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- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...

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

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

In five pages this paper contrasts the social reflections contained within Hard Times and Sense and Sensibility. Three sources ar...

heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....

Education is discussed in this general analysis of this classic work. Mr. Gradgrind is a character given much attention in this th...

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

In seven pages the ways in which Dickens' portrays childhood during the 19th century in his classic novels Great Expectations, Oli...

This classic work is evaluated in historic context. Economics is the focus of this analysis provided in six pages with two referen...

view of reality that emphasizes a more Biblical approach to life. Through the "good" characters of the novel, principally Sissy, S...

John Dalton, 1999). In 1800, at the age of thirty-four he resigned from his teaching position at New College and became secretary...

In 5 pages the saintly protagonists Christian and Oliver and their missions are discussed in a comparative analysis of these novel...

In eight pages a comparison between the ways in which Hardy and Dickens create the versimilitude illusion through their characteri...

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

In fifteen sources this paper discusses philosopher Ronald Dworkin's views on interpretation and offers a legal comparison between...

in which the employers basically had the ability to "starve" their employees back to work, on the employers terms. The 1850s in En...

values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

had a daughter who loved him"; however, Maggie received no such indications either from her father" or from Tom--the two idols of ...

the ideals of Dickenss time, in which Victorian societal values were to be accepted as the best values ever to come into existence...

of one of the children we hear about that is constantly abused as a child, but seems to understand what responsibility is, what lo...

a time of many contrasts. While many history books prefer to remember it as a time of self-help, entrepreneurial spirit, laissez-...

love but rather sees it as simply a different option he is being offered in terms of continuing to love her and be devoted to her....

of the Fortunes, Misfortunes, Uprisings, Downfallings and Complete Career of the Nickleby Family, edited by Boz" (Hamilton). Hamil...

the tender age of 10 to help support the family by pasting labels on bottles of shoe polish at the Warren Blacking Company.5 The r...

one hand. (McAllister 158). Such an illustration is incredibly focused in realist tradition, as Pip struggles to develop himself...

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

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

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

In five pages the protagonist in Charles Dickens' novel is examined in terms of his childishness and self centered ways. There ar...

Charles Dickens' classic work is discussed in terms of characterization as well as setting. The work is discussed in historical co...