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alone could carry the long swords (Dunn, 1977, Sellen, 2002). Dunns appreciation of some of the key elements of the classes explai...

the growth of slums and a lack of social welfare which led Carlyle to criticise the leaders of society for their obsession with ma...

her different from others and what is the significance of that difference? In general, Dickens takes little Nell and her grandfat...

freed black man and has just hopped onboard a slaving ship headed for Africa. The ships captain is a dwarf named Ebenezer Falcon, ...

head bowed to pray before meal time. In fact, if one were to walk into a room and shout, "Jesus Saves", the likely wise crack may ...

shining armor since he has redesigned his house to look like a castle. However, he does not bring this kind and generous nature in...

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...

the commoners, Darnay renounces his title to the Evremonde Estate and goes back to England to live. He proposes to Lucie and she a...

artistic and mathematical minds. Or it could indicate that architecture has its share of frauds like every other field of industry...

of money. Gradgrind is mortified, his familys reputation is destroyed and he realizes (though it has come at great cost) that his ...

the world, based on his observations and research. He states, "I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those...

is a machine for living in," he wrote. The machines he admired most were ocean liners, and his architecture spoke of sun and wind ...

barely notices when Florence enters the room. Dickens writes "They had been married ten years, and until this present day ...(they...

quite clear that Edith has just cause to feel alienated from her husband and her marriage from its inception. In the first half of...

a very good life with his mother but then his mother marries and he is sent away to a place called Salem House. It is London board...

inflexible educational system is accurate in his attempt to reveal his own educational experience and also does well in his attemp...

all of his lessons come into play and culminate to create a powerful epiphany. We note some of this in the following excerpt: "Spi...

133). Pips struggle to make sense of the inscription on his parents tombstones has been interpreted by some critics as his firs...

and represents his coming of age as a painter, with the Anglo influence evident in the works "polish and refinement" (Parker, 1938...

of ever-growing interest. So, with great perseverance and untiring industry, he prospered" (Dickens NA). We are then presented ...

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. He then moves on...

leans on her heavily for advice and help in maintaining the farm after her fathers death. In fact, Ruby helps Ada take care of her...

away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...

doing whatever one wants, with no regard to law (Krause, 2000). If independence must be sacrificed in order to achieve political ...

impoverished class lacked proper legal or parliamentary representation. It was a bitter indictment against a system dominated by ...

perception is that which we, as humans, have been trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception r...

facts" (Manley 55) which leads to the realization that there are also "no true biographies...about this very ancient Greek poet" (...