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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...

keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring...

she receives by her cousins, John in particular: "John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. ...

the time who had attended anything remotely resembling one (as Charlotte Bront? herself had), the abuses struck a chord of familia...

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...

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 ...

quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...

women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; th...

Austen and Cesaire present two very diverse approaches to the notion of time, in that ones perspective takes the form of British v...

not a trifle that will support a family nowadays" (Austen NA). As we can see, money is an incredibly important issue in this co...

it will, it is indebted to him" (xi-xii). Charlotte Bronte believed that religious attitudes fell into two distinct categories -...

Clearly, these elements all preside in Jane Eyre and also in Bleak House. Combining the efforts of these books, we have the haunt...

specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...

All the women are intrigued with Darcy and the potential marriage material he represents, however he is nonplused by what he consi...

the novel and the author views her, and thus views women in general perhaps. The character to be examined is Rosa Dartle. She "i...

sources on this topic in order to see if the literary view represents an accurate picture. The home and the marketplace were not...

in manner that applies to Western ideals. In fact, it seems as though most of the pictures and stories only inform us about how th...

ClassicNote on Pride and Prejudice a.php?a=n001001182). In this we are given a subtle, yet very powerful, foundation for the unfol...

good art and literature. One of philosopher Aristotles most pronounced contentions was that art holds a mirror up to life; with t...

Eliot provides us with a very intricate look at the aristocracy from these various perspectives. At first we are given the useless...

more so when Elizabeth - who relishes the opportunity to manipulate him - opts to dance instead with Mr. Wickham, a man Darcy deci...

This essay presents a discussion of the characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen from the standpoint of viewing them as ar...

difference in the narrative techniques the authors have used. For Austen there is an immediate theme set up, a perspective that of...

are futile and are only keeping her from seeing the truth. One author, in reviewing a book about Austens work, notes that...

his letter: "He must be an oddity, I think, said she. I cannot make him out.--There is something very pompous in his style.--And ...