Sadie Sullivan

Word Count: 258  "Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard. And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern-it strangles so;" This quote is very strange and has a very creepy and almost insane feeling behind it that may make readers feel very uncomfortable. The main woman of The Yellow Wallpaper has essentially gone crazy from her nervous depression and it is causing her to see this woman who is trapped in the pattern of the wallpaper. I feel as though there may be a connection to her going insane with her husband's control over her. Her husband restricts her actions by telling her that she is sick from her condition of nervous depression and that she must stay home and rest. He is constantly telling her she needs to stay home in which she is forced to sit around and do nothing but stare at this inquisitive wallpaper. Over time, she loses he...

 There were multiple parts of this movie that stood out to me. One part in particular was the fact that Virginia Woolf wrote in the part of Clarissa and Sally kissing. It is very strange to watch a movie that is set in the early 1900's that involves a homosexuality component as it was very frowned upon in the past and has only just very recently become more accepted in society. Another part that stood out to me was the mental torment that Septimus went through after he came back from the war. He was constantly representing his anguish as he had what they called back then to be "shell shock" and was constantly having hallucinations of his friend dying in an explosion. It was very sad to see that he killed himself over the torment of the war. It is related in the movie as Mrs. Dalloway almost feels envious that Septimus was able to end his life of torment and she desires to end her life of depression as well. Mrs. Dalloway's characterization changes a lot throughout the...

Word Count: 253 "  E DNA CRIED A LITTLE  that night after Arobin left her. It was only one phase of the multitudinous emotions which had assailed her. There was with her an overwhelming feeling of irresponsibility. There was the shock of the unexpected and the unaccustomed. There was her husband’s reproach look- ing at her from the external things around her which he had provided for her external existence. There was Robert’s reproach making itself felt by a quicker, fiercer, more overpowering love, which had awakened within her toward him. Above all, there was understanding. She felt as if a mist had been lifted from her eyes, enabling her to took upon and comprehend the significance of life, that monster made up of beauty and brutality. But among the conflicting sensations which assailed her, there was neither shame nor remorse. There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life ...

Word Count: 262  " I T WOULD HAVE BEEN  a difficult matter for Mr. Pontellier to define to his own satisfaction or any one else’s wherein his wife failed in her duty to- ward their children." "It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idol- ized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privi- lege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels." These two quotes are within the same chapter but relate to the characterization of Mrs. Pontellier who was considered to not be a "mother-woman". The characterization of a mother-woman is recognized in the quote to be a woman who does anything and everything for their children and husbands and find it to be the greatest honor to do so. It is even recognized in the first quote how Mrs. Pontellier is considered to have failed her duty as a wife and m...

Word Count: 294 " She rose to His Requirement – dropt The Playthings of Her Life To take the honorable Work Of Woman, and of Wife -" This is a quote from one of Emily Dickenson's poems that reflects how she views marriage. It was common for women at the time to resent the requirement for marriage. In this quote, we see how Emily viewed marriage for women as being required to give up everything in their lives in order to serve their husbands. Wives were required to sacrifice their health and other demands in their lives in order to perform the house duties and other work for their husbands. Emily Dickinson along with other women reflected an ambivalent tone against the requirement of marriage in such poems like this one that help others understand how unfair it was to many of these women to be forced into marriage that in turn forced them to give up all the wants they may have had in their lives. I believe that this quote reflects a sense of  strength from Emily...

Word Count: 279   “She thinks I did wrong by her mother as well as by her. She thinks me worse than I am. But she  must  think it: she can never know all. It’s part of my punishment, Nancy, for my daughter to dislike me. I should never have got into that trouble if I’d been true to you—if I hadn’t been a fool. I’d no right to expect anything but evil could come of that marriage—and when I shirked doing a father’s part too.” This quote represents a sense of regret from Silas Marner. He is expressing how much he loves his daughter Eppie but regrets the decisions he made in raising her. The mood in this quote is sadness as Silas feels sad that his daughter feels as though Silas did wrong by her mother. However, with Silas's sad mood, there is acceptance of the dislike of his own daughter. Silas almost admits that he deserves her dislike as his punishment. At the end of the quote, we notice how Silas mentions that he may not have been the best father as well and that he deser...

Word Count: 286 "Baby was christened, the rector deciding that a double baptism was the lesser risk to incur; and on this occasion Silas, making himself as clean and tidy as he could, appeared for the first time within the church, and shared in the observances held sacred by his neighbours...reawakening his senses with her fresh life, even to the old winter-flies that came crawling forth in the early spring sunshine, and warming him into joy because she had joy." I found that this quote stood out to me as it was a change in the mood of Silas Marner from a down and depressed man to a happy and loving man with a new-found purpose. Silas began as a church loving, christian man and when he was accused of something he did not do and seen as conspiring with the devil, he moved away from the church and lived a lonely life on his own. However, once Eppie was born, he fell in love with her spirit and happiness and love. He was brought back to the church by her christening. He got hi...