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Literary Comparison of Wallace McRae's 'Reincarnation,' Victor Hugo's Les Miserables, and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

of point of view in the development of these respective works will be illustrated. Exposition is an exploration of the backgroun...

Comparison of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Emma by Jane Austen

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

Elizabeth Martinez's Article 'Scapegoating Immigrants Immigrant Bashing on the Rise'

In nine pages this article by Elizabeth Martinez is discussed. There are no other sources listed....

Gothic Cathedral and Dante

moderation. We can see this as he puts those people in the first stages of hell, which had been neutral -nothing good-nothing bad...

Essential Elements of Great Literature and Writers

In five pages great works of literature written by esteemed authors are examined in order to reveal the crucial elements that cont...

One Art by Elizabeth Bishop

to diminish the pain of actual loss. 2. What seems to be the purpose of the speaker in the first three tercets...

Elizabeth I by Anne Somerset

Elizabeths father would come to see her now and then, for she lived outside his realm in a place where she knew she was princess, ...

Class in Honky and Nachman from Los Angeles

area is presented as one that was rich compared to the norms of most of the US, even if it was only middle class in New York, gi...

Candide by Voltaire and the Themes of Snobbery, Optimism of Philosophy, Bigotry in Religion, and War

In five pages this paper considers how these 4 themes are featured in Voltaire's Candide. Two sources are cited in the bibliograp...

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...

The Nature and Function of Humor

dealing with the world in future" (Palmer 57). As this suggests, humor, at least temporarily, has the power to free perception fr...

Women's Rights in America

This paper examines women's rights in America during the antebellum and progressive eras in a contrasting and comparison of Declar...

Artistic Mirror Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Although she may secretly yearn to be more like her sister Marianne, Elinor cannot help but maintain her rational outlook, inasmuc...

Anne in Persuasion by Jane Austen

Admiral and Sophia Croft share the steering of a carriage and save them all from disaster (Austen 114). Sophia says of her sea li...

Romantic and Victorian Literature Contrasted

In five pages this essay contrasts these very different literary styles with the Romantic period's 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner' b...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Chance in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

In eight pages this paper analyzes how chance contributes to the characterization and plot of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. ...

Nineteenth Century Women in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice, she wrote, "A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern langua...

Jane Austen and Adam Smith

In a paper of seven pages a comparison between social constructs and moral convictions as illustrated in the novels of Jane Austen...

Helen Burns' Fictional Journal Entry about Jane Eyre

In five pages Charlotte Bronte's book is considered in terms of a fictional entry made by Jane's school chum Helen Burns in her jo...

Gothic Romance Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In five pages this paper discusses how in her novel debut, Jane Austen parodied the Gothic literary genre with a comparison with o...

Education of Men and Women in Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In four pages this paper examines the educational differences among men and women in England of the 18th century and their social ...

Jane Austen on Human Nature and Social Values

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

Persuasion in Print and Film

Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...

Emma by Jane Austen and the Film Clueless

In five pages cultural expectations and social norms in the novel Emma by Jane Austen and the film Clueless are compared. Five so...

Values, Stateliness, and Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

In twelve pages this report discusses how morality and stateliness are represented in this 1814 novel by Jane Austen. Four source...

Nineteenth Century Woman as Defined by Jane Austen

This paper consists of four pages and examines the social, domestic, perceived, and realistic definitions of women's roles as repr...

Pride and Prejudice and its Aristotelian Concepts

points out that because magnanimous people have a proper set of values they frequently appear to have a "lofty detachment" to the ...

Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and Nineteenth Century Marriage

put before us, is a father who "trusts" everything will be fine, because at least there may be some land acquisition in the final ...

Analysis of the Movie Clueless

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