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is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...

she stands at the coast, watching the stormy sea, hoping that her lover would return" (The French Lieutenants Woman (1981)). Fr...

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...

In her novels, Eliot seems to rail against the fact that a woman must be a certain type of person and act a certain way...

elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...

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 ...

In ten pages English melodrama during the Victorian Age is analyzed in terms of message and tone of style in a comparison and cont...

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...

in other arenas. On the other hand, a womans ponderous role germane to pregnancy, menstruation (considered a time of illness, debi...

In ten pages the gender roles and rules associated with the Victorian Age are considered in an analysis of A Room with a View by E...

In five pages Edward Rochester and Fitzwilliam Darcy are contrasted and compared with the gentleman concept of the Victorian era a...

Although he served in the Franco-Prussian war, he was also accused of being part of the short-lived Paris Commune. Consequently t...

This six page paper considers the societal roles expected of Victorian women. John Stewart Mill, Tennyson, and Elizabeth Gaskell ...

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

In eight pages this paper examines how Dickens' critiqued Victorian industrialism in his novel and then evaluates his social contr...

In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...

In five pages this paper considers the Victorian concept of feminine identity as depicted in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White an...

The underclass practically disappeared (1995). While this is the case, one has to understand how gender played a part in comprehe...

that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...

society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...

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 seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...

era was a time of cultural renewal that saw significant declines in crime and social vices ("The Big," 1998). She also notes that ...

a child will enjoy it to some extent, but it is safe to say that this poem was not intended for the young, though it may very well...

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...

the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...

noted for acerbity or harshness in his work; even though he was in many respects critical of the way in which contemporary society...

In four pages this poetic explication focuses on the contrast between Victorian era religious conventions and Dickinson's individu...