YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Romantic and Victorian Literature Contrasted
Essays 151 - 180
the rights of plants: "And when we call plant stupid for not understanding out business, how capable do we show ourselves of under...
not thinking of his words, only drinking in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him...
womens movement, describing how, at first, the purpose of the womens movement was secure the right of women to speak in public. Th...
Jane Austen is something of a pioneer. Along with her contemporaries, the Bront? sisters, she produced narrative works of great co...
For example, in most cases, the small amount of money paid allotted for the babies care was pocketed by the women charged with car...
and rules governing marriage; these rules were very oppressive to women. This paper discusses what Victorian society expected from...
misery" (lines 17-18). By the fourth stanza, the positive attitude of the first lines is completely gone, as the speaker compares ...
that there is little, if any, true relationship or familial feeling between the two women, as Vivie tells Mr. Praed, "I hardly kno...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...
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...
formula which would ensure the future of the white minority into the next century (South Africas Apartheid Era and the Transition ...
jump into a review of these novels it is necessary to first examine the predominant state of mind of Victorian Europe. During the...
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...
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...
in the Gilded Age. In the presentation we will argue that the predominance of the Victorian Culture helped to shape racial relatio...
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 seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...
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...
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 ...
taking his time. He halts, turns to one wall where the current wallpaper is torn away to reveal flowery wallpaper underneath. So...
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 other arenas. On the other hand, a womans ponderous role germane to pregnancy, menstruation (considered a time of illness, debi...
way that different people were seen. When we look at this time we can see that there was already a change, the...
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...
it threatened who she was as a member of the white race and the upper classes. Therefore, it can be seen that Ednas desire to pa...
noted for acerbity or harshness in his work; even though he was in many respects critical of the way in which contemporary society...