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Reaction to The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

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

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and the Theme of Class

In a paper consisting of 8 pages the theme of class and how it is represented in Bronte's title protagonist in terms of establishi...

Nineteenth Century Victorian England's Fallen Women

In eleven pages this paper discusses how women were marginalized in England's nineteenth century Victorian society. Four sources ...

Thomas Hardy and George Moore's Victorian Fiction and Naivete

In five pages this research paper examines the naivete of the protagonists in Esther Waters by George Moore and Far From the Maddi...

Hamlet by William Shakespeare and Interpreting Ophelia's Madness in the Fourth Act, Fifth Scene 3 Different Ways

In nine pages this paper examines how Victorian theater actress Helena Faucit, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, and Shakespear...

Victorian Literature and Class Consciousness

In 5 pages the Victorian class consciousness that reached a pinnacle during the mid to late 19th century is examined as it is refl...

Victorian Era Writing

This paper considers 2 Victorian Age writings, essayist John Stuart Mill's 'Speech in Favor of Capital Punishment' and John Henry ...

World Perceptions of the Victorian Era

In five pages this paper discusses how Victorian Era individuals perceived the world in a comparative analysis of Angela Thirkell'...

Victorian Literature and Women

In five pages this paper discusses how social commentary during the Victorian Age was expressed through female characterizations i...

Deviance from a Victorian View Perspective

see them in the context of the society in which they originated. The Victorian view of criminality The commonly expressed public ...

The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins and Classism

In a paper consisting of 5 pages Collins' representation of social class is discussed in terms of his disdain for title and rank p...

Victorian Mindset in the Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Louis Stevenson

discussion will illustrate these points, and references to the city of London are referred to whenever possible as they substantia...

Socioeconomic and Political Settings in Victorian Age Literature

In seven pages this paper discusses how the Victorian Age's socioeconomic and political landscape are reflected in William Thacker...

Victorian Twist to William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night Dream

In 6 pages this paper examines the validity of putting a Victorian Age twist on the telling of Shakespeare's Elizabethan comedy. ...

Faith and the Victorian Poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning

In three pages this paper examines how faith is represented in the Victorian poetry of Alfred Lord Tennyson and Robert Browning. ...

Women in Works Such as Jane Eyre, The Scarlet Letter, and Lysistrata

This paper contrasts and compares various female characters throughout the history of literature which includes Lysistrata, Jane E...

Victorian Age Hypocrisy and Advice

In five pages the hypocrisy of advice and attitudes in America during the Victorian era pertaining to women's sexuality is discuss...

George Eliot's Characterizations of Women

In twenty two pages this paper discusses the Victorian female characters featured in the writings of George Eliot in a considerati...

Victorian Novel Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the Victorian era as represented in the Dickens novel is considered in terms of its false values,...

Puritan And Victorian America and Gender

Puritan America is examined as well as the Victorian era. Gender is discussed in this context and the eras are compared and cont...

Victorian Age National Trust Building Cragside

In eleven pages this innovative Victorian Age building, Cragside, in Northumberland, is examined in terms of Lord Armstrong's usag...

Bildunsroman in 'Great Expectations' and 'Jane Eyre'

In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...

French Artist James Tissot

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

Robert Browning's Anti-Victorian Sentiments in Fra Lippo Lippi

In a paper consisting of 9 pages the anti Victorian sentiments that are expressed with great subtlety throughout the poem in terms...

Analysis of The Awakening by Kate Chopin

children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministe...

Women in Three Hardy Novels

This 6 page paper explores the status of women in the Victorian era by examining the way they are presented in three Hardy novels,...

Comparative Analysis of Poems by Robert Browning and John Keats

to his section describing the scene. He writes "Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard/ Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipe...

'The Bishop Orders His Tomb At St. Praxed's Church' by Robert Browning

In five pages this poetic analyzes what makes the poem Victorian in a consideration of style, tone, allegory, and theme. Three so...

Analysis: The Darkling Thrush by Thomas Hardy

This 6 page paper is a detailed explication of Thomas Hardy's poem, The Darkling Thrush. The writer argues that Hardy is using na...

The Legal Use of Child Labor in Pre-Victorian England

12 pages and 12 sources. This paper relates the specific views of the history of child labor and the use of child labor in early ...