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In seven pages these female protagonists from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre are contrasted and co...

lesser creatures than men. In relationship to medical science, which involves Gilmans story a great deal, one author notes how, "I...

in charge of the farm by her father when he dies. The farm is not left to her brothers or to Alexandrias mother but to her. The st...

developed during this time, as madness was associated with menstruation, pregnancy, and the menopause. The womb itself was deemed ...

saved by a friend and turned to writing which greatly changed her entire perspective, giving her "some measure of power" (Gilman [...

how socially shocking they might be. Lucys mother always has the best intentions and willing to share openly her thoughts and fe...

and ones own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter with one but temporary nervous depress...

sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same time knowing that she a...

of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

such endeavors she discovers that this is not the case. She tries to escape through passion, but finds that she is still a woman i...

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

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

May new buds and flowers shall bring; (I)/ Ah! why has happiness--no second Spring? (I)" (Smith 1-14). As we can note, at least...

a male, well, a male. There is no arguing with biological facts and figures in this context. However, having stated that, it is al...

In nine pages this paper examines how insanity is thematically and symbolically portrayed the short stories 'The Lottery' by Shirl...

evolving its consumer values, wrote the poem as a demonstration of how society was responsible for illustrating female desires as ...

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

part of his micro-manipulation of Noras behavior. For example, he jokingly calls her his "Miss Sweet Tooth" as he grills her about...

to appear more frequently. Eventually she locks herself in her room and tears the paper from the walls (Gilman, 1996; Yim, 1996). ...

In seven pages this paper discusses the importance of thresholds in the decision making processes featured in Mary Shelley's Frank...

This paper looks at the perspective of English society in the nineteenth century which is presented in Charlotte Bronte's novel. I...

In five pages 19th century marriage and the woman's role within it are examined in a comparison of Kate Chopin's 'The Story of an ...

This paper analyzes what defines popular fiction and a classic literary work in an assessment of Charlotte Temple by Susanna Rosen...

In five pages Charlotte Bronte's book is considered in terms of a fictional entry made by Jane's school chum Helen Burns in her jo...

In eight pages an imaginary symposium discusses the dichotomies of the individual versus society, passion versus reason and featur...

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

This paper considers the child as conceptually represented in the Romantic Era poetry of Charlotte Smith, William Blake, and Willi...

who flatly refused to accept the mundane. These two characters, both centers of nineteenth century American literature, each made...

of this era, stereotyping the average female as prone to "hysterical" nervous disorders and the entire gender as "economically a n...

any fairy tale. Yet, despite it all, she ends up living "happily ever after." She gives the plain, abused, disregarded young girls...