Emma Watson

Rhetorical Strategies Used in E. B. Browning Letter In her letter to the French Emperor Napoleon III, Elizabeth Barrett Browning formulates a very convincing argument by the use of her rhetorical devices such as a pathos appeal to her subject, alliteration; a repetition of words, imperative sentences, asyndeton, and similes as methods of persuasion in order to convince Napoleon to pardon Victor Hugo. Browning attempts to undermine her own authority and lack of title, as a means to show…

The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen could not have been named better. This is because of the personalities that result in the actions of the two main characters, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. Elizabeth Bennett, or Lizzie, is one of the five Bennett daughters, but is nothing like her other sisters. She completely refutes society’s ideas about a woman’s purpose and marriage. This often leads to her having more pride than the average woman of the Regency Period. Elizabeth does…

Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice consists of many contrasting characters, which are foils of each other. For example, Jane is characterized as docile and reserved, never finding faults in others, while Elizabeth is initially portrayed as saturated with prejudice. Elizabeth does later overcome her initial prejudice after several discoveries. To relate Elizabeth's character development to Mary Wollstonecraft’s beliefs on the ideal women as she described in her classic feminist text The…

Composers often transform texts to adapt them in a way considered to be more suitable for a desired audience and to convey new meaning. Jane Austen’s 1815 novel, Emma, has been transformed in Amy Heckerling’s 1995 film, Clueless for a modern Western teenage audience. Emma and Clueless both stand as reflections of their time; that of Regency England and postmodern America respectively. While the general plot line remains, Heckerling has adapted the refined country setting of Highbury, England to…

The 72rd volume of “The Explicator”, a renowned source for literary criticism in the United Kingdom was published in the summer 2014. One of the most remarkable contributions, within the publication, titled “Caught in the act of greatness”, deeply analyzes Jane Austen’s renowned “Pride and prejudice”. The analysis takes an unconventional approach by strictly focusing on the syntax and writing style of the work in order to truly credit the genius of Jane Austen. However it is because of this…

Three varying authors from the 1800-time period write entirely diverse novels, with two of the authors even sisters. Jane Austen’s “Emma”, Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre”, and Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights” have varying characters and contrasting conflicts; yet, there are many similarities among the chapter one novels. Every novel has characters, relationships, and conflicts that entice the reader to keep turning the page. This is best acquired by presenting major character conflicting…

The Box Hill picnic and the events preceding are indubitably of utmost importance in Emma, for present are members of the lower middle class, the comfortable gentry, and the upper crust of Georgian society. Jane Austen, of course, was acutely aware of the predicament of the impoverished gentlewoman and comments on their position in Georgian society by showcasing the gauche meretriciousness of Mrs. Elton, the dependency of the Bates, and the unfortunate future as a governess for Jane Fairfax. In…

Good morning Mrs. Dale…. The speech I’m about to present to you will explore the intertextual connections between Pride and Prejudice, a prose fiction novel by Jane Austen published in 1831 and Letters to Alice on first reading Jane Austen, an epistolary novel by Fay Weldon published in 1984. The initial connection is in the title; it becomes obvious that the related text is reliant on Jane Austen’s writing for purpose. Through comparing the two texts it is evident that both authors were…

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Setting England(Netherfield Park, Rosings Park, and Pemberley); late 1700s-early 1800s Genre Drama - Fiction / Romance Novel Historical Information The French Revolution, American Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars took place in Jane’s life We see these events influence her work through the militia and the importance of financial stability in marriage. Women’s rights were altering a little at the time making it more common for the wealthy to get some…

Jane Austen’s Emma, takes place during the Victorian Era. During this time, women had little to no rights or options; their lives were laid out for them. People married for money and class status. If you found someone that you loved and was of the same class, then you were considered to be very lucky. Men would marry horrible women if only so that their pockets would never empty. Women had children and stayed at home to raise them. Men went out and worked to put food on the table. Those who had…