Ensuring one’s social standing guarantees that their life and their family’s life remains the same and not in harm’s way, but the cost of doing so may be excruciating. In Marji’s free time she was told that Ramin’s, a boy she knew, father was a part of the Shah’s secret police, which was responsible for the death of many people. Without hesitation, Marji became a bully: “in the name of the dead million, we’ll teach Ramin a good lesson” (45). Marji was then reprimanded for what she was going to do. The son of someone on the secret police is a hard tittle to bear.…
Andy was tortured psychologically by having his crimes staged and then his unfair dismissal from his employment. He was a very good family man who knew the difference between a family and profession. He thus could separate the two comfortably and as such would never allow the two to have a conflict of interest. Despite his own sexual orientation, he was still competent enough in his job. Wheeler on their part after being sued defended their crime by saying that Andy Beckett had allowed promiscuity to interfere with his professionalism.…
He is proud that he planned revenge on someone who insulted his family and he's proud that no one has discovered his crime for 50 years. According to Scott A. Bonn, “it is not high intelligence that makes serial killers successful. Instead, it is obsession, meticulous planning and a cold-blooded, often psychopathic personality that enable serial killers to operate over long periods of time without detection” (Bonn 1). With this piece of evidence, it can be determined that Montresors smartness as a killer is not what helped him succeed in his murder, but rather his obsession of killing someone who was hurting his pride. Monstresor is fully aware of what he is doing, but continues to ignore the fact what he is doing is highly wrong.…
Willy had the best intentions in mind is the third reason why he is a tragic hero. Even from the start of the play you can tell that Willy just wants his family to think highly of him. The only reason he lies is so people don’t think less of him as a person. Soon, the lying got out of control and no one could tell what was a lie and what was truth, not even Willy. Willy never wanted to hurt anyone, he just wanted someone to be proud of him.…
Miller uses this character to create a very typical man who is trusted very much by his town. Although Proctor made some mistakes, he is still seen as the tragic hero because of his bravery even is his last moments. After his wife is accused of witchcraft and framed for hurting Abigail Williams, John tries everything he can to preserve her name. He tries his hardest to get Mary Warren to confess that Abigail planted the needle in the poppet and then stabbed herself with the needle in the exact same place. He pleads, “My wife will never die for me!…
All friendships have problems. If one cannot work it out with his or her best friend, then that means they were not friends in the first place. Creon shows these characteristics in the play from being loyal, wise, and honest. Being loyal in a friendship is the most appreciated thing one can ask from him or her. Creon shows his loyalness when he tells a servant of Oedipus, “Be quick and take him in it is most decent that only kin should see and hear the troubles of kin,” meaning Oedipus wants to show the world what he has done to his face because he is the one who murdered king Laius (1607-1609).…
He starts to regard the villagers of Sabray as equal and looks to them with a kind and brotherly attitude as they rescued him from death. He describes their law “Lokhay” as being “nothing short of a miracle” as people who were trained to hate him chose instead to lay down their lives for him (Luttrell 22). This remarkable treaty justifies the uniqueness of this story as it is very rare that locals will choose to help the enemy as opposed to those that can pose an immediate threat. This expression of “enemies becoming friends” highlights the differential exceptional circumstances the prove Marcus Luttrell’s story to be a good one…
Gang members feel as though they need a place to “fit in”, and a place to be able to lean their back against. Gangs are considered brotherhoods by many, so it makes sense that the absence of positive role models is what leads them to make these “tough” decisions. Perry grew up with an emptiness within him and parents who failed him again and again. It’s evident that the phycological issues that he obtained throughout his childhood led him into a path in which he became the killer and Dick the bystander. Dick came from a lovely who although they werent rich, were very loving and caring.…
Sarty knows in his heart that by lying or helping with these acts he is just as guilty as his father. Sarty states, "I could run on and on and never look back, never need to see his face again" (1013) reveals the conflicts in his life: "Only I can 't. I can 't" (1013). This was Sarty’s true character as well as his dreams to do right and escape despite the societal expectations and familial loyalties that bind him to his…
John Proctor is considered to be a tragic hero {a person who dies to protect something/someone that he/she strongly believes in} in the play, the Crucible by Arthur Miller. Within him are the true characteristics of a hero. Mr. Proctor is a proud, well-liked, respectable member of his community. He is an honest, kind and outspoken man, but within him, he carries a dark, dirty secret, that of the adulterous affair with his household servant, Abigail (alliteration). In that time period the government was a “theocracy, a combine of state and religious power” and the Ten Commandments were part of the law (Miller pg.…