YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Change and the Victorian Age
Essays 271 - 300
point out that the number eight when laid on its side is the sign for infinity and that there is much to suggest that Molly is the...
and many of the traditional roles played by men and women in society and is famous for one of his quotes "Men at most differ as He...
chance to marry and would fight amongst other females for this dubious honor. She would also seem to be showing that in each case ...
formula which would ensure the future of the white minority into the next century (South Africas Apartheid Era and the Transition ...
woman likes her surroundings and it is clear that she likes them orderly. A young woman who was not immersed somehow in the idea o...
noted for acerbity or harshness in his work; even though he was in many respects critical of the way in which contemporary society...
that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...
In seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...
society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...
era was a time of cultural renewal that saw significant declines in crime and social vices ("The Big," 1998). She also notes that ...
do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...
In five pages this paper considers the Victorian concept of feminine identity as depicted in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White an...
her intellectualism, Bertha is a victim of her own sexual desires. Bronte tried to provide a useful guide to women of her time in ...
therefore, is a nonentity in all ways that do not pertain to business (Adrian, 1984). Dickens uses the interior of his home to con...
emphasized. Harker is clearly in foreign territory. This point is even emphasized by the Count who tells Harker, "We are in Trans...
jump into a review of these novels it is necessary to first examine the predominant state of mind of Victorian Europe. During the...
(Arnold 2062). Expressionism : A movement that affected both painting and literature that attempted to exceed impressionism in "...
elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...
great inner pain and conflict as does Flora. She refuses to give in to the superstitions which seem to govern the lives of her rel...
are portrayed in this story range from shepherds to artisans, and in this way Hardy stays true to the types of characters that wou...
such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...
of nature. Yet, inscrutable and mysterious, it is neither wholly good nor evil, but simply part of a greater cycle of life and dea...
The angel required Woolf to participate in her writing only within boundaries, and without stepping passed cultural limitations. ...
and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...
that no manipulation of light and pose could have con- veyed the delicate shade of truthfulness upon those features. She seemed re...
original composition, rather than critiquing others, their time would be much better employed. Wordsworth said that "A false or ma...
values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...
suggests, Gaskell specifically departs from the Victorian middle-class sensibility that equated decency with cleanliness. In doing...
In four pages this poetic explication focuses on the contrast between Victorian era religious conventions and Dickinson's individu...
is further demonstrated when Vivie tries to talk to her mother about her life and how her "way of life" may not suit her mother. V...