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Punishment and Prisons in England During the Victorian Age in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

accountable. In one of his most memorable works, Great Expectations (1860-1861), Dickens tackled the social hypocrisy that was ru...

'Penelope' Chapter of Ulysses by James Joyce

point out that the number eight when laid on its side is the sign for infinity and that there is much to suggest that Molly is the...

Victorian Writers and Their Spirituality

Ruskin argued vehemently against the issue of slavery. Basically, he reasoned that men and women are no different from one anothe...

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...

2 Feminist Books/Domesticity

womens movement, describing how, at first, the purpose of the womens movement was secure the right of women to speak in public. Th...

Development of Literature: Medieval to Victorian

to arise in the world of literature, and poems that were fictional, rather than based on actual events (Medieval Life.net). ...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...

19th Century Literary Heroines The Woman in White and Madame Bovary

In five pages this paper considers the Victorian concept of feminine identity as depicted in Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White an...

Psychoanalysis Reading of 'The Lost Titian' by Christina Rossetti

do with her own ambitions and determination to be acknowledged as a meaningful writer than it has to do with her ability to write ...

Homosexuality and Oscar Wilde

In seven pages this paper examines Wilde's views of homosexuality in Victorian times as depicted in The Importance of Being Earnes...

Analyzing Bleak House by Charles Dickens

society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...

Gender Perceptions and Prostitution During the Victorian Age

way that different people were seen. When we look at this time we can see that there was already a change, the...

Victorian Morality and An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...

Hard Times and Charles Dickens' Depiction of Industrialism

In eight pages this paper examines how Dickens' critiqued Victorian industrialism in his novel and then evaluates his social contr...

Judith Walkowitz's City of Dreadful Delight and Gender History

in other arenas. On the other hand, a womans ponderous role germane to pregnancy, menstruation (considered a time of illness, debi...

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...

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 ...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens and the Theme of Class Consciousness

In 9 pages this paper considers Dickens' views on class consciousness as reflected in the novel that reveals much about Victorian ...

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...

Austen's "Pride and Prejudice": The Subversion of Victorian Stereotypes

Jane Austen is something of a pioneer. Along with her contemporaries, the Bront? sisters, she produced narrative works of great co...

Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold

misery" (lines 17-18). By the fourth stanza, the positive attitude of the first lines is completely gone, as the speaker compares ...

Theology of C.S. Lewis

seen in the Narnia series. For example, in the Narnia stories, a principal character is Aslan, the "Lord of the Wood," is a "Chri...

Roobios Tea Case

areas such as concern for health, issues regarding caffeine and other heal drinks such as Yerba mate from South America can be con...

Interviewing an Older Person

is, a high level of "energy and vitality," contributes significantly to quality of life for the elderly (Spirduso, Francis and Mac...

AMERICO PAREDES: A SECRET RACISM

the end, most likely killed by her stepfather, a Hispanic, through sheer ignorance and neglect. The fact that no one seems to no C...

Did Paul Write Ephesians

includes a number of words not found in other Pauline letters; 2. Style. The first half of the Letter, especially, has a full and ...

LETTERS OF COMPLAINT: UNITED STATES AND JAPAN

First the American version, which was written to the companys president, Mr. John Johnson. Dear Mr. Johnson, Im...

A Chronicle of a Death Foretold (Analysis)

even when told in an interesting manner, it might take quite a while to reveal the entire plot. Even with foreshadowing, telling a...