Mary Jane Vs. Brett Ashley

             Similarly, both Mary Jane and Lady Brett Ashley are uncommonly able to charm male characters. Twain mainly focuses on Mary Jane's enchantment of Huck. However, Hemingway describes Brett's charm as affecting many men. Brett, like Mary Jane, does not lose the attraction of the protagonist. The authors portray both women as having a negative physical attribute that their character overpowers. Upon his first glance at her, Huck indicates that "Mary Jane was red-headed, but that don't make no difference, she was most awful beautiful, and her face and her eyes was all lit up like glory." Huck implies that Mary Jane's red hair is a negative physical attribute, yet her glorious manner charms Huck at first sight. Hemingway describes Brett as wearing a "slipover jersey sweater and a tweed skirt, and her hair was brushed back like a boy's." Despite her boyish appearance, her promiscuity attracts men. Both of these women bring about change in the men they charm. Mary Jane brings positive change upon Huck by moving him to tell the truth with her sincere and trusting composure. Mary Jane also displays a genuine interest in Huck's feelings. On the contrary, Hemingway compares Brett to the goddess Circe who transformed Ulysses' men into swine. With her promiscuity, Brett carelessly causes countless men to fight and agonize over her. Mary Jane's obedience and willingness to listen make her attractive. After Huck lays the plans out to Mary Jane, she attempts to delay her departure until after breakfast, but she gives in to Huck's insistence of his original plans. On the other hand, when Brett and Jake leave the club in the taxi, Brett chooses the destinations. Brett controls the men she charms. When Brett lures Count Mippipopolous at the Café Select, she allows Jake to leave with little hesitation. Mary Jane and Lady Brett Ashley can change the men they attract because they dif...

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