First and foremost of course is the fact that in her day‚ an English woman of good family simply couldn’t earn her own living without losing caste. Yes‚ as governess to a high family‚ but this placed her in a difficult position of not being quite a servant (horrors) nor yet on the same level as the family. Read the passages about the house party and the way Blanche Ingram and her mother talk of governesses‚ knowing full well that Jane is sitting right there. For a gentleman to marry a governess
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The Dreams in Wuthering Heights [This discussion is a slightly altered section from John P. Farrell‚ “Reading the Text of Community in Wuthering Heights‚” ELH 56 (1989)‚ 173-208. The essay argues that Brontë’s novel deals with the complex layering in human identity of a private self‚ a social self (largely a construction of the social system)‚ and an intersubjective self whose actions locate an alternative social realm that the nineteenth-century theorized as “community.” The essay thus borrows
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Describe entertainment and music from the 80s: The 80s had a very distinct personality to its pop culture phenomena. It was in the 80s that we saw the first mass explosion of hysteria for new toys‚ with the 1983 winter shortage of Cabbage Patch Dolls. One of the biggest pop culture crazes of its times‚ the individually named and crafted Cabbage Patch Dolls join the ranks of the dolls of each decade‚ reflecting the eternal power of the doll. Trivial Pursuit‚ a response to a few decades of mass information
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Chapter 1 A grey sword cut my shoulder. The thin line at the top left corner of my field of vision shrank slightly. At the same time a cold hand passed over my heart. The blue line —called the “HP bar”— is a visual rendering of my life force. There was still a little over 80% left. No‚ that phrase isn’t appropriate enough. Right now‚ I was about 20% closer to death. I dashed backwards before the enemy’s sword even began its attacking motion. “Haaa...” I forced a huge breath to steady myself
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Literary Background—Trends in the Victorian NovelWhen we speak of the Victorian novel we do not mean that there was a conscious school of the English novel‚ with a consciously common style and subject-matter‚ a school which began creating with the reign of Queen Victoria and which came to an end with the end of that reign. The English are too individualistic for such conformity. However‚ there can be no denying the fact that the English novel during second half of the nineteenth century‚ with the
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_ASSIGNMENT_ _QUESTION: DISCUSS THE THREE STAGES AS PROPOUNDED BY SHOWALTERIN ’THE FEMALE TRADITION ’‚ FOCUSING ON THE SHIFTS THAT TAKE PLACE IN EACH PHASE. ALSO DISCUSS ANY TWO CRITIQUES OF HER ESSAY._ ANSWER:In her book ’A Literature of Their Own ’‚ Showalter attempts to rediscover the lost Atlantis of female writingfrom the archives of British literary history‚ for which she tries to assemble women ’s writing of that period into a linear developmental process dividing it into three phases
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Chapter 03 The Reporting Entity and Consolidated Financial Statements Multiple Choice Questions On January 3‚ 2009‚ Jane Company acquired 75 percent of Miller Company’s outstanding common stock for cash. The fair value of the noncontrolling interest was equal to a proportionate share of the book value of Miller Company’s net assets at the date of acquisition. Selected balance sheet data at December 31‚ 2009‚ are as follows: 1. Based on the preceding information‚ what amount should
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The Simpsons: A Parody of the Working Class Culture D’oh Pronunciation: Brit. /dəʊ/ ‚ U.S. /doʊ/ Expressing frustration at the realization that things have turned out badly or not as planned‚ or that one has just said or done something foolish. Oxford English Dictionary The hit sit-com The Simpsons was first aired in 1989‚ and it revolved around the adventures of the Simpson family‚ and all the other characters who live in Springfield‚ an undetermined American town. The Simpsons‚ as a family
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Wednesday‚ March 20‚ 13 the essay Wednesday‚ March 20‚ 13 the essay English 11 Wednesday‚ March 20‚ 13 thesis statements • UNC Thesis Statement Handout • Clarity • Specificity • Argumentative - states a position or interpretation‚ not fact • Sophistication • Significance Wednesday‚ March 20‚ 13 Writing an Effective Thesis Hacker/Sommers‚ A Writer’s Reference‚ 7th ed. (Boston: Bedford‚ 2011) Wednesday‚ March 20‚ 13 Slide of 5 Writing an Effective Thesis Hacker/Sommers
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Notes: • The French Revolution and Industrial Revolution had an important influence on the fictional and nonfictional writing of the Romantic period‚ inspiring writers to address themes of democracy and human rights and to consider the function of revolution as apocalyptic change. • Romantic poets presented a theory of poetry in direct opposition to representative eighteenth-century theories of poetry as imitative of human life and nature by suggesting that poetic inspiration was located
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