Elizabeth of York

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 of society and refused to marry unless it was for love. In the end she was able to do just that. While both of these titles are slightly different and approach two separate topics in the book, either one would have…

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…

well, but she ends up being one of the few who confesses on what truly occurred. Abigail uses Mary to accuse Elizabeth. Proctor brings Mary to court to confess what Abigail did, however, she turns her back on Proctor and blames him for talking to the Devil. She seems to be ignorant and lonely. John Proctor: (Age: middle 30's) John Proctor is a farmer in Salem and has a wife named Elizabeth Proctor. Proctor had an affair with Abigail Williams when she was a servant in the Proctor's home, and…

Nicholas Hytner may have chosen to open the film with the scene of Tituba and the girls dancing in the forest to provide context for the coming events in the story. By showing this scene, the audience can infer that Betty decides to fake her illness in order to evade punishment from her father, Reverend Parris, who walks in on the girls’ nighttime activity in the forest. This opening scene also provides a clue about Abigail’s infatuation with John Proctor, since the other girls in the scene make…

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…

In East of Eden Cathy and Cal embody the concept of evil, profound immorality, wickedness, and depravity unlike the term good, morally excellent, virtuous, and righteous. Although, these characters are given the title evil they still have the potential to be good despite the motivations and actions that have caused this assertion. For instance, Cal contemplates with the idea of “Timshel”(Heavilin 21) and realizes he doesn't have to be an image of “Cathy's....evil monstrosity”(Heavilin 23).…

love and attraction, both of which have a number of different applications, and will explore the notion of compromise as a true indicator of what constitutes a good marriage in Austen’s novel, with particular reference to the main protagonists, Elizabeth and Darcy. Body (Paragraph 1 - 350 words) In her personal correspondence, Jane Austen has asserted that: “there are as many forms of love as there are moments in time.” Although an obvious use of hyperbole, there is sufficient evidence in…

A small village in Salem, Massachusetts is what this Puritan community calls home. The village is not a new settlement, rather, one that has been molded for decades. The inhabitants have continued to build on the lives and reputations of those before them. Now that Abigail Williams, niece to the town’s Reverend Parris, and other girls in the community have begun accusing many of witchcraft, everything has gone downhill. Considering Arthur Miller describes Salem as a close, Puritanical…

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a descendant of one of Salem's judges who sentenced several "witches" to death making these stories personal for him. Hawthorne was ashamed of his ancestors, and believed Puritanism to be foolish. Hawthorne’s heritage makes him biased against Puritans, but he is using them as an example to show everyone the superficiality that exists in the whole world. Throughout the stories, Young Goodman Brown and The Minister's Black Veil, Hawthorne uses symbols, characters, and…