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Past Theme in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

One of the reasons for this is that Dickens expertly wove just about every emotion and every tale of human nature into this one gr...

Great Expectations and Charles Dickens

conditions within the factories were terrible. Unfortunately, it can be said that they same disgraces that Dickens saw during his ...

Events and Characters in Hard Times by Charles Dickens and Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

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

Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens and Memory

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

Christmas and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by o...

Heroism in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

obviously keenly intelligent, and it is clear that, if he applied himself, he could have achieved any goal to which he might have ...

Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens

therefore, is a nonentity in all ways that do not pertain to business (Adrian, 1984). Dickens uses the interior of his home to con...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Dickens appears to introduce Charles Darnays mother for the sole purpose of establishing her as the source for Darnays personal in...

Characterization in Hard Times by Charles Dickens

their reactions. For example, Josiah Bounderby is the mill-owner and principal villain in Hard Times. Bounderby is so unremittin...

Structure of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

However, shortly thereafter, they are sent to debtors prison and David sees his chance to escape the oppressive life. He runs to h...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens and the Lack of Hidden Meanings

Hard Times. Coketown as it appears in Dickens Hard Times, is also painted as a rather dismal environment and in fact, some...

Charles Dickens Bleak House and Elements of Mystery

Carstone, to attempt to solve the generations-long Chancery suit of Jarndyce and Jarndyce (Dickens). There is little that is myste...

Bleak House by Charles Dickens and the Character Esther Summerson

In six pages a character analysis of Esther Summerson is presented within the context of Dickens' novel. Eight sources are cited ...

English Lit Questions in 9 short papers

long to feel him next to my skin, next to my heart, which is surely his rightful place. I bare my shoulder and hold him to my brea...

London Landmarks in Dickens' "Oliver Twist"

the foul odour that used to be present at the site" (easyor, 2005). Presumably if they are still carrying in bouquets it is ceremo...

"Great Expectations" and Realism

in England, were something of a novelty, and indeed broke with narrative tradition in a number of compelling ways. One of the most...

The Age Of Paradox

This writing by Charles Handy is explored. The idea of paradoxes are discussed in this six page paper that also looks at how to ma...

Bernal Diaz del Castillo and Hernan Cortes

In seven pages the writings of these two men are contrasted and compared with Castillo's The Conquest of New Spain and Cortes' Let...

A Look at Great Expectations in the Context of the Author's Life

1824-1827 he was a "day pupil at a school in London" (Cody). But the year in the blacking factory "haunted him all of his life" t...

Industrialization in Hard Times

Industrialism as it existed in the time of the author is discussed in the context of Dickens' classic novel Hard Times. The proble...

Charlemagne, Different Biographical Perspectives

Charlemagne has been interpreted differently by different writers over the centuries. Those differences in interpretation are app...

Literary Considerations of Power Abuses

In this paper consisting of six pages the realistic depiction of abuses in regards to imperialism are in Voltaire's Candide, Remar...

Article Review: How to Use Problem- Solving to Learn Algebra

This 5 page paper summarizes and analyzes a journal article entitled Effects of a Problem-Solving Strategy on the Introductory Alg...

Life and Times of Vlad Tepes, the Original Dracula

out of the hands of Vlad the III. (Vlad 1996) Vlad III eventually did manage to regain the thrown of Walachia by conspiring with...

Trimbur's Call to Write/Narrative of Frederick Douglass

the chapter that addresses writing profiles of specific people, Trimbur writes, "This impulse to describe, to analyze, and to unde...

Creating a Saint

ages. In fact, both accounts contain detailed descriptions of the deaths, which are very similar. In addition, throughout both acc...

Writing One's Way to Success

This paper contends that writing is a critical component in our personal, academic, and professional lives. It has a cause and ef...

Life and Writings of James Baldwin

In six pages this paper celebrates the life and literary works of James Baldwin in a consideration of his writings' enduring impac...

Short Life of Katherine Mansfield and the Lasting Impact of Her Work

In twelve pages this paper examines Katherine Mansfield's short life and the lack of convention with which she lived and wrote wit...

Interviewing an Older Person

is, a high level of "energy and vitality," contributes significantly to quality of life for the elderly (Spirduso, Francis and Mac...