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Paris and London in Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities

presented with a picture of London where Mr. Darnay understands that he needed to work for what he got. "He had expected labour, a...

Character of Jo in Charles Dickens' Bleak House

after several of the detectives he knew from the local department. Dickens routinely, then, chooses those who are the most...

Charles Dickens' Hard Times

does not love and who is better than twenty years older than her. Then, his son goes into the future son-in-laws bank and manages ...

Emotional Maturity and Independence in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

between people and between the individual and society in general. These contrasts are all intricately detailed in the work of Cha...

View of E.M. Forster's Room with a View

In five pages this paper discusses a young woman's healthy development as presented in E.M. Forster's Victorian novel Room with a ...

Marriage During the Victorian Era and Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse

and mother. Nor does she seem to have regretted that - basically, she had no choice in the matter. Mr. Ramsay...

Women in the Church: A Historical Overview

embraced by the church. Although it is true that some denominations do not allow women to run things, many denominations such as t...

Victorian England and the Rural Life Philosophy of Richard Jeffries

an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...

Matthew Arnold's Poetry

and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...

England's 1666 'Great Fire'

that they ignited the home of Farriner, which was a wooden structure (The Great Fire of London, 2003). The fire...

Impact of the Great War on Western Literature

would be sent to war in just a few years, underscores the awful waste of youth, of life, of promise. The final stanza, in particu...

Catherine the Great’s Accomplishments

As a young woman Catherine was apparently already determined to be a very powerful and effective leader. She "was ambitious as wel...

Character Development of Thomas Hardy and Charles Dickens

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

Humanitism, Capitalism, and Adam Smith and Charles Dickens

In seven pages capitalism's development is examined in terms of humanitism's impact with discourses of Adam Smith, Charles Dickens...

Society's Treatment of Women in Literature in an Analysis of Female Characters Daisy, Harriet, and Lucie

This essay consists of eleven pages and examines society's treatment of women in the female characterizations featured in the lite...

Sophism and Apology by Plato

In five pages this paper examines Socrates' arguments regarding capital punishment and the sophist foundation that cements them....

Europe From 800 until 1400 A.D. and Changes in Religions, Economics, and Social Groups

In three pages this essay discusses changes that had a great cultural impact upon Middle Ages' Europe. There are 2 bibliographic ...

Differences Between the Political Policies of Louis XIV and Charles II

This paper discusses the differences between the politics of France and England under the rule of Louis XIV and Charles II. This ...

Letter to the Editor and Utilitarian Philosophy

In two pages this paper is structured as a letter to the editor and considers capital punishment form a utilitarian philosophical ...

The Characterization of Pip in Great Expectations

Pip is a character in this Charles Dickens classic. His role in the work is the focus of attention in this six page paper that inc...

Friendship in Great Expectations

Friendship is often the focus of attention by novelists as characters interact with one another. This is the case in this classic ...

A Look at Miss Havisham in Great Expectations

This character is contemplated as this Charles Dickens work is carefully evaluated. Various details are relayed about the characte...

A Critique of A Tale of Two Cities

The first estate was comprised of the clergy, the second group was the nobles and the third was made of the rest of the people....

Selfishness and Greed in A Tale Of Two Cities

The themes of selfishness and greed come forth in this analysis of a classic piece by Charles Dickens. The focus on literary techn...

Death Penalty Supporting Argument

In seven pages an argument that supports the death penalty as justified punishment in terms of retribution, deterrence, and infall...

Controversy Regarding Guidelines for Legislative Sentencing

In twelve pages this research paper discusses crime sentencing, politics, and the controversy surrounding legislative guidelines r...

Crito's Argument That Socrates Should Escape from Prison

In five pages this paper considers why Crito believes Socrates should attempt a prison escape instead of subject himself to capita...

Comparing and Contrasting Dickens and Carlyle

The writer compares and contrasts the novels Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle and Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens and argues tha...

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Social Strife

In 5 pages this paper examines the theme of social strife in this novel by Charles Dickens. There are 5 sources cited in the bi...

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

This tale by Charles Dickens and its Christmas philosophy representation in Western culture are discussed in 5 pages. There are 7...