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

This analysis of Hard Times by Charles Dickens focuses upon landscape's significance in five pages....

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

to be "shockingly revolutionary" (Sorensen 12). This feature of his work is considered today to be related to be a reflection of...

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

lure or seduce Louise away from her husband. Mrs. Sparsit seems to truly enjoy herself in this job, envisioning the staircase of s...

linked to societal ideas of the early eighteenth century as to what constituted a "proper" middle class English life. This is evid...

moved out of reach. His journeys across the surface of England are overwhelmed by the difficultly of achieving pastoral consolatio...

the influence of modern industrialized society and the move from rural to urban settings, but it can also be said that this testin...

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...

In twelve pages this paper examines how patriarchal concepts are expressed by characters featured in Hard Times, a novel by Charle...

In five pages the relationship between capitalism and humanitism are examined through Charles Dickens' Hard Times and Adam Smith's...

this world are not well educated and that is seemingly due more to a lack of caring than to a lack of knowledge. Coketown is foc...

of money. Gradgrind is mortified, his familys reputation is destroyed and he realizes (though it has come at great cost) that his ...

a good daughter, nothing seems to change and life seems without hope." This person would likely not understand that the sufferi...

rather than the shameful exception" (Trevelyan, quoted in Johnson, 274). But even more dramatic was the change in attitude towa...

Jewetts Sylvia is not far removed from the oppressive social structure Louisa is forced to endure. For Sylvia, the white heron ex...

In five pages the effects of rapid industrialization in 19th century England are examined within the context of Dickens' novel in ...

In six pages this essay considers how heroines love in each of these works which also discusses the social reflections of their ap...

was, historically speaking, the calm before the storm, and Voltaire seemed to sense what was coming. He was often entertaining ro...

In eight pages this paper examines how Dickens' critiqued Victorian industrialism in his novel and then evaluates his social contr...

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 ...

Industrialism as it existed in the time of the author is discussed in the context of Dickens' classic novel Hard Times. The proble...

In five pages the conduct of James Harthouse and Louisa Bounderby in the novel Hard Times by Charles Dickens is analyzed based upo...

In a paper consisting of 5 pages the transformations of protagonists in four works of Charles Dickens are compared in an examinati...

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

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

Dickens is an author who, for many, characterizes the Victorian literary era. He had first received public recognition as a newsp...

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...