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Essays 541 - 570
jump into a review of these novels it is necessary to first examine the predominant state of mind of Victorian Europe. During the...
the house that they are staying in, her husband corrects her, saying that what she felt was a draught and he shut the window (Gilm...
in the Gilded Age. In the presentation we will argue that the predominance of the Victorian Culture helped to shape racial relatio...
more of a servant to her husband than a partner. Policies, both domestic and economic, were set by the husband, and the wife acte...
society." With his literary weapon, Dickens took direct aim, launching a vitriolic attack on the legal, political and socioeconom...
that tended to see women in a strictly stereotypical fashion. The following examination of Charlotte Brontes life and her mast...
noted for acerbity or harshness in his work; even though he was in many respects critical of the way in which contemporary society...
poor. "This specialisation and - by implication - individualisation of labour was in marked contrast to the rural means of product...
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...
suggests, Gaskell specifically departs from the Victorian middle-class sensibility that equated decency with cleanliness. In doing...
values, and sin versus redemption. The cycle of Pips life illustrates how Pip went from being an innocent boy, into being an arrog...
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...
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...
those around them, as if they were now removed from all responsibility to those around them. She seems to call them dead before th...
despair associated with poverty, class distinctions, and opportunities for individuals to ever rise above their "place." The Dif...
In eight pages this paper discusses how Victorian theater was impacted by new technology in terms of staging and social culture. ...
and symbolism. As Arnold embraces God along with the seas that the maker has created, he questions things. The church is often the...
that no manipulation of light and pose could have con- veyed the delicate shade of truthfulness upon those features. She seemed re...
of nature. Yet, inscrutable and mysterious, it is neither wholly good nor evil, but simply part of a greater cycle of life and dea...
police and the criminal justice system as well as voluntary workers and professional helpers (van Dijk, 2002). Prior to 1970, v...
The angel required Woolf to participate in her writing only within boundaries, and without stepping passed cultural limitations. ...
On a conscious level, Edna realizes that she can never be like Adele. Therefore, she is also drawn towards Mademoiselle Reisz, who...
narrator opens her journal entries with a brief description of her new location, i.e., that her family has rented "ancestral halls...
embraced by the church. Although it is true that some denominations do not allow women to run things, many denominations such as t...
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...
pendant or brooch (DeNunzio, 2005). The social, political and economical impact of the arts has been vast and encompassing ...
comes to represent the underdog of lifes unrelenting disappointments, forever struggling with issues of control. "The subsidiary ...
the medieval period, Blackpool consisted of a "few coastal farmsteads within Layton-with-Warbreck" (Blackpool Council, 2005) and s...