without having any sense of guaranteed income in advance. Marriage was for life; an assurance of social security. This idea is emphasised in Emma’s confident statement: “A single woman‚ with a very narrow income‚ must be a ridiculous‚ disagreeable‚ old maid! The proper sport of boys and girls; but a single woman‚ of good fortune‚ is always respectable‚ and may be as sensible and pleasant as anybody else.” Austen reinforces the importance of social security in Emma’s reaction to Mr Martin’s proposal to
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ugliness. She cast a spell on him‚ the spell can only be broken if the beast finds something to love and receives the lady’s love in return. A father gives his daughter over to the beast in exchange for his own life. At first the daughter despises the beast and is terrified of him. Gradually the beautiful young girl comes to fall in love with the beast. However‚ the young lady’s father becomes gravely ill and the beast sets the girl free so that she may go to her father and help her father get well
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Abbey. What captured the audience‚ myself included‚ was not only the story of the Crawley family‚ aristocrats who owned the sprawling Downton estate‚ but the men and women who served them. The narratives of Daisy the cook’s assistant and Anne‚ the lady’s maid weaved their way through the many tragedies and changes of the Crawley’s‚ a traditional family trying to adapt to the massive changes of the twentieth century. The public’s fascination with creeping down the stairs to the servant’s quarters has
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reflect in her novel. She sheds the light upon this theme in many scenes. For example‚ when the mayor’s wife asks Sofia to work for her as a maid and Sofia rejects this racist and humiliating offer she is slapped for daring to refuse‚ and eventually imprisoned for defending herself. As a black woman‚ she is expected to be honored and pleased with being a white lady’s housemaid. Hence‚ Sofia’s skin color was the reason for her oppression‚ and will continue to be as such as long as her skin color remains
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Poor Victorian Children -Since a large part of the poor children had to work public jobs to help support their families many parents thought of children as income‚ and having more children who worked raised the income of the home. Many parents had 10 or 12 or even more children for this reason alone. How old did children have to be to work in Victorian Times? -Victorian children would be made to go to work at a very young age. As unbelievable as it sounds‚ sometimes even 4 or 5 years old. Actually
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cruelties. The husband had right over all her inheritance; he could spend it wherever he wished to‚ even on prostitution. Men of that time never permitted their wives leave the houses unaccompanied‚ they were expected to stay at home and work like maids‚ women who were seen in the streets unaided were considered to be harlots. Women had no alternative to oppose to the disrespect‚ divorce was not even an option for them‚ and they had minimal rights and were treated next to animals. As women had no
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how out spoken this character is when she begins to defend Tartuffe in the opening pages.. This is demonstrated when Madam Pernelle comments on a remark made by Dorine saying‚ "Girl‚ you talk to much‚ and I’m afraid / You’re far too saucy for a lady’s maid. / You push in everywhere and have your say" (I‚ I‚ 21) Another example of an extreme character in Tartuffe would be the character of Dorine. Much like Madam Pernelle‚ Dorine is an outspoken individual who does not like to be argued or reasoned
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Monday‚ December 27‚ 2010 The Rise of the Novel in the Eighteenth Century Introduction: In the eighteenth century the years after the forties witnessed a wonderful efflorescence of a new literary genre which was soon to establish itself for all times to come as the dominant literary form. Of course‚ we are referring here to the English novel which was born with Richardson’s Pamela and has been thriving since then. When Matthew Arnold used the epithets "excellent" and "indispensable" for the eighteenth
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end Capulet said‚ “As rich shall Romeo’s by his lady’s lie‚ Poor sacrifices of our enmity” (V.III.307-308). When this was said you could tell that it had to come to the death of their children to finally end an immature feud. In the play it wasn’t just the immaturity of the feud that contributed to the outcome‚ Romeo and Juliet had a big part in it themselves. When Juliet found out that Romeo was banished she was really upset and said‚ “But I‚ a maid‚ die maiden-widowed. Come‚ cords‚ come‚ Nurse‚
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Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: Nancy’s Mysterious Letter By: Carolyn Keene Chapter 1 In chapter one Nancy and some of her friends were coming back from the Red Gate Farm. On there way home they saw an elderly mail carrier named Ira Nixon. So they stop to talk to him in this conversation Ira say that Nancy had a letter from somewhere in London. So Nancy invited Ira for some hot coca at her house. So as Ira is at Nancy’s house he was ready to leave so when he is going he notices that his mail
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