Bride and Prejudice

In the painting of Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and his Bride we can easily notice all the specifics characteristic owned by the Renaissance in the North. First, the precisely in the details is undeniable. Every detail was carefully taken care with the help of the oil and the special brushes. For example, on the back of the wall is the mirror that reflects the back of the scene. I am very impress how meticulous Giovanni and his bride were painted in such of miniature…

age until their time to get married they are taught how to play the pianoforte, sing and dance professionally so they could put in practice at dinner parties, balls, etc, and in that way give pleasure to those who are there. In the novel Pride & Prejudice, volume 2, Chapter 8, Lady Catherine talks about how women were supposed to practise their music abilities constantly, and that she offers the instruments that she has at home for the use of any women, especially Mrs. Collins who lives very…

Response—Cathedral This is a quite interesting story. The title of this story is called “Cathedral”, but actually the author did not spend many words to describe it. It can be seen that the author want to guide the readers to focus on the psychological reflection of characters. At the beginning of this story, when the main character’s wife said that the blind man, Robert will visit and spend the night with them, It can be easily found out that the main character did not like Robert. “I wasn’t…

misconception. For example, in Shakespeare’s play Much Ado About Nothing, Beatrice and Benedick hate each other at first, but because of a misunderstanding set up by Hero, Beatrice and Benedick are tricked into falling in love . In the book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, a similar misunderstanding creates a mutual hate between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, and the resolution of the misunderstanding leads to the creation of a stronger bond between the two. This book was mostly about how…

Literature is often a vehicle for social change; nowhere is this more evident than the novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Demonstrating the issues of Victorian Era England, Jane’s journey inspired the masses in Britain and began to further the growth of feminism. In the same vein, Ralph Ellison’s novel Invisible Man is an expansion on the topic of equal rights among those with different skin color. The purposeful recreation of many similar themes, as well as similar results, cements Ellison’s…

“Pride and Prejudice” and its interesting characters caught my attention from the beginning. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of education, manners, upbringing, and marriage in her society. It was oddly relatable to our society today. People in the book are often quick to judge like Elizabeth Bennet when she met Mr. Darcy, she took an immediate dislike to him. And Mr. Darcy was quick to look down on those who are “inferior” to him. You shouldn’t…

Briarcliffe College, Online Helen Kuhns EG 330 _U1LCA Dr. J. Greco September 8, 2016 The intended meaning was her vison of a relationship with the man she loved. She did not know that it takes work to maintain it. Thinking she was in love, nothing else mattered. “She thought the studio would keep itself” How she thought life would be with the man she loved. “No dust upon the furniture of love” Because she is in love, she imagines that chores such as cleaning and cooking would not be…

The two excerpts from “The Fault In Our Stars” by John Green, and “ The Love Song” by J. Alfred Prufrock, The speaker in the poem intricately explains Augustus’s and Hazel's view about life. The meaning of life is a question asked by many and answered by few, scholars go there whole lives searching for the question of life, and they come back with various answers. Life cannot be summed up into one sentence or answered by one man, because not everyone wants the same out of life. The question…

one may mature by exchanging their vanity for wisdom. Elizabeth Bennet is a character who prides herself on her discernment of character. This ability gives her arrogance that often leads to strong prejudices against individuals, such as Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham. In Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice”, Elizabeth’s revelation from her skewed judgment reveals that maturity occurs when self-awareness illuminates one’s faults. Elizabeth’s faults are easily masked when compared to her family’s.…

As You Like It is the work of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare. Although he had no university education, he went on to become a successful writer who created more than 40 impressive plays and 150 beautiful sonnets. However, there are academics who maintain that Shakespeare never actually wrote any of his plays but simply lent his name to be used as a pen name for more educated, more knowledgeable writers. The true authorship of Shakespeare’s works is not the only controversial…