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This paper examines the roles played by male and female characters in the society created within Jane Austen's literature. This f...

In 8 pages this paper discusses how the socially conservative attitudes of the 19th century manifest themselves in Jane Austen's P...

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

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

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 essay pertains to the way in which Elizabeth Bennett is characterized in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The writer partic...

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

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...

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

his letter: "He must be an oddity, I think, said she. I cannot make him out.--There is something very pompous in his style.--And ...

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

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

a condition wherein the women are not slaves, we also see that the past, which involves at least Sethes enslavement, is very real ...

this, then, there are two very different interpretations of the movies effectiveness and its cinematography. And, yet, it achieved...

There is little affection shown between the couple and one gets the distinct impression that theres was a marriage of convenience ...

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

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 ...

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

In five ways the protagonist Frederic Henry's transformation from boy to man through his wartime experience and romance with Cathe...

This paper looks at the role of the mysterious St John in Bronte's Jane Eyre. The two characters are presented as having lives whi...

In five pages heroines Northanger Abbey and The Female Quixote The Adventures of Arabella are discussed in order to compare romant...

In twenty four pages this report contrasts and compares the themes of love and imagination as depicted in these works and also com...

Way" for Ian: forget college, provide for and rescue aging parents from the care of Lucys kids (ages six, three, and baby) and "se...

status. However, her best friend Charlotte Lucas was considerably less romantic and much more practical. In Chapter VI of Pride ...

women are intrigued with Darcy and the potential marriage material he represents, however he is nonplussed by what he considers to...

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

in the play, the audience is shown how "honest merchants...contribute to the safe of their country as they do at all times to its ...

in Austens book. And, such realities are subtly reflected in Fieldings book as well, despite the fact that it was written only a f...

who is equal to them or perhaps wealthier than their families. Elizabeth is a woman who is not concerned with these things and fee...