Charlotte Mew

Monopolization of female psyche in The Lowland by Jumpha Lahiri. Abstract : The Lowland is the second novel by Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri. It deals with a mother in Diaspora, Gauri, and her daughter ,Bela. Human character and their attitude to life are defined and revoluted by surroundings and circumstances in which they live.The transformation of their psyches are processed by such factors .This transformation have been critiqued in this paper. Gauri goes…

Sexuality in adolescence Sexuality is the most notorious and common sign of development in adolescence.“The House on Mango street”, by Sandra Cisneros is a coming of age novel where Esperanza transitions from a girl into a young teen. In her journey, Esperanza comes across many challenges, she is forced to grow up by life’s adversities. In the short story “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid, a mother advises her daughter and scolds her into becoming a good woman. In her guidance, the mother is worried…

Emma and Moll, Breaking the Mold The 18 and 19th centuries are remembered for the literal and art creations as depicted in the Daniel Defoe’s The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders of 1722 and Gustave Flaubert Madame Bovary of 1856. The two pieces are novels exploring the lives of heroines Moll Flanders and Emma Bovary respectively. Similar to other pieces of increasing critical thinking such as law and philosophy at the time, the two novels were based on societal changes…

The movie “Miss Potter’’ reveals the true story of Beatrix Potter, the famous author for children’s book and the woman who made great contribution to the development of the Lake District. Through the movie, Beatrix Potter and also the era she lived in, were successfully depicted and several aspects of her life and work were portrayed in the most elegant way. Miss Potter’s life is illustrative of the Victorian time she lived in and also contradicted to that era of British history. She was one…

5. Characters “To the Lighthouse”, Virginia Woolf takes the readers in a journey to the true nature of relationships, through the prospect of many different characters, especially in the first chapters of the novel, it is difficult to know the character who Woolf is speaking, from which perspective she is talking, but as the novel goes on, it becomes obvious to clarify each character. Major Characters Mrs. Ramsay From the start of the of the novel, Mrs. Ramsay is the principal character,…

In my essay I will be contrasting and comparing the two female characters Mandisa and Thando from John Kani’s award winning play Nothing but the truth. My main focus will be on both Mandisa and Thando’s personalities ,background, achievements and professions Thando Makhaya is Sipho Makhaya’s daugther who is the main character of the play. Thando is a honest, loyal, patient, caring, selfless, respectful and loving she worked as a teacher and as an interpreter at the Truth and Reconciliation…

There are many stages throughout the book in which the reader can feel sympathy for Jane Eyre; these include when she is locked in the Red Room, when Helen Burns dies at Lowood, and when she and Mr. Rochester are married the first time. The situation when Jane in locked in the Red Room occurs because she has retaliated against John Reed hitting her and the fact that she is being punished for doing so. The mere fact that she is being locked in the Red Room can already accumulate sympathy within…

In the Victorian era, women were thought as inferior to an dependent being to a man. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, is a true portrayal of society’s attitude towards women in the Victorian age.The average Victorian woman was not granted with freedom. They were expected to marry and raise children. Women were discouraged for their fight of independence. In the novel, Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte uses characterization to demonstrate the theme of independence and gender equality. One of the main…

Jane’s experience with oppression starts at a young age. While living in Gateshead with Mrs. Reed and Mr. John, she faces criticism and is seen as inferior even to her adoptive sister Georgianna, who is around the same age. While at school in Lowood she was taught to take heavy criticism from teachers and other authority figures she interacted with. “...I am, as Miss Scatcherd said, slatternly, I seldom put, and never keep, things in order; I am careless; I forget rules; I read when I should…

and Maria Branwell Bronte. She had four sisters and one brother. Their names were Charlotte, Anne, Maria, Elizabeth, Maria, and Branwell. Her family moved to a village called Haworth in Yorkshire. Shortly after they moved,…