YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :House of Mirth by Edith Wharton and Patriarchy
Essays 31 - 60
In five page this research paper examines the female characters revelations and what they say about their competition and their li...
In 5 pages this paper examines how forbidden love is represented in these novels. There are 2 sources cited in the bibliography....
much of a respected figure. One author, in noting this states that his "playboy image impeded the proper assessment of his work" (...
adopted this view of Zeena. In fact, Elizabeth Ammons in her 1980 text on Frome, draws parallels between Whartons narrative and th...
third person (not a character in the story)" (Peterson elements.html). From this basic understanding of the element of point of...
men who have affairs gain the tacit approval of their peers, whereas women are condemned. As Deter (2002) points out, Mr Beauforts...
reflecting the exact opposite of those ruled by determinism. Having adequately grasped the meaning behind Jewetts perspectives, i...
As bleak and hopeless as this story is, we are also able to see that Mattie and Ethan genuinely do love each other, and...
In five pages and an outline consisting of one page this paper discusses how gender and class roles as well as characterization in...
In five pages this paper examines how renunciation is emphasized in the social structure and in 3 major characters of The Age of I...
In five pages this analysis of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton focuses upon the characters' lives. There are no other sources cited....
In nine pages this paper discusses Romantic literature of the past and present with a consideration of female authors Fannie Flagg...
In six pages the ways in which Edith Wharton drew upon her experiences living in France at the start of the First World War as ins...
Relationships between mothers and daughters are contrasted and compared as they are represented in Bastard Out of Carolina by Doro...
bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story" (Wharton). Its his c...
in the continuing fight for womens rights. With the very first line, Truth exposes her defiance toward the systems rules, which, ...
expected to appear in the public sphere, being confined to the household, Blundell notes that they do appear in the artwork and li...
most of the scandals and mysteries that had smouldered under the unruffled surface of New York society within the last fifty years...
both married before their husbands had died and left them widows. In the first section of the story, Wharton gives background prof...
formality and propriety was incorrect and not only have the main characters deceived each other, but Wharton has been successful i...
Delphin by the Forum for a clandestine meeting. This Delphin Slade happened to be engaged to Alida at the time. Alida says that sh...
opens through the view of the narrator, a young man who ends up spending the night at Ethans house because of a chance blizzard. H...
In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares these texts in terms of changing social perceptions of women. There are no other...
In four pages this novel is analyzed through the use of literary elements of protagonist, antagonist, plot, setting, conflict, and...
for reasons that he cannot fathom. "Daisys beauty is to be apprehended and judged, then, according to its degree of artifice. It...
In three pages Frome's character is analyzed as it pertains to his 3 failures. There is no bibliography included....
they first met, I could just imagine the cold and brutality of the winters in Starkfield. Within the story though, Ethan finds the...
In ten pages three main characters are examined in terms of how they reflect Wharton's theme of entrapment in the novel. Five sou...
of his mother during her long illness, however, he primarily, marries her because he does not want to be alone during the long New...
he was forced to abandon his studies in physics and engineering in order to carry out the duty of returning to his home in Starkfi...