extent that she would travel alone on her own accord‚ just to visit a sick sister. If one did‚ it would be in a carriage and with a man for protection‚ or her family. In the start of chapter 8‚ it is further elaborated by the Bingley’s that it was absurd to se a woman with “conceited
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How far do you agree with the opinion that courtship and marriage are undermined and ridiculed in “The Taming of the Shrew”? Shakespeare’s drama “The Taming of the Shrew” is set in the Elizabethan era‚ and marriage and courtship was very different than how it is in the present. Back then it was the parents who picked suitors for their daughters. This choice would be final for the daughters but often women rebelled against the decision as they wanted to choose their own suitors. “Romeo and Juliet”
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THE IRONY OF SOCIAL STATUS THROUGH MARRIAGE Since the beginning of mankind‚ all societies throughout history have been structured unequally. Naturally‚ wealthier individuals reside high up on the social ladder‚ and peasants and slaves on the bottom. Society says that where you are born‚ or whom you are born to‚ affects an individual for their whole life. In Jane Austen ’s novel Emma‚ the realities of social hierarchy and social mobility are challenged through various forms of narrative. Austen creates
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“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ is the tale of two families in a lifelong feud with their delinquent children falling in love. Romeo and Juliet’s forbidden love‚ at first sight‚ causes trouble and even death in the town. The young lovers plan to escape and be free from ridicule and arranged marriage fails tremendously as Juliet doesn’t tell Romeo what is going on by a stroke of bad luck. In the end‚ the two lovers die and kill themselves in a “tragic” way. The deaths of
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Literal Rule The literal rule is the primary rule which takes precedence over the others. Words and phrases should be construed by the courts in their ordinary sense‚ and the ordinary rules of grammar and punctuation should be applied. If‚ applying this rule‚ a clear meaning appears‚ then this must be applied‚ and the courts will not inquire whether what the statute says represents the intention of the legislature: ‘The intention of Parliament is not to be judged by what is in its mind‚ but
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desperate for love. Thus‚ Camus uses the character of Meursault to present women as shallow and naive to the audience. Camus portraying women this way‚ adds to the theme of the novel that these values of love and attachment that women posses are all absurd. From the outset‚ Camus presents women as naive as these character’s struggle to find meaning in their lives.
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In Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet‚ insanity plays an integral role in the development of the plot. Hamlet’s act of antic disposition leads him to say and do a number of questionable things‚ and as the plot progresses‚ his choices become more absurd and illogical. With a steadily growing death count‚ the pressure to avenge his father’s death intensifies and the strain on Hamlet’s mental state worsens. As the story progresses and tensions grow‚ Hamlet quickly crosses the line from feigning madness to
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Cleante: A True Enlightenment Man Moliere’s Tartuffe is from 17th century France‚ during the Enlightenment‚ or the Age of Reason. The type of Enlightenment in the western culture differed from the Eastern Asian philosophies. Enlightenment thinkers put faith in reason and analysis in the Western culture. Tartuffe was born to a culture that valued the age of rationalism‚ or practical thinking‚ which had gradually departed from religious beginnings. Furthermore‚ people in Paris were interested
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In the novel The Great Gatsby‚ Gatsby is a tragic hero because he displays the fundamental characteristics of modern tragic hero. He is a common man‚ he contains the characteristics of a tragic flaw‚ and he eventually has a tragic fall. Although at first glance Gatsby might not seem to be the everyday man‚ in reality he actually is. At one point Gatsby’s past is being examined and his parents are described as “shiftless and unsuccessful farm people” which shows the readers that he came from humble
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consistency Disadvantages • Harsh results • Absurd results • Rigid/ mechanical • Defeats parliaments intentions - Whiteley v Chappell (1868). Defendant charged under a section which made it an offence to ’impersonate any person entitled to vote’. The person the defendant was pretending to be was dead‚ so the defendant was found not guilty; because taking it literally‚ a person who is no longer alive is not entitled to vote. This was an absurd result. - London & North Eastern
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