Bride and Prejudice

Originally titled First Impressions, Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice portrays the dating scene from its time period wonderfully. During the 19th century, women had one goal: marriage. Young girls were rushed to balls and meetings with possible suitors as soon as they were of a reasonable age. However, they were not given time to find someone and fall in love. These girls were expected to find a wealthy, respectable man and marry him. The main character Elizabeth Bennet challenged this aspect…

In Jane Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney takes amusement in Catherine Morland’s wide-eyed, easily awed, and often simple nature, which allows him to pridefully exert his witty, biting words over her. Henry maintains a condescending and witty attitude towards women when speaking to Catherine, continuing to poke fun at the “silly” nature of their behavior compared to his. He expresses himself sharply and often imperiously around both Catherine and his sister, with Catherine not being…

Certain cultures around the world go about finding a mate completely different than most people in America. The family will pick their daughters spouse, love and attractiveness having nothing to do with their relationship at the beginning. Their love may grow over time. However in America we marry someone because we feel as if we are in love with them and feel a sense of physical attraction When you meet a potential mate physical attractiveness is more often than not, the most appealing thing…

The Edible Woman is a 1969 novel that served to set up Margaret Atwood as a composition essayist of real hugeness. It is the account of a young lady whose rational, organized, customer situated world begins to slip out of interest. Speaking about her engagement, Marian will be having a feeling that her body and her heart are getting to be isolated. As Marian starts blessing food with human qualities that cause her to relate to it, she discovers herself not able to eat. Atwood portrayed the…

The question of what makes a good marriage is not one that Jane Austen explores in Pride and Prejudice. Certainly, there are numerous references to finding happiness in matrimony but whether or not a good marriage is necessarily a happy marriage is a notion that can be debated. Married couples and their preceding experiences of courtship are described throughout the book and Austen’s depiction of each reveals a number of aspects and considerations in determining exactly what is and what is not…

Often, what we see may not be consistent with what we believe, and as a result cause us confusion. Illusion is usually used in the form of disguise where a mask is put on by an individual to hide the person’s identity. This is the common method by which illusion is used; however, a more complex and multidimensional use of illusion is to cause mystification by creating a situation where a person’s blatant identity is put into question. In such instances, the questioned individual wears a…

It is natural to have an attribute that stands out as one’s character, however certain aspects of one’s demeanor can ultimately be their flaw. Margaret “Meg” March, the eldest sister among her siblings in the novel “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott, is a cordial lady with a courteous attitude. This polite behaviour is also depicted in the 1994 film adaptation as well, however this becomes her main flaw. Although Meg’s humble demeanor creates different relationships in the story, her passive…

Rowland has an ulterior motive by following them to the Alps, that is to say, a “satisfaction of not separating from Mary Garland” (332). It is here in this alpine splendour James’s novel will reach its tragic conclusion. However, prior to this calamity occurring the writer paints in vivid detail the beautiful environment that he juxtaposes with Roderick’s dolorous yearning to look once more upon feminine beauty like the newly married Princess Casamassima. Unable to work for Roderick’s spring of…

The two stories, “Good Enough” and “The Quinceanera Text” are very interesting passage with deep thought written into them. “Good Enough” is about Dori who wants a very expensive shirt but her family is very poor. The shirt that is received is a fake but Dori comes to realize that Ana does not care what people think and comes to love the shirt. “The Quinceanera Text” is about fifteen year old Ana wanting a phone. Many other presents are received but Ana’s parents cannot afford a phone. Something…

As many people know in Romeo and Juliet there are two wealthy families in constant conflict; the Montague and Capulet families. The Montague family has a loving, kind, and healthy relationship throughout the entire family; however, the Capulets have a rather hostile relationship. In act 1.2 the father of Juliet, Capulet, behaves in a rather compassionate manner. When Couplet meets with Paris, Paris expresses interest in his daughter, Juliet. As Paris directly notes to Couplet, “‘But now, my lord…