YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Events and Characters in Hard Times by Charles Dickens and Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle
Essays 31 - 60
Dickens is an author who, for many, characterizes the Victorian literary era. He had first received public recognition as a newsp...
he is absolute appalled that Sissy does not know the scientific definition for "horse," and that his own children have been tempte...
the same way, with the result that his daughter Louisa feels unfulfilled while his son Tom becomes completely self-interested. The...
of money. Gradgrind is mortified, his familys reputation is destroyed and he realizes (though it has come at great cost) that his ...
does not love and who is better than twenty years older than her. Then, his son goes into the future son-in-laws bank and manages ...
In eight pages this paper examines how Dickens' critiqued Victorian industrialism in his novel and then evaluates his social contr...
was, historically speaking, the calm before the storm, and Voltaire seemed to sense what was coming. He was often entertaining ro...
In six pages this essay considers how heroines love in each of these works which also discusses the social reflections of their ap...
In five pages the effects of rapid industrialization in 19th century England are examined within the context of Dickens' novel in ...
rather than the shameful exception" (Trevelyan, quoted in Johnson, 274). But even more dramatic was the change in attitude towa...
In 5 pages the Victorian class consciousness that reached a pinnacle during the mid to late 19th century is examined as it is refl...
In fourteen pages this paper presents a character analysis of the realistic character of Nancy featured in Oliver Twist by Charles...
In seven pages the ways in which Dickens' portrays childhood during the 19th century in his classic novels Great Expectations, Oli...
In this paper consisting of six pages the realistic depiction of abuses in regards to imperialism are in Voltaire's Candide, Remar...
In seven pages capitalism's development is examined in terms of humanitism's impact with discourses of Adam Smith, Charles Dickens...
of one of the children we hear about that is constantly abused as a child, but seems to understand what responsibility is, what lo...
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...
the ideals of Dickenss time, in which Victorian societal values were to be accepted as the best values ever to come into existence...
their reactions. For example, Josiah Bounderby is the mill-owner and principal villain in Hard Times. Bounderby is so unremittin...
Hard Times. Coketown as it appears in Dickens Hard Times, is also painted as a rather dismal environment and in fact, some...
inflexible educational system is accurate in his attempt to reveal his own educational experience and also does well in his attemp...
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...
heartlessness of the industrialist, Bounderby, against the humanity and goodness of one of his textile workers, Stephen Blackpool....
In five pages this paper contrasts the social reflections contained within Hard Times and Sense and Sensibility. Three sources ar...
Education is discussed in this general analysis of this classic work. Mr. Gradgrind is a character given much attention in this th...
In six pages the ways in which the political economy of Great Britain is attacked in these works are compared along with the socia...
In 6 pages, this essay discusses how the coming-of-age is presented in these novels by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, with ...
Pip is a character in this Charles Dickens classic. His role in the work is the focus of attention in this six page paper that inc...
This character is contemplated as this Charles Dickens work is carefully evaluated. Various details are relayed about the characte...
In eight pages a comparison between the ways in which Hardy and Dickens create the versimilitude illusion through their characteri...