Mayella Ewell is a character that accuses Tom Robinson of a rape, which eventually results in his execution. They are often referred to as ugly, shiftless, trashy and poor- they even live by a dump. Throughout the novel, Harper Lee portrays Mayella Ewell as a villain who murders the kind, helpless and innocent Tom Robinson. The novel does not reveal why Mayella acts the way she acts and how in reality her life is also a senseless tragedy.
Mayella desired a better future and life. Mayella, is usually associated with negative thoughts, actually cares about her surroundings and how they look. Flowers are usually associated with beauty, brightness and happiness.
The fact that the flowers belong to Mayella Ewell suggests that she desires a happier and better environment around her. The previous quote portrays Mayella Ewell as wanting to put something that represents beauty and hope flowers in her dull and depressing world. This portrays Mayella as hoping her future will be brighter than how her life is currently.
This minor event reveals loads of information that Mayella has a gentler and nicer side then how she was shown at the Tom Robinson trial. Ewell agrees with what Mr. He asks the court reporter to read them word for word, and then asks She understands that Atticus is making the case that Mr.
Mayella takes the stand. Scout can tell that Mayella tries but fails to keep clean, and Atticus takes over questioning. Scout is flabbergasted and Judge Taylor assures Mayella that Atticus asks Mayella to identify her rapist, so she points at Tom. Atticus asks Tom to stand, and He often greeted Mayella , and last spring she asked him to chop up a chiffarobe.
He refused the nickel Scout realizes that Mayella must be the loneliest person in the world and is probably lonelier than Boo Radley Tom says that the Ewell place seemed quiet.
He says that Mayella is guilty. He says that Judge Taylor made JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. People said they were Mayella Ewell's. The geraniums suggest that Mayella desires to be better than her surroundings, to make something bright in her dull world, to aspire to higher things.
But whatever Mayella's hopes and dreams are, she doesn't get a chance to express them to the reader; she appears only at Tom's trial. And there, she has to perform a role: the poor innocent white woman attacked by the evil black man, who must be protected by chivalrous white men. Mayella's a Ewell, and everyone knows what the Ewells are like: ugly, shiftless, and trashy—they even live by a dump.
But when she takes the stand, she represents something else entirely: a flower of "Southern womanhood," an idea that itself is, according to Atticus, a "polite fiction" But to justify sending an innocent man to death, the jury has to believe in her as a representative of "fragile" white women everyone:. A young girl walked to the witness stand. As she raised her hand and swore that the evidence she gave would be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help her God, she seemed somehow fragile-looking, but when she sat facing us in the witness chair she became what she was, a thick-bodied girl accustomed to strenuous labor.
Even in the workplace women are discriminated against pay cuts especially during this time when their pay got even lower than half of what men make. While men still experienced pay cuts. His feelings towards Tim were like how he took on defending Tom Robinson as well. The rabid dog then made his last appearance when representing all the racism and prejudice Maycomb was going through. This dog foreshadowed so many things in relation to the trial and how Atticus would handle them.
Even though Atticus did everything he could have, the once innocent black man was now deemed a man guilty of raping a white woman during The Great Depression, and no one could do anything about.
As a Black American in s Alabama, Tom Robinson represented the very lowest rung on the social ladder. Negros were considered dirty — an untouchable class. Tom Robinson is portrayed by a Mockingbird because Mockingbirds do not harm others, they only sing for us.
Tom is wrongly accused of raping a white woman, Mayella Ewell, when in actuality he is a helpful, hardworking, and honest man who was helping Mayella with her chores around the house. Tom Robinson does not hurt Mayella Ewell in any way but he does dare to feel sorry for her because of her loneliness and financial state which is why he was willing to help her around the house.
In the book, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses allusions to help the reader to understand the setting, and irony to show character and develop theme. This refers to the Civil War in , which gives the reader an estimated time period of which the book took place in, also relating to the segregation.
At some point in an individual's lifetime, they will be faced with the judgement of race, class, and gender.
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