set Harriet with someone else. But she never put any effort to get her closer to Robert, as they loved each other and also the same happens in the movie Aisha as the Sheffali loved someone but she never put any of the effort to come closer. Actually Jane Austen’s novel Emma is a very intellectual piece and very educated novel for the society and movie is based on this novel only some of the characters are changed and the places and name, yet other things are quite same. Such novel as well as movie helps our society to distinguish between good and evil. We cannot force anybody to do what we want even if it is match- making or anything else.