Jane Austen has attracted a great deal of critical attention in recent years. Many have spoken out about the strengths and weaknesses of her characters‚ particularly her heroines. Austen has been cast as both a friend and foe to the rights of women. According to Morrison‚ ’most feminist studies have represented Austen as a conscious or unconscious subversive voicing a woman’s frustration at the rigid and sexist social order which enforces subservience and dependence’; (337). Others feel that her
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Charlotte Bronte - Jane Eyre - Literature What are the main moral messages of Jane Eyre? How does Charlotte Bronte convey these moral messages to her readers? To what extent is she reflecting Victorian morality in her writing? The novel ‘Jane Eyre’ was published in 1847‚ which was in the Victorian era; this is a significant fact to remember while reading the novel as the storyline portrays many different moral issues in the point of view of Victorian morality‚ which of course is different to
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to make the audience think - what would Jane Addams say? Jane Addams‚ a woman with outstanding ethos‚ is said to be the first public intellectual - “a social thinker who wanted to communicate with a mass audience” (The Jane Addams Reader). In What Would Jane Say?‚ author Janice Metzger initially grasps you to the concept that the upbringing of ideas proposed by women were‚ in essence‚ muted and dismissed. However‚ in chapter two‚ it becomes apparent by the power of Jane Addams’ intellect‚ the voices
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Contemporary Feminist Theories Cultural feminism is a feminist theory that is based on the biological differences between women and men‚ such as: reproductive capacity‚ female communication style‚ women’s lower level of aggression than men‚ ethical judgment‚ etc. Although society rejects it‚ cultural feminism proclaims those attributes to be differences that are distinctive and superior virtues in women. This approach permits feminists to avoid rather than confront conflicting issues posed by
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To what extent‚ and in what ways‚ could World War II be considered a continuation of World War I In 1918‚ the French population referred to a certain war as La der des der‚ which in English was translated as “the war to end all wars”. This event was the First World War‚ the most widespread and casualty-filled conflict the world had witnessed to date. Unfortunately‚ they were wrong in saying this‚ for 21 years later‚ global bloodshed was about to begin anew in the Second
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The Hundred Flowers undoubtedly had a less significant impact than other events considered turning points in Mao’s China such as the establishment of the PRC‚ the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution‚ but it did still have a notable impact on various areas of Chinese life‚ particularly in the short term. Politically‚ the Hundred Flowers movement had a significant part to play in the purging of the party. In the spirit of ‘letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought
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The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ both adhere to the Shakespearean view of tragedy. They contain elements of the supernatural and use literary devices like Nemesis & Pathos. We see the passion & ambition of characters‚ ultimately leading to their tragic flaw. But in both cases‚ not every character is deserving of his/her fate. Frankenstein and Macbeth‚ both contain elements of the supernatural. In Macbeth there are witches and powers of witchcraft
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In this study of Charlotte Bronte ’s Jane Eyre and Jean Rhys ’s Wide Sargasso Sea I aim to consider the representation of the doubleness of selfhood‚ and how both between and within the two novels a continuous mirroring of double identity‚ (reflecting like a hall of mirrors)‚ can be traced. I will concentrate chiefly on the duality of the female personae‚ although I will also consider briefly the concept of doubling across gender boundaries. Miller maintains that ’doubles may appear to come from
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Written Assignment: Article Review Date: November 20th‚ 2013 Class: History 202 By: Alyssa Unrau Laury Oaks article “What are Pro-Life Feminists Doing on Campus?” from 2009‚ gives us a clear definition of what a “pro-life feminist” is but not why “it is”. Her writing brings light and awareness to a version of feminism. Many do not realize there are a few different types of feminisms out there and surprisingly not all of them are advocates for the pro-choice movements
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Does Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice follow the conventions of a romantic novel? A conventionally romantic novel usually focuses on the relationship between a physically attractive man and woman. The hero and heroine usually meet early in the story and fall in love at first sight. The two lovers may‚ more often than not‚ have to overcome obstacles in order to be together‚ but in the end‚ it seems that love conquers all. Pride and Prejudice does fall into this ’romance’ category; it’s often considered
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