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social restrictions she found particularly repugnant. First published in 1816, Emma "criticizes the manners and values of the upp...

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

the only problem with Emmas disposition is that she has gotten her own way far too frequently (1). With this extensive backgroun...

In 6 pages Jane Austen's novel is analyzed in terms of the importance of socialization through visiting and parties. There are no...

large family and its members extraordinary lives gave her much company and entertainment (one brother married their cousin, the Co...

In eight pages this essay assesses the maturation or lack thereof of male characters Elton, Churchill, and Knightley in Emma by Ja...

In five pages this paper discusses how social commentary during the Victorian Age was expressed through female characterizations i...

impostor of a friend. The heroines role, of course, is defined not only by her own inner convictions but also by those with whom ...

Emmas polar opposite. She has not been born to gentility, but has been raised to be so by the sponsorship of the Campbells. In ord...

- with particular emphasis placed upon people of the dominant white race. Slavery has constructed the interior life of African-Am...

who are unfamiliar with the novels premise, it concerns the Dashwood family (a mother and her three young daughters) who have been...

journey with a runaway slave and ultimately finds his way back to civilization and a home. Offering a very simple and adventurous ...

by the society in which she lives. Its hard to see how this makes Austen a misogynist. Zwingel argues that Austen is a misogynist...

Prejudice perfectly illustrates the main characteristics of Elizabeth Bennett, the main protagonist of the novel, as well as those...

expected of young women in British society during this era. In Potoks novel, Asher Lev is a twentieth century boy raised in the Ha...

In seven pages this paper examines the domestic and social views associated with the estates in Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and ...

for the women we marry - that is quite true" (Lady PG). Attention to outer detail and an unquenchable desire to portray his inner...

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

In five pages this paper examines Oscar Wilde's Lord Arthur Seville's Crime, Pen, Pencil, and Poison, Decay of Lying, and The Pict...

is probably much closer to Wildes intent that these expressions of love and beauty be considered in a much more abstract way: Gray...

should he do? In an attempt to capture his youth, he sells his soul and instead of aging, the portrait ages in place of Dorians ow...

beautiful Dorian. Now without any knowledge of the time period and gender roles, a modern reader would not immediately read into t...

the previously espoused position of the Church. Most poets adhered to the idea that if man were but to return to his natural world...

about her. She immediately sees him as rude, arrogant, and prideful. The entire story is essentially based around this attitude as...

Dashwood) and director Lee were steadfastly committed to presenting a screen adaptation that was faithful to the novel, and with a...

Funny women with a prominent role in the narrative are shared by many plays. This paper examines The Cherry Orchard by Chekhov, he...

In five pages this research paper considers how critics E.N. Hayes and Arnold Kettle reviewed the same book in very different ways...

of Victorian societys patriarchal structure. In Emma, she constructed her characters in such a way that they could speak for her,...

This is reflected in Emmas refusal to allow Harriet to marry her well-intentioned suitor, Robert Martin, whom she dismissed as "a ...

the novel, Frank Churchill, though a very important supporting character, for it is his contrast with the more refined George Knig...