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Austen and Trollope/A Comparison

A 5 page comparison between Jane Austen's Emma and in Anthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her? The writer argues that each novel il...

Relationships in My Antonia by Willa Cather

are shaped in childhood. Young Jim is himself is something of an immigrant, the proverbial stranger in a strange land, when he goe...

European Cinematic Depiction of Gender from the 1920s to the Twenty First Century

story, mise-en-scene, editing, and music, they collectively provide a common theme that speaks of the uniqueness of the feminist e...

Societal Suppression in A Rose for Emily and The Story of an Hour

utterly free. When Emily discovers that her boyfriend is gay, her instant fear of what the community would think of her leads he...

A Comparative View of Female Protagonists

changes in her life have both positive and negative implications. At the onset of the story, Janie is a character who is unable t...

Identity and American Assimilation in My Antonia by Willa Cather and The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

the daughters have difficulty understanding their mothers past lives and their perspectives on their daughters lives. The daughter...

Freedom from Oppression and the Power of Love in Bronte's Jane Eyre

women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; th...

An Article on Jane Eyre and Feminism Theories Evaluated

my aunt shut me up in the red-room", Jane receives only comments that she should feel very lucky about living in such a fine home ...

Classic Literature and the Gothic Motif

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

Love Theme Compared as Reflected in Literature of Emily and Charlotte Bronte

specifically, it was an obsession as opposed to true love. What distinguishes these from each other is the element of personal sa...

Relationships Between Men and Women in Literature and Throughout History

sources on this topic in order to see if the literary view represents an accurate picture. The home and the marketplace were not...

Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte Articles Reviewed

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

Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens, and Charlotte Bronte on Experience and Innocence

In 5 pages the themes of innocence and experience as they are depicted in these Victorian and post Victorian literary works The Ho...

Feminists Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte

In fourteen pages the feminist aspects of Jane Eyre are explored. Thirteen sources are cited in the bibliography....

Literature and Male Power Myth

the two characters that are struggling to get back into it: Krogstad and Kristina. By comparison, we can see that Torvald deligh...

Perceptions of Jane Eyre

bewailing the perfidy of her lover, calls pride to her aid; desires her attendant to deck her in her brightest jewels and richest ...

The Thematic Significance of Fire in British Literature

This paper addresses the various roles of fire in three British literary works, Blake's, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Bronte's...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre Fairytale

any fairy tale. Yet, despite it all, she ends up living "happily ever after." She gives the plain, abused, disregarded young girls...

Works of Mary Shelley and the Bronte Sisters and the Importance of Thresholds

In seven pages this paper discusses the importance of thresholds in the decision making processes featured in Mary Shelley's Frank...

The presentation of the concept of motherhood in Jane Eyre.

This paper analyses the theme of relationships between mothers and their daughters in Jane Eyre, with particular reference to the ...

Common Themes in Jane Eyre, Silas Marner, and Wuthering Heights

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

Dickens, Bronte, and Social Impact of Their Works

For example, when Oliver is arrested, he is never allowed to state his case or to speak, for that matter. Oliver becomes sick when...

1847 Reader Appeal of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

the time who had attended anything remotely resembling one (as Charlotte Bront? herself had), the abuses struck a chord of familia...

Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Sympathy for the Protagonist

keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation, that I was endeavouring...

Rational or Romantic Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

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

The Theme of Forgiveness in Bronte's Novel, Jane Eyre

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...

Women in Frankenstein and Jane Eyre

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...

Two Versions of Jane Eyre

up to be a strong, intelligent, and fearless young woman who is more than a match for Rochester. Jane is passionate, yes, but not ...

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and the Description of Roles for Women

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...

Character Analysis of Esteban Trueba in Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits

Author Karen Castellucci Cox notes in her literary analysis of The House of the Spirits, "Esteban speaks for an entire class and g...