Summary Of Beauty By Jane Martin
Beauty by Jane Martin
In Beauty by Jane Martian (pg. 1759), the central conflict between Bethany and Carla is that the other one wants something the other has. It is an internal conflict because each character is jealous of the other but does not necessarily have a problem with the other. Carla is beautiful and Bethany is studious and normal. Carla wishes she was smarter and could do better in school, and Bethany wishes that more boys would pay attention to her. The irnoy of this all is the fact that neither girl appreciates what she does have, and both wish to have what the other has. Carla has so many dates; she can’t even remember all the boys. “Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And you spoke to me?” (Martian 2) This shows us that she is clearly in love with no one, even though there are many who are in love with her. Each character has to decide what they should get if they could get whatever they want. Bethany wants to be like Carla, but Carla isn’t happy with her life, because she is surrounded by stupid guys whom only what one thing from her and can’t have conversations with her. Carla tells Bethany not to wish to be like …show more content…
Dramatic irony is used when the sentry comes to tell Creon that the body of Polyneices has been given a light burial. Creon has ordered that the guards watch the body so that no one would be able to bury the body. However, as we read we know that Antigone has planned to giver her brother’s body a burial based on the conversation that she has with her sister Ismene at the beginning of the play. When the sentry reports the burial, the audience knows that Antigone is responsible for the burial, but Creon doesn’t know who has buried the body. He assumes that the sentries are behind the burial and he threatens them with punishment if they do not find out who is responsible because the audience is knowledgeable aobut something that the charcaters are not, this is an example of drmatic
In Beauty by Jane Martian (pg. 1759), the central conflict between Bethany and Carla is that the other one wants something the other has. It is an internal conflict because each character is jealous of the other but does not necessarily have a problem with the other. Carla is beautiful and Bethany is studious and normal. Carla wishes she was smarter and could do better in school, and Bethany wishes that more boys would pay attention to her. The irnoy of this all is the fact that neither girl appreciates what she does have, and both wish to have what the other has. Carla has so many dates; she can’t even remember all the boys. “Uh-huh. Uh-huh. And you spoke to me?” (Martian 2) This shows us that she is clearly in love with no one, even though there are many who are in love with her. Each character has to decide what they should get if they could get whatever they want. Bethany wants to be like Carla, but Carla isn’t happy with her life, because she is surrounded by stupid guys whom only what one thing from her and can’t have conversations with her. Carla tells Bethany not to wish to be like …show more content…
Dramatic irony is used when the sentry comes to tell Creon that the body of Polyneices has been given a light burial. Creon has ordered that the guards watch the body so that no one would be able to bury the body. However, as we read we know that Antigone has planned to giver her brother’s body a burial based on the conversation that she has with her sister Ismene at the beginning of the play. When the sentry reports the burial, the audience knows that Antigone is responsible for the burial, but Creon doesn’t know who has buried the body. He assumes that the sentries are behind the burial and he threatens them with punishment if they do not find out who is responsible because the audience is knowledgeable aobut something that the charcaters are not, this is an example of drmatic