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Essays 211 - 240
In five pages this paper analyzes the play's tragic elements and then applies them to the experience of the contemporary world....
A 6 page essay that discusses Charlotte Perkins Gilman's short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper," which continues to capture and fasci...
of the unions may be argued as changing, with decreasing membership, holding onto every area in which they may be able to influenc...
of independence and material possessions as a way to shed the discomfort of her less-than-copious upbringing. While Dreiser sough...
in what was historically thought of as a straitlaced society. Lystra (1996) - assistant professor at California State University ...
on the nature of the fourth dimension, i.e., time, as well as the astronomical features and evolutionary development that he obser...
past, which is now gone, and his son is the future (the founding of Rome), and he is the transitionary figure destined to bring th...
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...
therefore, is a nonentity in all ways that do not pertain to business (Adrian, 1984). Dickens uses the interior of his home to con...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
in the Gilded Age. In the presentation we will argue that the predominance of the Victorian Culture helped to shape racial relatio...
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...
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...
are portrayed in this story range from shepherds to artisans, and in this way Hardy stays true to the types of characters that wou...
such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...
values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...
great inner pain and conflict as does Flora. She refuses to give in to the superstitions which seem to govern the lives of her rel...
those around them, as if they were now removed from all responsibility to those around them. She seems to call them dead before th...
In eight pages this paper discusses how Victorian theater was impacted by new technology in terms of staging and social culture. ...
is further demonstrated when Vivie tries to talk to her mother about her life and how her "way of life" may not suit her mother. V...
poor. "This specialisation and - by implication - individualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural means of product...
society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...
that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...
(Arnold 2062). Expressionism : A movement that affected both painting and literature that attempted to exceed impressionism in "...
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...
chance to marry and would fight amongst other females for this dubious honor. She would also seem to be showing that in each case ...
In seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...
elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...