“Laura and Elisa” In literature, authors often paint their characters with very distinct and recognizable personalities. A skillful author can create characters with predictable traits that help the reader understand them and what makes them tick. This semester we have come across two women in literature who exhibit distinct yet similar personality traits. In “The Garden-Party”, Laura is a confused young woman wrestling with the notions of how society views her and who she thinks …showed first 75 words of 811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 811 total…While both of these women exhibit similarities in their discontentment and confusion, the final result of their conflicts are quite different. With Laura, some measure of resolution is found after she visits the widow and sees the husband’s corpse. This experience has a profound effect on her and helps her realize how wonderful and precious life is. Elisa, on the other hand, is not as fortunate. Henry, her husband, does not really understand who