* Jane Eyre: The protagonist of the novel and the title character. Orphaned as a baby‚ she struggles through her nearly loveless childhood and becomes governess at Thornfield Hall. Jane is passionate and opinionated‚ and values freedom and independence. She also has a strong conscience and is a determined Christian. * John Reed: Jane’s cousin‚ who as a child bullies Jane constantly‚ sometimes in his mother’s presence. He ruins himself as an adult by drinking and gambling and is thought to have
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Thomas Hardy’s The Mayor of Casterbridge As an Aristotelian Tragedy Thomas Hardy incorporates many elements of the classical Aristotlean tragedy in his novel The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886). In an Aristotelian tragedy‚ the most important element is the experience of catharsis‚ the arousing of pity and fear in the audience. The effect of catharsis on the audience depends on the unity of the plot and the effective presence of a tragic hero. The plot in an Aristotelian tragedy consists of the reversal
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“The main interest of the novel is in its portrayal of intricate characters” Explore the methods which writers use to create complex characters. One of the main interests of Pride and Prejudice is its portrayal of intricate characters. Austen employs various narrative techniques to create complex characters such as the use of dialogue‚ psychological realism‚ free indirect discourse‚ symbolism and many others. This also applies to the Yellow Wallpaper‚ where we are able to gain access to the narrator’s
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Elizabeth Jane Cochran was born on May 5‚ 1864 in the small Pennsylvanian town of Cochran’s Mills. The town was founded after her father who was the town judge and also a prominent land owner. When Elizabeth was just six years old she lost her father so she pledged that she would go to school to be able to help out with finances because her mom was now a single mother. Her plans were cut short due to her mother moving the family to Pittsburgh and ran a boarding house with her mom. In the early
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Pride and Prejudice‚ it is important to keep the progress of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy’s relationship in consideration. Although the two did not get along at first‚ both rid their old ways for the other. Their differences are not irreconcilable when Elizabeth sets aside her prejudice and Darcy neglects his pride to make amends. In the first volume of Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen introduces us to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth cannot stand Mr. Darcy because he comes off arrogance because
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marriage proposals made to Elizabeth Bennet in the novel: Mr Collins ’ proposal to Elizabeth and Darcy ’s proposal to Elizabeth Jane Austen lived in a mercenary world and this is reflected in her novel. In "Pride and Prejudice" no secret is made of the need to marry for money. Jane Austen reflects different types of marriage in her novel. There is mercenary marriage‚ brought about solely for economic reasons. Such would have been the marriage between Mr Collins and Elizabeth. Mr Collins ’ proposal was
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Jane Austen has attracted a great deal of critical attention in recent years. Many have spoken out about the strengths and weaknesses of her characters‚ particularly her heroines. Austen has been cast as both a friend and foe to the rights of women. According to Morrison‚ ’most feminist studies have represented Austen as a conscious or unconscious subversive voicing a woman’s frustration at the rigid and sexist social order which enforces subservience and dependence’; (337). Others feel that her
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Running Head: GLA AND MAYOR The Role and Responsibilities of GLA and Mayor [Name of Writer] [Name of Institute] The Role and Responsibilities of GLA and Mayor Introduction The paper has comprehensive information on the mayor of London and the Great London authority and the environmental development plan and measures undertaken by the Great London Authority and the Mayor. It also discusses the role and responsibilities of GLA and Mayor‚ the sustainability policies and the reaction
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The Significance of the Templo Mayor in Tenochtitlan The excavation of the Templo Mayor on February 21st‚ 1978 when electrical workers in Mexico City working in the middle of the night accidently came across a stone with an image carved into it. Later archeologists were able to identify the image on this stone as the sister of the Mexica god Huitzilopochtil‚ Coyolxauhqui‚ the moon goddess.1 This gave way to a huge excavation of the Templo Mayor‚ the most important temple to the Aztec people as
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Kate Smith Analysis of Extract from Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in 1813. The novel has a third person narrator‚ is romantic fiction and covers themes such as love‚ romance‚ marriage‚ reputation‚ money‚ status‚ class and hierarchy but it also deals with the social changes that were happening at the time including more social mobility due to ‘new money’ and the role of women in society as they began to try and break down
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