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The Victorian society was not divided simply horizontally by class, it was also divided vertically by gender. In both texts we are exposed to gender ideals The importance of a woman’s identity during the Victorian period was unquestionably measured in accordance with her sexual status. The existence of the fallen women was a concept that was prevalent during the Victorian period and is largely connected to sexual purity and an irrevocable loss of innocence. In both Goblin Market and Mary Barton…

In the track “God Help the Outcasts,” Esmerelda sings a song of prayer, asking God for help. It shows us how helpless and desperate Esmerelda is, how hopelessly trapped she was in the cathedral and how hopeless the situation of the gypsies seems like. The composers made this song into a prayer, metaphorically describing how no one on earth will have helped them. The part of the song where the other characters in the cathedral sing shows how genuine Esmerelda’s prayer is. The others ask for…

"Pride and prejudice" by Jane Austen Jane Austen’s valuable treatise Pride and Prejudice exemplifies various kinds of marriages; however, leaves the readers with the impression that marriages of suitability and love are the ones to be wished for. Pride and Prejudice falls in the genre of romantic and sentimental novels of the eighteenth century. In the first three chapters of the novel, every situation and incident of the plot advances the progress of the story. The chapters contain gentle and…

Harrish Bhela AP English Lit 3/16/18 Pride and Prejudice is a romantic narrative written by Jane Austen which presents Netherfield, England time period differing from our era. Austen uses the romantic life of his two main characters Elizabeth Bennet and an aristocrat Fitzwilliam Darcy to bring out his ideas perfectly to the readers. The novel is much more than a straightforward romantic book as it is a real critical reflection of the societies today and addresses several other themes apart…

Myla Hayes DePalatis HE 2 Period 3 15 November 2015 Modern Woman? Jane Eyre is a novel about a young lady and her journeys and experiences while growing up and becoming a woman. Often when the themes of this novel are being discussed, feminism comes up. Jane has the desire for women to be treated like every other man. Jane is a very distinguished character who in some aspects very independent. When it comes to feminism, she has the mindset of a modern woman as an…

Adeline has been whipped,thoroughly beaten, and has had a torturous life she never was welcomed by the family and had a depressing life. The memoir Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah is a story about a girl with a depressing life. Adeline was always depressed about being last on everything. Victor once said “It’s so unfair why doesn’t she ever get to go anywhere with us. Niang screamed That’s just the way it is! “( Yen Mah 156)She doesn’t get to go even with her own family. They treat her as…

Ava’s fingers inched their way up the girl’s neck, every couple of inches she would jam their pointed tip into the skin. Every time the nail pierced, more air flowed in and out, suddenly her legs began to tingle. Looking down, she saw a thick blade of green protrude from each of her legs, they resembled soft rays of a fish. Ava pushed against the girl forcing her to swim on her own. Penelope tried to stand on the floor, but there was thick slime being secreted from her legs and feet. She looked…

“Zoë, darling, come here. Don’t go near that man,” the mother’s voice is drenched in disgust as she eyes me suspiciously, avoiding my glacial stare. Oh, the kindness of strangers. My fingertips are the cold colour of the dusking, January sky. The streets of New York are swarming with absorbed souls, all caged by their own thoughts. I hang on to words spoken by strangers, attempting to distract myself from the piercing wind, numbing my bones. You could say I’m a regular. Baptised on the streets…

Biography of Eleanor Roosevelt By: Aubrey Zozaya #33 HER Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11, 1884, in New York, New York. She died on November 7, 1962, at the age of 78 in the same city. She was born into a wealthy, but dysfunctional family. As a child, she was a shy girl and suffered an extreme loss. Her mother died in 1892 and her father died in 1894, she was very young when her parents died. Her grandma criticized Eleanor’s looks which lowered her self-esteem and made her become…

Arienne Rich's article "Jane Eyre: The Temptations of a Motherless Woman" in the Norton Critical Edition of Jane Eyre is separated into chapters like in the book, but each chapter is about a different stage or time zone in Jane’s Life. Rich focus mostly on the stories them of Love versus Autonomy. Also, she focuses on the motif of substitute mothers. From reading Rich’s article you can observe Rich focusing on Bronte's biography, like biographical criticism. She considers how the text is like…