Charlotte Brontë

French Society: As An Individual- Baldip Singh-Josan In the novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Madame Defarge was a part of the revolution and her role in it was important, but she acted cold and ruthless towards others. Despite her actions and her personality, she makes readers feel more sympathetically towards her. Madame Defarge was always seen knitting, and it was questionable as to why it was done. It was soon revealed that she was knitting a list of people so that her husband could do his…

In the first half of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, Jane is a victim to herself in experiencing nearly uncontrollable outbursts, however after acquiring the ability to remain calm from a much needed feminine figure Jane is calm in most every nerve wrecking situation thrown upon her. All of the anger Jane encapsulates in herself throughout her life begins in one place, the red room. The traumatic event of losing both of Jane’s parents clearly caused part of the outbursts that she experiences…

From the outset and throughout, Anna Funder, in her historical non-fiction text 'Stasiland' remains unyielding in her quest for "human courage". Though confronted with the aftermath of a world both punishing and somewhat strange to the young Australian, Funder recounts stories shared with her from both victims, and those who victimised. It is ultimately through this that she is able to depict to the readership that amidst all the anguish and agony, there too are moments of joy and healing.…

Leonora Carrington is a Mexican painter and writer of English birth. She is the last surviving member of the inner circle of Surrealists from pre-war Paris. Leonora was born in 1917 to Harold Carrington, an English textiles magnate and his Irish-born wife, Maurie Carrington. Leonora was a debutante who spent most her childhood on her family estate in Lancashire, England. Although Carrington was a debutante, she was a rebellious child being expelled from two convent schools for bad behavior even…

“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are really good at heart,” -Anne Frank. That’s tough to swallow, especially considering Anne was a Jew during the Holocaust. Anne and her family didn’t go to a camp like most Jews. They went into hiding and had to live with another family for two years. Two families and one stranger in an attic above a business; things will definitely not always go well. There will obviously be differences between some of them. Especially Anne Frank, and her…

– you are like a slave driver – you are like the Roman emperors” (Bronte,…

“A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle” (huffingtonpost.com). Anne Bronte’s novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall displays a strong sense of feminism throughout the novel. Bronte chooses to illustrate this sensitive topic through the protagonist of the novel, Helen Graham. Helen is a reclusive who is too individualistic for the time period she lives in. Because of this, she is shunned and viewed as an outcast for expressing her femininity. Helen challenges the role of women in…

When we mention the theme of a book or a novel, we are discussing about a general idea, lesson, or message that can be seen through the entire story. The events in the book may be very interesting, or exciting, but without the universal connection to human, they will not grab our attention in any real way. A novel of Magaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, is highly considered as a stimulating work of feminist dystopian fiction that examines the cultural construction of fertility, rebellion,…

CHAPTER-2: Quest for Freedom Quest for freedom is the most eminent theme in the novels of Anita Desai. Due to its importance in her works, it is bound to find reoccurrence. The quest for freedom prevails as the most powerful and influential theme and all the major characters seem to be striving for something with which they cannot come in terms with. The society in which they live and cannot go away from it leaves a deep question mark in their minds. They are in quest for freedom…

The Palace of Illusions , written by award-winning novelist and poet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a rendition of the Hindu epic Mahabharata as told from Panchaali's (Draupadi’s) point of view , namely, that of a woman living in a patriarchal world. It is narrated by Paanchali herself, who is the wife of the five Pandava brothers. It follows Paanchali’s life from a fiery birth and a childhood spent in loneliness, where she only had her…