Compare And Contrast Vera And Mrs. Strangeworth

In the short story “Possibility of Evil” by Shirley Jackson used several symbols in the story to explain Ms.Strangeworth. The first symbol would be her name the word strange is in it hinting that she is a strange woman to begin with. Then she gradually shows her strangeness by telling us what she is noticing in people, that no one would ever really notice. Then it was roses that was symbolizing her as person. Roses have soft beautiful petals that distracts people from seeing the thorns that grows with the rose and causes them to put it up to later be stabbed by the thorn. The petals are Miss. Strangeworth’s appearance an old,proper, sweet lady who never think to raise her voice, but her thorns are the letters she writes to everyone anonymously.

Miss Strangeworth wrote colorful letters to the people in this town for her own benefits. She just thought about herself and wanted to clean up this town. However, she never considered

Janie and Mrs. Mallard both lead distinctive lives due to their beliefs, environment and health. At an early age Janie married Logan Killicks because of her grandmother’s dying wish (Hurston, 15). Janie soon left Killicks and married Joes Starks a prosperous man who’s desire was to become rich and well known (Hurston, 29). Starks passed away and Janie married a younger man than her named Tea Cake (Hurston 116). Janie left her home town with Teacake and had the privilege to travel to new places and experience freedom, love and happiness (Hurston, 131). A hurricane arrived to the muck and Teacake was bitten by a dog with rabbis, Teacake tried to kill Janie, and in self-defense Janie killed Teacake. After Teacake’s death Janie was able to “pull

Our Town, written by Thornton Wilder, is one of the most performed plays in America. In this play, a number of characters with different roles and traits appear, and the roles range from doctor, student, undertaker, and housewife to a newspaper editor. The background of this play is a small one-stop town in New Hampshire, just across the Massachusetts line, and its name is Grover’s Corners. The main character I would like to focus on throughout this writing is Mrs. Gibbs, who is the mother of George Gibbs and Rebbeca Gibbs, and the wife of Dr. Gibbs. Even though she is nothing more than a common housewife, the role Mrs. Gibbs plays seems quite vital in this play. Her role is

Question 3, (p. 1135): What are the “trifles” that the men ignore and the two women notice? Why do the men dismiss them, and why do the women see these things as significant clues? What is the thematic importance of these “trifles”?

The play ?Trifles?, by Susan Glaspell , is an examination of the different levels of early 1900?s mid-western farming society?s attitudes towards women and equality. The obvious theme in this story is men discounting women?s intelligence and their ability to play a man?s role, as detectives, in the story. A less apparent theme is the empathy the women in the plot find for each other. Looking at the play from this perspective we see a distinct set of characters, a plot, and a final act of sacrifice.

First and foremost, the two authors have characters in their stories that represent some kind of evil. In “The Possibility of Evil”, Miss Strangeworth writes extremely rude and unconventional letters anonymously to many of the other townspeople. She is attempting to stop what she think could potentially evil. She herself is evil because she does not have to write her letters with a mean tone. She may be the main character, but she is still the antagonist. In “The Veldt”, the children of George and

Katherine Mansfield's "Miss Brill" is a woman self-contained, not pessimistic but settled, content. She is not a victim of her circumstances, but the satisfied creator of them. You could say she has her ducks lined up the way she wants them. Through the character of Miss Brill, Katherine Mansfield reveals a woman who has the ability to enjoy a simple world of her own elaborate creation.

The author introduces Vera by saying she is a young 15 year old girl. The author implies that she is trying to be kind, but she is really lying to

Over the course of this project, I discovered what makes a book difficult or easy for me. I placed 13 Reasons Why as the easiest book for various reasons. I have already seen the show, so it is very easy for me to follow along with the story. Jay Asher does not use any hard vocabulary and writes the story very well. I am also very interested in the story. I placed An Abundance of Katherines as #2 because I liked the book, but the vocabulary was slightly difficult. It also took me until halfway through the book to really get into it. Midwives is #3 because the vocabulary was difficult, I did not like how it was written, and I wasn’t interested in the story. Lastly, I placed Romeo and Juliet at #4 because it is very hard for me to understand,

‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written in the 16th century by William Shakespeare and ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written nearly 400 years later in the early 20th century by J.B. Priestley. In both of these plays the relationships of fathers, Lord Capulet and Arthur Birling and their daughters, Juliet and Shelia, are portrayed as being a typical father daughter relationship with seemingly very caring but slightly controlling fathers.

Another vast similarity between the characters in the stories is that both of the preeminent characters live in small towns where everybody knows them. This specific part of the story provides the information that they clearly knew everyone and in Mrs. Strangeworth's case knew everyone's juiciest secrets. This unambiguous part of the story may seem

Imagine how intimidating it would be to have to transition from people and places you know to a foreign place with complete strangers. Whether death be to blame or taking a great leap of faith and marrying a man you barely know, this change will impact the path of your life forever. The female protagonists live through similar circumstances in Daphne du Maurier’s mysterious novels, Rebecca (1938) and Jamaica Inn (1936), yet they are able to persevere and overcome great obstacles. Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) was a well-acclaimed Modern British author who intertwined her real life experiences in Cornwall, England with her fictional novels. Both novels are set in a patriarchal society, which is distinguished by the “control by men of a disproportionately

Above all, in “The Possibility of Evil,” Jackson’s use of symbolism and irony allows her to unveil the dishonesty possessed by many people. Like Miss Strangeworth, her roses serve as a trademark of the town. And, similarly to the roses, although Miss Strangeworth seems pleasant, she possesses hidden thorns. When a dropped letter reveals Miss Strangeworth’s actions, her neighbors destroy her roses. “[Miss Strangeworth] began to cry silently . . . when she read the words: LOOK OUT AT WHAT USED TO BE YOUR ROSES”(Jackson 7). The destroyed roses represent Miss Strangeworth being exposed; there is no longer any pride or joy in the roses or Miss Strangeworth. Jackson’s use of symbolism throughout the story allows her to divulge the insincerity of everyday people. Throughout the story, Jackson also employs irony. Often, Miss Strangeworth engages in small talk with her neighbors while ironically consuming her time with cynical thoughts of the very

In The Open Window, Vera is a manipulative and deceitful little girl. How i know this is because she tells wild stories that's not true: “they were engulfed in a bog and killed them”. Framton believed this story because she's manipulative and deceitful. “Sometimes on still quiet evenings like this i almost get a creepy feeling that they will walk through the window”. Vera said this to add on to her ridiculous story and to get framton sitting on the edge of his seat.