Категории: Все - norms - evolution - interactions

по Daniel Vargas 4 лет назад

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Character: Viola

Viola's character journey reflects a transition from subservience to defiance, challenging both her master and societal expectations. Initially depicted as subservient and fearful, Viola'

Character: Viola

Summary of Viola's Character devlopment

As Viola evolves through the literary text, she becomes more fearless of her situation and more defiant of her master and of her social norms. As a result, her interactions with other characters become more interesting and have a greater affect on the character and the story she is involved with.

Character: Viola

Name the character


Type in the name of the character whose change throughout the story you are going to analyze.

Example: Nick Carraway.

Behavior: Subservience

Character's behavior

Think of the character's behavior at the beginning of the story and look for the way it changed throughout the story.

Defiance
Act IV: "My lord, I do protest-"
Act III: "You mistake, sir. I am sure no man hath any quarrel to me. My remembrance is very free and clear from any image of offense done to any man"

Change in behavior

In what way did the character change the other behavior(s) you mentioned? Type in a relevant quote.

Example:
'You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I? [...]
I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.'

Act I: "My master, not myself, lacks recompense"

Change in behavior

How did the character change the first behavior you mentioned? Type in a quote to prove your statement.

Example: Nick assumes the whole responsibility for Gatsby's funeral arrangements, 'with that intense personal interest to which every one has some vague right at the end.'

Subservience
Act I: "Sure, my noble lord, If she be so abandoned to her sorrow As it is spoke, she never will admit me"

Initial behavior

What is the character's behavior at the beginning of the story? Type in a relevant quote for your statement.

Example: Nick seems to be an honest person, calling himself 'one of the few honest people that I have ever known'.

Act I: "Say I do speak with her, my lord, what then?"

Initial behavior

How does the character act at the beginning of the story? Type in a relevant quote for your statement.

Example: Nick shows his immature side as he leaves to New York in order to avoid 'being rumored into marriage' with his girlfriend.

Feeling: Fearful of her situation

Character's feelings

Focus on the way the character's feelings are presented at the beginning and at the end of the story, while explaining why they have changed.

Not Fearful
Act IV: "He named Sebastian...For him I imitate."

Change of feelings

How did the character change the belief you mentioned?

Type in a relevant quote for his change.

Example: 'Winter night and the real snow, our snow(...)We drew in deep breaths of it . . . unutterably aware of our identity with this country for one strange hour before we melted indistinguishably into it again. That's my middle-west.' - Nick on the purity and integrity of Midwest.

Act III: "I pity you", "...for 'tis a vulgar proof That very oft we pity enemies"

Change of feelings

In what way did the character change the feeling you mentioned?

Type in a quote to support your statement.

Example: 'They are a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together.' - Nick criticizing the Buchanans.

Fearful
Act I: "Who governs here?", "What is his name?", "What's she?"

Initial feelings

What was the character's initial belief? Type in a relevant quote.

Example: 'seems like the ragged edge of the universe' - Nick talking about Midwest, the place where he grew up.

Act I: "O my poor brother, and so perchance may he be"

Initial feelings


How does the character feel about a certain subject at the beginning of the story? Type in a relevant quote to support your statement.

Example: "Reserving judgements is a matter of infinite hope."

Title: Twelfth Night

Title


Type in the title and author of the literary work that introduces the character.

Example: The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.