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he has not really learned a great deal, except to perhaps further solidify his lack of desire to be civilized. In reading this sto...

school. The narrator also takes the reader through settings that involve past schools, and then the narrators path from school to...

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

lover in the war and the disappearance of her brother. She becomes a recluse, clearly indicating a sense of obsession with self an...

journey with a runaway slave and ultimately finds his way back to civilization and a home. Offering a very simple and adventurous ...

of Emma, or Cher in the film. Ferriss notes how "Heckerling offers a series of suggestive parallels between Austens heroine and he...

where she needs to go. Klara is taught from an early age that art is a very powerful thing. Her grandfather, a master carver, t...

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at Emma, by Jane Austen. The text is compared to the naturalistic techniques employed ...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Jane Austen. Quotes from the novel are used to respond to criticisms of her writing...

This essay pertains to the way in which Elizabeth Bennett is characterized in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The writer partic...

This essay pertains to "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and discusses its themes from a feminist perspective. Eight pages in l...

by the society in which she lives. Its hard to see how this makes Austen a misogynist. Zwingel argues that Austen is a misogynist...

is actually a monk, Shedoni, but he is a man who had a presence that possessed the "gloomy pride of a disappointed one" (Radcliffe...

as a first attempt one can see the underlying brilliance that will shine through in later novel attempts. As has been said, "Auste...

Then, there is the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. They are bent on being the perfect family in that the father deals wi...

is better. We note some of his pride when we see him at the party where he quickly dismisses Elizabeth, stating "She is tolerable;...

impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...

their social philosophies interact with Austens novel. Sense and Sensibility "In an age which extolled the virtues of expressi...

Dashwood) and director Lee were steadfastly committed to presenting a screen adaptation that was faithful to the novel, and with a...

There is little affection shown between the couple and one gets the distinct impression that theres was a marriage of convenience ...

mother, Lady de Courcy, reveals, this woman is no shrinking violet (Knuth 215). Lady Susan uses her feminine wiles whenever the m...

him to be when she first met him at the ball: a rude egocentric boor. And yet, one of the Bingley sisters illuminates what society...

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

the original house, which is far better suited for raising the children (MacLean et al, 2002). Protection under British and...

can see this is Book IV, lines 32-113. It is perhaps this section that gives us the most intricate look at the theme of religion, ...

a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see that the past, which involves at least Sethes enslavement, is very real ...

shocker. The Father is in actuality a nun who had been fleeing the sins of her past. She comes upon the body of the deceased Fathe...

attempt to attend Womans Medical College in Pennsylvania further supports the notion that there were areas of society in which Jan...

about her. She immediately sees him as rude, arrogant, and prideful. The entire story is essentially based around this attitude as...

Indians, but rather how scholarship can lead an historian to this answer. What is her conclusion to this overriding issue? Over...