Courage And Resilience In Anna Frith's 'Year Of Wonder'
English Essay
‘In Year of Wonders it is the female characters who display the greatest strength and resilience.’ Do you agree?
In the ‘Year of Wonders’ courage and perseverance is shown by the female characters such as Anna Frith shows resilience when she overcomes the death of her husband and her children to help others in need, Elinor Mompellion shows will power when she overcomes her past to try to life a happy life with Michael Mompellion and Anys Gowdie shows courage when she jumps in the well to rescue her aunt Mem Gowdie.
Anna Frith shows that she is able to bounce back from negative experiences such as when her husband Sam Frith passed away Anna showed courage in her ability to ‘tend to so many [other] people’ including her children …show more content…
Anys shows her physical strength not only by jumping into the well but by being able to ‘drag [her] limp body’ out and then to resuscitate her. Anys bravery may have resulted in Anys being seen as a witch and hanged. She is also brave when she distracts the crowd with the bold accusation but this is in vain but even when she is dying she does it knowing about the one life she has saved, her aunts.
It’s not only Anna Frith, Elinor Mompellion and Anys Gowdie that show the greatest display of strength and courage, there are also many others such as Aphra who has the physical strength to take care of her children, but also the will power to convince her husband Josiah Bont to stay in Eyam and not to leave, this is shown by ‘if we take to the road who will feed us?’ Aphra appeals to Josiah’s sense of living and need of survival, to convince him to stay in Eyam.
Also Mary Bradford shows physical strength by when she returns to Eyam with her pregnant mother and requests the help of Michael Mompellion, Mary Bradford brought her pregnant mother back from London all by herself with only using the physical strength that she has and not requested the help of other until she had arrived in Eyam in which she dearly asked Michael Mompellion for help regarding her family. Mary Bradford showed great strength in the time of great
‘In Year of Wonders it is the female characters who display the greatest strength and resilience.’ Do you agree?
In the ‘Year of Wonders’ courage and perseverance is shown by the female characters such as Anna Frith shows resilience when she overcomes the death of her husband and her children to help others in need, Elinor Mompellion shows will power when she overcomes her past to try to life a happy life with Michael Mompellion and Anys Gowdie shows courage when she jumps in the well to rescue her aunt Mem Gowdie.
Anna Frith shows that she is able to bounce back from negative experiences such as when her husband Sam Frith passed away Anna showed courage in her ability to ‘tend to so many [other] people’ including her children …show more content…
Anys shows her physical strength not only by jumping into the well but by being able to ‘drag [her] limp body’ out and then to resuscitate her. Anys bravery may have resulted in Anys being seen as a witch and hanged. She is also brave when she distracts the crowd with the bold accusation but this is in vain but even when she is dying she does it knowing about the one life she has saved, her aunts.
It’s not only Anna Frith, Elinor Mompellion and Anys Gowdie that show the greatest display of strength and courage, there are also many others such as Aphra who has the physical strength to take care of her children, but also the will power to convince her husband Josiah Bont to stay in Eyam and not to leave, this is shown by ‘if we take to the road who will feed us?’ Aphra appeals to Josiah’s sense of living and need of survival, to convince him to stay in Eyam.
Also Mary Bradford shows physical strength by when she returns to Eyam with her pregnant mother and requests the help of Michael Mompellion, Mary Bradford brought her pregnant mother back from London all by herself with only using the physical strength that she has and not requested the help of other until she had arrived in Eyam in which she dearly asked Michael Mompellion for help regarding her family. Mary Bradford showed great strength in the time of great