will explore how minor characters with in the novels ‘Jane Eyre’ and ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ impact upon the lives of our central characters; as well as the interest they bring through their individual complexities‚ and how this in turn creates much of the interest with in these novels. Within the troubled childhoods of our protagonists particular importance is often placed upon the parental figures with in there early lives. Within ‘Jane Eyre’ Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst are the most notable examples
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characters share a certain amount of characteristics that differentiate them from the other women of their respective periods. One of them offers us an insight into the role of women in the Late Middle Ages and the other talks about a female character from the age of the Queen Elizabeth. What have the most interest for us are the way they behaved and the features which made them different from the rest of the women of their societies. I will make a comparison between the tales they belong to‚ the settlements
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As an independent teenager‚ I would say that I can do anything I want. I can precede living ordinarily without any disturbance and obstacle. But there are certain things that I can’t live without it. In the other word‚ my day will be ruined and fidget if I lost or missed the thing. One example of the thing I can’t live without is my Nikon D90. It is a Digital SLR camera. The camera brings me a lot of memories and sentimental value. I bought it by myself using my very own money and effort. It cost
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The independent woman. Independence in women has got to be one of the greatest jumps in the history of television. For years in the entertainment industry women have been represented as a subservient service to the husband and children‚ incapable of doing anything great with themselves other then fulfilling their duties as a housewife and mother. Today‚ they are known to be capable of anything. Whether it is being a single mother‚ to being able to provide for herself‚ in pursuit of her dreams
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set for women using her characterization of women to demonstrate that the constant degradation of a woman leads to her accentuating unflattering behaviors and mirroring the flaws of society. The lives of young women‚ such as Lydia and Charlotte‚ revolved around marriage. Women were expected to be courteous‚ act appropriately at all times‚ and most importantly‚ every woman was expected to marry- even if marriage meant sacrificing her aspirations for financial security. Then‚ the older women‚ such as
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desire for the male protagonist lead them in scheming for the demise of the female character‚ and such a character is undoubtedly present in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ in the form of the posh and petty‚ Caroline Bingley. In the novel‚ Caroline Bingley is described to the audience‚ along with her married sister‚ Mrs Hurst‚ as “fine women‚ with an air of decided fashion” (Austen 12)‚ wherein the word “fine” suggests “pure‚ perfect; of the best or very high quality” in terms of appearance and demeanour
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connotations of women that Austen chastises throughout the novel. Caroline Bingley is seen throughout the text to mislead the other characters‚ allowing them to see only her positive characteristics; hoping they will not uncover her true nature. Not only is she judgmental of the other characters‚ but her unrequited affections towards Fitzwilliam Darcy causes her to act in ways she believes will impress her desired suitor. For example‚ when Elizabeth visited the Bingley residence when Jane was sick‚ the
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Charlotte Bronte uses many similarities in Jane Eyre that could be argued resemble her own experiences. She too like that of Jane was the daughter of a clergyman and was sent to a school called Norwood‚ which bares many similarities with that of Lowood. She also became a governess and this suggests that her own experience of a middle class working woman fighting to find a place in Victorian society was used to express her own views of life in that of Jane Eyre. In Great Expectations‚ Pip is typical
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iINDEPENDENT BEHAVIOUR (12 MARK ESSAY) Some reasons people show signs of independent behaviour (i.e. do not conform or obey) is influence by many factors‚ Gender being one of them. Neto carried out the same study as Asch‚ but this time all the participants were female (as in Asch’s study they were all male). In Asch’s study he found that 37% of the participants conformed‚ whereas Neto found that 59% conformed. However Asch’s study was criticized for lacking ecological validity and Neto’s study
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Independent Research Psychoanalytical theory; it is a literary criticism‚ is a method that influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis also to understand the human behaviour. However in a literary approach the literary criticism works as a way of expressing the text as if it were a kind of dream‚ it also uses symbolism of the dream work and arrives at the underlying latent thoughts. An example of psychoanalytical theory used in text‚ a famous book called the twilight saga by Stephanie Mayer
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