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values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...

of Empire" (pp. 19- 20). The second wave of the British Empire expansion and the development of photography coincided, and as a n...

is further demonstrated when Vivie tries to talk to her mother about her life and how her "way of life" may not suit her mother. V...

In four pages this poetic explication focuses on the contrast between Victorian era religious conventions and Dickinson's individu...

are portrayed in this story range from shepherds to artisans, and in this way Hardy stays true to the types of characters that wou...

such as slavery, racism, imperialism and World War I (Lavender, 2000). Modernists, in contrast to the Victorians, focused on human...

woman likes her surroundings and it is clear that she likes them orderly. A young woman who was not immersed somehow in the idea o...

not thinking of his words, only drinking in the tones of his voice. She wanted to reach out her hand in the darkness and touch him...

elements of civilisation to the native Britons, and in the latter part of the nineteenth century, the Pax Britannica was frequentl...

jump into a review of these novels it is necessary to first examine the predominant state of mind of Victorian Europe. During the...

formula which would ensure the future of the white minority into the next century (South Africas Apartheid Era and the Transition ...

(Arnold 2062). Expressionism : A movement that affected both painting and literature that attempted to exceed impressionism in "...

chance to marry and would fight amongst other females for this dubious honor. She would also seem to be showing that in each case ...

narrator opens her journal entries with a brief description of her new location, i.e., that her family has rented "ancestral halls...

into insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In h...

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

of nature. Yet, inscrutable and mysterious, it is neither wholly good nor evil, but simply part of a greater cycle of life and dea...

great inner pain and conflict as does Flora. She refuses to give in to the superstitions which seem to govern the lives of her rel...

original composition, rather than critiquing others, their time would be much better employed. Wordsworth said that "A false or ma...

an almost detached amusement. He describes them rushing about, in a hurry to get to work and to work as hard as they can. However,...

that no manipulation of light and pose could have con- veyed the delicate shade of truthfulness upon those features. She seemed re...

and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...

and many of the traditional roles played by men and women in society and is famous for one of his quotes "Men at most differ as He...

Ruskin argued vehemently against the issue of slavery. Basically, he reasoned that men and women are no different from one anothe...

is described by Ovid as having unending youth, eternal boyhood: however, one of the points which Wilde is making is that Dorian is...

point out that the number eight when laid on its side is the sign for infinity and that there is much to suggest that Molly is the...

in other arenas. On the other hand, a womans ponderous role germane to pregnancy, menstruation (considered a time of illness, debi...

This six page paper considers the societal roles expected of Victorian women. John Stewart Mill, Tennyson, and Elizabeth Gaskell ...

In five pages this paper examines the Victorian time period that shaped the life and writings of Kate Chopin and analyzes the femi...

In five pages this essay discusses how Victorian morality is portrayed in Oscar Wilde's witty and sophisticated play. There are n...