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of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same time knowing that she a...

she receives by her cousins, John in particular: "John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. ...

defining social standing, the also create expectations that sometimes go against the very willful nature of both Jane Eyre and Hel...

how the authors use the notion of acting and performance to highlight truths about the demands of society and how such a loss of i...

to see, more objectively, the struggles of her aunt and the sad state of her aunt, thus giving her the ability to be kind and comp...

occurring in this era between slavery and freedom. We learn from both Forten and Schwalm that many African American women were in...

Clearly, these elements all preside in Jane Eyre and also in Bleak House. Combining the efforts of these books, we have the haunt...

seek to attract the public. Visitor studies can be seen as historically categorised and studied in terms of the educational per...

May new buds and flowers shall bring; (I)/ Ah! why has happiness--no second Spring? (I)" (Smith 1-14). As we can note, at least...

it will, it is indebted to him" (xi-xii). Charlotte Bronte believed that religious attitudes fell into two distinct categories -...

that interest by participating in activities. 3. The third aspect had to do with the relationship between social interest and life...

this passage from Jane Eyre, Bronte seems to be making a statement about self worth. What has precipitated this passage is that a ...

her intellectualism, Bertha is a victim of her own sexual desires. Bronte tried to provide a useful guide to women of her time in ...

years roaming the hills, tending sheep but was in charge of taking care of the sisters in the convent she lived in (Orr, 2005). It...

the foreground. While the sight of a butcher shop would be quite familiar to Antwerp citizens, Houghton points out that prior to "...

the means of doing so were very circumscribed; it usually meant they had to go into service. Women rarely worked at any sort of oc...

relation to her own marriage. Compromise is the defining factor between Elizabeth and Charlottes ability to erode sexists stereot...

and especially Heathcliff, were not of the class of people who would be allowed in such an area. But, it was generally understood ...

(Curtis, 2007). The League also runs four other philanthropic programs, which try to provide what these children need, "from tutor...

The character of Jane is sent to live with a relative when she is young, and then sent off to a school. She finds herself applying...

"sympathize" with her, as she was the opposite of them in "temperament, in capacity,...a useless thing, incapable of serving their...

things differently as they relate to descriptive presentations. The words of a poet are often very different than a novelist and s...

more than the all-too common story of a girl seduced and abandoned by a worthless man, it is a lecture that runs nearly 150 pages ...

both civilian and military traffic. This paper discusses its history, layout, its accident and incident record, environmental issu...

In seven pages these female protagonists from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre are contrasted and co...

how socially shocking they might be. Lucys mother always has the best intentions and willing to share openly her thoughts and fe...

is "large and stout for his age," meaning of course that hes much larger than the girl (Bront?, 2007). He is a glutton as well and...

with any kind of revenue, real cash, in these early days. And, it also clearly illustrates that on the other side of surviving for...

She goes anyway and is soon caught up in a mutiny (Avi). At first she sides with the captain, thinking hes a gentleman, then reali...