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    Characterization of Lydia Bennet In Pride and Prejudice‚ the character of Lydia Bennet is characterized as someone who is immature‚ critical‚ and foolish. Lydia is a young‚ spoiled teenager who is accustomed to getting what she wants and is a favorite of Mrs. Bennet. Through over-indulgence on the part of her mother and neglect on the part of her father‚ she has been allowed to grow to be "vain‚ ignorant‚ idle and uncontrolled.” This characterization is revealed through both direct and indirect

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    marriage. Austen depicts marriage as an all-important concern. However it could be argued that this novel is based more around the courtship aspect of a relationship as all the time in this novel is spent describing the courting of all the young‚ single women in the novel and the marriages are described in little to no detail and the writing by Austen almost seems to have been rushed. There is evidence in the novel to suggest that Hua’s statement can be perceived as being correct. Austen explores

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    Jane Austen’s novel‚ Sense and Sensibility‚ embodies her objection to the arbitrary social rules of the regency era through the actions of her characters (Hearn). The rules of society effect every decision one makes because of the constant desire to have what others cannot afford. Eighteenth century England’s value of dowry‚ fortune‚ and estate constrict the main characters of Sense and Sensibility’s expression of true emotion and ability to associate with people beneath their social class. Is

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    The reading of other texts contributes to creating meaning for other texts. An example of this is Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ this novel is more easily understood when it is compared and contrasted to other literature works‚ such as F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. The aspects of the two novels that can be compared and contrasted are the plot development‚ characterisation‚ setting‚ narrative point of view‚ writer’s context and themes and issues. The plot of Pride and Prejudice

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    suffering through his own eyes but through other comrades who have been wracked by the war. This is also closely followed by the hardship of family and friends who endure the pain of not knowing whether their beloved ones will return home. The use of diction and metaphors become a prominent feature in both Anthem For Doomed Youth as well as Disabled which emphasise the physical scars left by the war. Physical suffering is accentuated by the permanent wounds and amputations

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    All humans suffer from loss‚ it can be either big or small. It doesn’t matter your height‚ weight‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ age‚ or religion. Everyone will suffer from loss at some point in their life. In “One Art” Elizabeth Bishop gives examples of how a person can suffer from loss. “I lost two cities‚ lovely ones.” (Bishop Line #13) This an example of loss because loss doesn’t always have to be humans. She lost two great cities that she became ever so close to. “The art of losing isn’t hard to master

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    1. a) ElizabethJane and Darcy talks about different understanding of the image of God. Elizabeth understands image of God as moral capacity‚ and believes that the person who has less moral capacity is not the image of God. However‚ Jane asserts that every human being whatever they did is created as the image of God. Darcy believes human beings have been evolved to be aggressive and violent creatures. Also Darcy asserts that since evolution is out of our power‚ the teenager boy doesn’t have any

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    novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte‚ good weather is Bronte’s tool to foreshadow positive events or moods and poor weather is her instrument for setting the tone for negative events or moods. This technique is exercised throughout the entire novel‚ alerting the readers about the upcoming atmosphere. Jane’s mood is determined by the weather mentioned. For example‚ after Jane was publicly and falsely accused of being a liar by Mr. Brocklehurst‚ an upcoming positive event was predicted when Jane described

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    ALLUSION IN JANE EYRE This paper will focus on the use of allusion that Bronte has made in her novel Jane Eyre. The novel is written in first person. The novel has in it elements of the gothic. The gothic novel is an amalgamation of romance and terror. The tradition started with Horace Walpole’s novel ‘the castle of Otronto’. Bronte uses elements of this tradition in Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre digresses from the other novels‚ written

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    Jane Austen‚ author of Pride and Prejudice‚ uses humour in her novel to maintain the interest of the reader. Some have said that Pride and Prejudice is a simple tale of love and marriage‚ but it is in fact far more complex. At the least‚ it should be recognised as a comedy of manners‚ and though romantic subplots could be said to drive the text‚ Jane Austen’s clever and subtle wit reflects her own eye for the folly of human behaviour. Chiefly‚ she exaggerates the personalities of her characters‚

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