Examples Of Envy In The Highwayman

What is envy? The word envy defined is a feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else possessions, qualities, or luck. A suitable example of the word envy comes from the poem "The Highwayman". In the poem it tells the story of two people who love each other very dearly, who are Bess, the landlords daughter, and the Highwayman (bandit). However, a hostler named Tim began to lust for Bess. For that main reason, Tim began to gain jealousy and envy against the Highwayman. Moreover, because of the motivation of hatred that Tim had for the Highwayman, it became the main cause for the catastrophes that happened in the poem.

Tim, who was the hostler of the old inn door, did wrong in squealing about the Highwayman to the redcoats. …show more content…
As in the poem the Highwayman said, "I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way." Jealousy and envy was Tim’s motivation to tell the redcoats about the Highwayman because he secretly loved Bess mainly for her physical features.

The very next day, before the rise of the moon, King George's men went to the old inn door where it was expected to have the Highwayman arrive to see Bess. As they waited, the soldiers gagged and bounded Bess to her bed because they didn't want her to warn the Highwayman. Noyes wrote, "They bound a musket beside her, with the muzzle beneath her breast." Bess, who was horrified, struggled to free herself, though failed. After many attempts and struggle, Bess was finally able to place her finger on the trigger.

At midnight, Bess who was still tied to her bed began to hear the horse hoofs of the Highwayman's horse. "Tlot-tlot; Tlot -tlot" She began to get nervous as the Highwayman approached the inn door. Bess having her finger placed on the trigger decided to end her life with a shot in the chest. She had hoped that the loud noise would alert and stop the Highwayman from getting any