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

In 6 pages Jane Austen's novel is analyzed in terms of the importance of socialization through visiting and parties. There are no...

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

In six pages this paper discusses themes of class and snobbery as they are represented by Thornton in Elizabeth Gaskell's North an...

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

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

are futile and are only keeping her from seeing the truth. One author, in reviewing a book about Austens work, notes that...

difference in the narrative techniques the authors have used. For Austen there is an immediate theme set up, a perspective that of...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

be reciprocated. In spite of the fact that she fully understands the unlikely nature of such a relationship, this does not deter ...

and especially Heathcliff, were not of the class of people who would be allowed in such an area. But, it was generally understood ...

than a reflection of "the neurosis of a female author who withdrew from adult sexuality into the sanctuary of her family, fantasy ...

only for you!" (Bronte Chapter X). But, he also begins to realize that he will never have her and his dreams seem to end. He marri...

comes to represent the underdog of lifes unrelenting disappointments, forever struggling with issues of control. "The subsidiary ...

of the aristocrats. Although Cathy took to Heathcliff immediately, her brother Hindley was not nearly so receptive, and had taken...

skillfully mirrors the complex reality of how first impressions are often subverted in real life relationships as well. In "The A...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at the film, "Lincoln". Similarities to other works about the Victorian age, such as "...

This research report examines the works of these two authors. Wuthering Heights by Bronte and Tintern Abbey, and Lines, from Words...

In a paper consisting of five pages the love between Darcy and Elizabeth is examined within the context of Austen's romantic comed...

in what was historically thought of as a straitlaced society. Lystra (1996) - assistant professor at California State University ...

In 6 pages the child's worldly perspective is illustrated through Rochester's interest in one of Jane's paintings, her distant fut...

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