Elizabeth Perkins

Vykupistof (Redeemed one)
Redemption can be defined as being forgiven for your actions done onto yourself or others. In the novel Crime and Punishment the author Dostevesky teaches us that you must go through extreme self reflectance and harm to be redeemed for your actions. But you must also feel true sympathy for what you did. Dostevesky does a amazing job of showing us different characters going through redemption of avoiding redemption. This novel shows us that self realization, forgiveness…

This story begins with “My Madonna cried” This young woman starts to walk around as an older woman shows particular interest in the Madonna. As she and the lady start talking it reminds her that she is near the prison where she goes to visit her mother Manman. Jacqueline seems to not be able to communicate with her mom as she wants to say something, but no words are coming out of her mouth. The food that Jacqueline brings her mother can last up to two weeks as her mother explains. She looks…

Through the use of characterization and absurd language, Wilde mocks the value given to social institutions in the Victorian upper-class society. Specifically, he satirizes the socially constructed role of the family, religion and marriage. Lady Bracknell’s characterization and Jack’s family story satire the importance of the family and its respectability in the Victorian era. Lady Bracknell’s authoritative attitude towards Gwendolyn and Algernon shows the prominent place of the family had in an…

In Act 1 of “The Importance of Being Earnest”, Wilde satirizes marriage by using travesty and to show that marriage is supposed to be a serious topic but as if it was just business. In the play, Gwendolen is talking with Jack about how important and serious marriage is but as soon and Jack asks her on impulse, she says yes. Gwendolen loves jack’s fake name that is Ernest, and that’s pretty much all she cares about. To be Earnest is to be serious and sincere which is ironic because Jack is lying…

Justine Laplante Summer Reading Period 5 1 March 2016 Every piece of literature has a theme to it. It could be meaningful, sad or heroic. The novels Frankenstein(Shelley) and Pride and Prejudice(Austen) are no exception. In both novels, there is the mutual theme of pride and prejudice. Combining both themes together both novels make the main heroine/hero have so much pride in themselves that they use prejudice, coloring up their judgments and previous actions. Throwing this in the…

The wife of bath, thinks that the women should be obeyed in by their husbands but mainly for her own cause. Wife of bath feels it’s only fair. This essay discusses how wife of bath is a jealous type. Whereas the wife of bath she just wants to be married more so that she can have a higher status so the people can see her as more righteous and richer in glory and or to make her look holy and she will do anything to stand out to be more like an upper class person.(Chaucer pg.135 469-470lines "A…

The Crucible The most admirable in the play is John Proctor, a local farmer and husband of Elizabeth Proctor. The reason I believed he’s admirable because he took the time to investigate the situation, and did not just take other people’s word for it. He had a lot to lose, it was his wife also being accused. The message Miller portrayed through this character is courage to tell the truth, and stand for what is right and just. John Proctor had an affair with Abigail, and even though that was a…

witchcraft he previously wrote was, in the end, the right thing to do. One way that we know Proctor’s decision was the right one is because he and his wife, Elizabeth, knew he was dying to prove he actually was a good man. In the play, Goody Proctor is quoted saying, “He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!” By saying this, Elizabeth tells…

your enemy, it also harms yourself. One who seeks vengeance can be so corrupt by seeking it upon their enemy, that it may start to also corrupt their own self. In Arthur Miller’s play The Crucible, Abigail Williams is so set on seeking vengeance on Elizabeth Proctor and the other town’s people, that it starts to take over her and affect her ability to rationalize her decision making. Vengeance can cause people to be so motivated by their own hate that their decision making and decisions become…

Many people in the story The Crucible care about their reputations and they assume that their name could affect them in the situation. I feel like if they would tell the truth it would turn out better, and In my opinion telling the truth is going to be worth more in the end, than having a good name. Having a good or bad name does not affect someone's reputation. You could have a good name and still have a bad reputation. For example, Mr. John Proctor didn’t have a bad name, but he still had…