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mother, Lady de Courcy, reveals, this woman is no shrinking violet (Knuth 215). Lady Susan uses her feminine wiles whenever the m...

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

is better. We note some of his pride when we see him at the party where he quickly dismisses Elizabeth, stating "She is tolerable;...

from even his or her family for trying to improve himself. Hoggart also addresses the working class who have taught themselves s...

as a first attempt one can see the underlying brilliance that will shine through in later novel attempts. As has been said, "Auste...

natural structure that has long been needed in order for the human race to survive. Without a society of some kind mankind would n...

not a trifle that will support a family nowadays" (Austen NA). As we can see, money is an incredibly important issue in this co...

fortune spent for him? The next line makes it clear how the women of the community will view such an individual, however: . . "he ...

injustice in this situation, but also shows the social results of this predicament, as this insecurity largely accounts for the de...

In five pages this paper presents scene comparisons between Jane Austen's novel and a film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. Two...

he has not really learned a great deal, except to perhaps further solidify his lack of desire to be civilized. In reading this sto...

her better judgment, but she was initially dismissive. Emma prefers living through others instead of living for herself, and her ...

This essay pertains to "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and discusses its themes from a feminist perspective. Eight pages in l...

of Emma, or Cher in the film. Ferriss notes how "Heckerling offers a series of suggestive parallels between Austens heroine and he...

marriage was a way to survive as an individual and in society. Men and women in society who were not married were seen as eccentri...

this regard. The following discussion of Austens Northanger Abbey will explore the way that Austen depicts the nature of emotion a...

which involved a patriarchal society. At the same time there are characters in the story, female characters, who possess money a...

beautiful or charming as her sister. Her charm lies in her honesty, openness and her wit. Darcy is a man who, at first, seems take...

are futile and are only keeping her from seeing the truth. One author, in reviewing a book about Austens work, notes that...

difference in the narrative techniques the authors have used. For Austen there is an immediate theme set up, a perspective that of...

Doyle enhances the mystery of the narrative by contrasting the supernatural against the scientific reality as perceived by Holmes....

there should be working class intellectuals, and that one way that these workers allowed themselves to be controlled was by not as...

This six page paper considers the societal roles expected of Victorian women. John Stewart Mill, Tennyson, and Elizabeth Gaskell ...

In ten pages this paper considers these literary and philosophical movements in a discussion of such works as She Stoops to Conque...

In five pages this paper examines the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell and also includes the labor theories of Karl Marx. Two sources a...

Then, there is the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. They are bent on being the perfect family in that the father deals wi...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

All the women are intrigued with Darcy and the potential marriage material he represents, however he is nonplused by what he consi...

of fancy, at least in her imagination. Austen states, "She was sensible and clever; but eager in everything: her sorrows, her joys...

had heretofore been recognized. Marxist theory further claims "of all the classes that confront the bourgeoisie today, the prolet...