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head bowed to pray before meal time. In fact, if one were to walk into a room and shout, "Jesus Saves", the likely wise crack may ...

work, but not nearly to the extent that hie was influenced by his wife. In fact, the influence of Macdonald, whom Mackintosh marr...

One of the reasons for this is that Dickens expertly wove just about every emotion and every tale of human nature into this one gr...

presented with a picture of London where Mr. Darnay understands that he needed to work for what he got. "He had expected labour, a...

freed black man and has just hopped onboard a slaving ship headed for Africa. The ships captain is a dwarf named Ebenezer Falcon, ...

illustrating how misery is a product of human actions. This book can be said to have more dark overtones than those of some of h...

how they were hindered and helped by his educational options. Pip, like Dickens, encounters a great deal of frustration with the e...

her different from others and what is the significance of that difference? In general, Dickens takes little Nell and her grandfat...

conditions within the factories were terrible. Unfortunately, it can be said that they same disgraces that Dickens saw during his ...

at Blakesware in Lambs mothers native county of Hertford (Ward and Waller, 2002). The business of London contrasted greatly with ...

Notably, Rearick conceptualizes these elements by relating the historical factors, including the conflicts prior to this era that ...

city -- grew out of this traumatic childhood experience" (Hackenberg; Johnson). Interestingly enough, in relationship to Fagin,...

biologically based phenomenon and explains why animals experience many of the same emotions that humans do. Presently, the...

funds have been consumed by legal fees. Esther also learns that Tom Jarndyce, the former owner of Bleak House, after coping with t...

of the novel and are mentioned because of their value in understanding the conflict between Pip and Estella. Chapter 1 Dicke...

leans on her heavily for advice and help in maintaining the farm after her fathers death. In fact, Ruby helps Ada take care of her...

away. He stands as a man of a higher social class who has integrity. His mother, however, represents all that is bad in the upper ...

and understood in many different ways. We are not only given one perspective but two that work together in different and powerful ...

impoverished class lacked proper legal or parliamentary representation. It was a bitter indictment against a system dominated by ...

been misrecognized for so long that they often feel that they are unworthy. "They have internalized a picture of their own inferio...

doing whatever one wants, with no regard to law (Krause, 2000). If independence must be sacrificed in order to achieve political ...

of steady misrepresentation; but the history of science shows that fortunately this power does not long endure. He then moves on...

and represents his coming of age as a painter, with the Anglo influence evident in the works "polish and refinement" (Parker, 1938...

as well. Greed and ambition get in the way of the characters doing what is right, and innocent children become victims of a syste...

of ever-growing interest. So, with great perseverance and untiring industry, he prospered" (Dickens NA). We are then presented ...

133). Pips struggle to make sense of the inscription on his parents tombstones has been interpreted by some critics as his firs...

the boy to play at the wealthy Miss Havershams mansion. Her uppity niece Estella immediately dismissed the blue-collar boy as com...

Dickens appears to introduce Charles Darnays mother for the sole purpose of establishing her as the source for Darnays personal in...

disliked these anticipo payments. Much better that I should get behind in the rent, like everybody else, and be beholden to him" (...

persona, observing early in the narrative, "He was very reluctant to take precedence of so many respected members of the family, b...