A.1.) Gaskell ‘North and South’ essay. Gaskell’s ‘North and South’‚ set in Victorian England‚ is the story of Margaret Hale‚ a young woman whose life is completely turned on its head when her family moves to northern England. As an outsider from the agricultural south‚ Margaret is initially shocked by the aggressive northerners of the dirty‚ smoky industrial town of Milton‚ but as she adapts to her new home‚ she defies social conventions with her ready sympathy and defense of the working poor
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North and South: This is a very big novel. When compared with the satire of society that Jane Austen offers‚ Gaskell offers so much more in exploring the big issues: societal structure‚ economy‚ religion‚ and a woman’s place in society. There is even political dissidence in the form of Frederick! And of course‚ the moral is in the ending – Margaret marries Thornton‚ whom she once considered beneath her in class. And she exclaims “I am not worthy.” when they finally speak of their love. Compare
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traveling by ships and trade was the major source of the economy. Transportation began to evolve and ships were a new and evolved way or transporting goods and people. Although‚ this new way of transportation was great for Europe‚ it was horrible for spreading the disease. The prevalence of the Black Death is known to have changed society in European countries. The increasing number of deaths and spread of the disease began to have a huge impact on Europe politically‚ socially‚ religiously‚ and economically
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The North always had more than the South. Kids in the South had barely any education. The South had small amounts everything‚ except for farms. Both Northerners and Southerners lived in the same country‚ but the way they did things were very diverse. Even though the United States was a joint country‚ there were many social‚ economic‚ and political differences that occurred between the North and South before the Civil War. The Underground Railroad was known as an escape route for slaves trying to
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I believe that the north should have won the war for many reasons; they had a lot of advantages over the south. The north had better equipment and supplies. They had better industrialization to make the supplies needed for the battles. Also there were many railroads to transport the troops and supplies that everybody needed. The north had a greater population than the south so that made them have an overall advantage while fighting. The North’s equipment was much better than the South’s. They could
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Margaret in North and South Gender Roles & Role Reversal Margaret‚ through her characterization and interactions with the male characters in North and South‚ both represents the gender role of her time‚ as well as subverts‚ and even goes as far as to reverse roles with the opposite gender. Her strong willpower and tendency to be dominant contributes to this. * S - p. 39 ‘Margaret did dislike it‚ did shrink from it more than from anything she had ever had to do in her life before... It is
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The first Native people were all hunters. Background Info (about your topic): The first native people lived in cold weather and had to rely on wildlife for food. They all believed in supernatural spirits. Thesis (a sentence that says what the essay will be about – includes 3 main points): In my essay‚ I am going to write write about how the Inuits‚ Northwest coastal and Eastern woodland people are the same‚ different and how they all survived. Body Paragraph 1 How are they all alike
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North Korea and South Korea are similar but yet different in many ways‚ such as in economies. North Korea’s economy seems to need support from other countries to survive. South Korea’s seem too able to rebuild their economy even stronger than it was before from the Korean War. North Korea is under a strict communist dictatorship. N. Korea’s leader is Kim Jong II. He came to power in 1994 after his father died. North Korea has a large military and command economy. The average Korean person lives
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During the period of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ the world was undergoing a key component of history‚ the age of exploration. The age of exploration marked the beginning of a globalizing world‚ and emerged as a key component of European culture during this time. Many lands that were previously unknown to the Europeans were discovered‚ though many of these lands were already inhabited by those indigenous to the nations. European missionaries and traders sought to accommodate themselves
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the North and South The North and South are both different‚ but they both have great strengths and weaknesses. The Civil War was started by The Kansas-Nebraska act. When Kansas got the right to vote‚ residents from Missouri crossed over the Kansas border to vote so that Kansas would become a slave state. Missouri wanted to make Kansas a slave state. “On July 21‚ 1861‚ the first battle of the civil war” (American Odyssey) broke out because of the feud between Kansas and Missouri. The society in the
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