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Relevance of Secondary Literary Characters

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...

Dickens/Utilitarianism & Hard Times

he is absolute appalled that Sissy does not know the scientific definition for "horse," and that his own children have been tempte...

Reason vs. Emotion in Dickens and Austen

the same way, with the result that his daughter Louisa feels unfulfilled while his son Tom becomes completely self-interested. The...

The Use of Utilitarianism in Dickens' Hard Times

The idea of utilitarianism is one that addresses whether something is of utility, whether it can actually create something positiv...

Underlying Meaning in Candide by Voltaire

In six pages this essay analyzes the allegorical word meaning featured in Candide by Voltaire and how this impacts upon Candide's ...

Government and Religion According to Voltaire, Rousseau, Pope, and Montesquieu

this emphasis on "relativity." In comparison, Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the British poet and philosopher described the universe...

Classical, Neoclassical, and Romantic Music and Literature

In five pages this report contrasts and compares literary and musical distinctions as illustrated by Voltaire's Candide neoclassic...

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, T.S. Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss' and Narrative Perspective

had a daughter who loved him"; however, Maggie received no such indications either from her father" or from Tom--the two idols of ...

Sissy and Louisa in Hard Times by Charles Dickens

family and they come to be grateful for what she has done for them" (ClassicNotes). In the end of the story we are told, by Dicken...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens and the Lack of Hidden Meanings

Hard Times. Coketown as it appears in Dickens Hard Times, is also painted as a rather dismal environment and in fact, some...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens and a Thomas Gradgrind Sr. Character Analysis

- Thomas Gradgrind, Sr. Even his name, which sounds like a derivative of "grindstone," has significance. Gradgrind was not only t...

Characterization in Hard Times by Charles Dickens

their reactions. For example, Josiah Bounderby is the mill-owner and principal villain in Hard Times. Bounderby is so unremittin...

Events and Characters in Hard Times by Charles Dickens and Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

the growth of slums and a lack of social welfare which led Carlyle to criticise the leaders of society for their obsession with ma...

Historical Accuracy of Hard Times by Charles Dickens

inflexible educational system is accurate in his attempt to reveal his own educational experience and also does well in his attemp...

Comparison of Hard Times by Charles Dickens and Unto the Last by John Ruskin

In six pages the ways in which the political economy of Great Britain is attacked in these works are compared along with the socia...

Charles Dickens on Childhood

In seven pages the ways in which Dickens' portrays childhood during the 19th century in his classic novels Great Expectations, Oli...

Hard Times by Charles Dickens

heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....

Book Report on 3 Books

one down. It is a story of hope in a world where there is hunger and darkness. It is an uplifting book because Oliver goes through...

Voltaire's Candide and its Criticism of the Ancient Regime

exaggeration. Voltaire (1947) is in fact sarcastic and while the author is indirect in the way in which he writes, it seems that t...

Voltaire's Multifaceted Satire

all possible worlds". The purpose of having a character act as a mouthpiece for Leibniz optimistic defense of Christianity was t...

Utopia and Hell Visions in the Works of More, Voltaire, and Sartre

woman who all her life has rejected any opportunity to choose her path in life, as well as any responsibility for her actions; and...

Evil in Candide by Voltaire

should say that everything is best" (Voltaire 1-2). This paper was sold by The Paper Store, Inc. Life couldnt get any better for...

Philosophical Analysis of Candide by Voltaire

This paper presents a critical analysis of the Utopian society portrayed in Voltaire's Candide in nine pages. Five sources are ci...

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...

The Realist Perspective in Dickens' Hard Times

view of reality that emphasizes a more Biblical approach to life. Through the "good" characters of the novel, principally Sissy, S...

Characters of Nancy and Jane Eyre Compared

In seven pages these female protagonists from Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre are contrasted and co...

War As Viewed by David Malouf and Voltaire

In five pages this paper compares and contrasts the perspectives on war featured in Fly Away Peter by David Malouf and Candide by ...

Evolution of the New World Order and Voltaire's Candide

This paper compares contemporary global developments and their impact upon individualism with the outcomes featured in Candide by ...

Use of Satire in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels

In three pages this paper compares Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift with Candide by Voltaire in terms of how each author used ...

Classic Western Literature and the Portrayal of Women

The portrayals of Cunegonde by Voltaire in Candide and Gertrude by William Shakespeare in Hamlet are contrastes and compared in fi...