Question

16. Love, ambition, greed, religious faith„these are some of the human emotions that motivate characters and help explain their personalities and behavior. Choose a character who came alive for you in your readings so far this year. Write an essay in which you examine that characterÍs personality and motivation and show what the characterÍs behavior and attitudes reveal about human nature. Begin with an introductory paragraph that captures your readerÍs attention and includes a thesis statement that states your view of the character. Then, in the body of your essay, show how details in the work convey the characterÍs personality and motives. End with a concluding paragraph that sums up your main ideas about the character.

Answer 1

In the story “Story of An Hour,” the story revolved around Mrs. Mallard’s agony, grief and happiness all at once.

Mrs. Mallard had shown happiness and loss. She had been happy that she was glad that her husband is no longer alive. She was finally from her unhappy marriage, but she also felt loss because even if she doesn’t love him that much she had lived with him and somehow accepted him in her life.

Mrs. Mallard had been a perfect example of how Human Nature works. She smiled, cried, lived and died. She experiences a variety of emotions in her predicament.