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    It is Conspicuous that the beginning of every story is what will get judged by the reader to determine if the reader will either accept or reject the book. Charlotte Bronte is the author of Jane Eyre. In the first chapter of this book, the reader is introduced to Jane. Jane is a 10-year-old girl and is also the main character who is living with the Reed family. The Reed family consists of 4. To start with, there is Mrs. Reed, she is a blind and deaf mother of 3 children. Then, there is Eliza and…

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    Jane Austen uses Elizabeth’s wit, aptitude, and humor to show the contrast between her and Women in the Regency era, It was important for Jane Austen to do this because the literary world had never seen something like this before. Austen writes Elizabeth as a character who is cunning and smart. “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” She possesses beliefs that were not commonly seen…

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    Isabella knows a lot about fashions, balls, and flirtations was known by her conversation with Catherine when she was comparing these thing in Bath with another place (Austen, Chapter 4). Bath has all these things that allow her to feel wealthy even though she isn’t. She reads and goes to pump rooms, where wealthy people is her ways of being away from her true status and away from her family financial background. She has to look into the novels to fulfill her hunger of reality she wants. Because…

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    Pechoin's Enchantment

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    Throughout his novel, A Hero of Our Time, Mikhail Lermontov reveals his protagonist’s journey through the stages of enchantment, disenchantment, and re enchantment though his relationships with the three main females in the novel, Bela, Princess Mary, and Vera. During his relationship with Vera Pechoin was enchanted, but after they split he becomes disenchanted, as demonstrated by Lermontov though Pechorin’s relationship with Princess Mary, and lastly Pechoin attempts re enchantment with Bela,…

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    This passage from Jane Austen’s “Emma” presents Emma’s character as one who is Obsessed with the Trivialities going on in her life as well as someone’s who is not thinking clearly while their mind is errant, and also being impolite One-way Jane Austen presents Emma during the passage is by showing us that she is Obsessed with Trivialities, by telling the reader that she could not forgive Jane Fairfax. “Emma could not forgive her” This demonstrates that Emma is obsessed with trivialities to Jane…

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    The Role of Each Husband The husbands in “The Yellow Wall-paper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and “The Painted Door” by Sinclair Ross play a specific yet similar role. While they are very different they aim to make their wives feel better and loved. Their difference in each short novel are quite a few. While John from “The Painted Door” is a quiet gentleman, the husband from “The Yellow Wall-paper” also named John is very controlling and outspoken over his wife and her actions. Their…

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    “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, “Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini, “How to kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “Sugar” by Bernice L. McFadden and “The Other Side of the Bridge” by Mary Lawson are five different books, where the plots are set in the 1800’s or 1960’s. Each book has a struggle the character must overcome, but the main character (s)’s family or friends had an influence on how their life goes. Since, a family had a major role in every main character (s)’s decision the…

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    Emma, a novel written by Jane Austen, and Amy Heckerling 's high school drama, Clueless, are very comparable and alike, even though they were created at very different times. Emma was created in 1816 and has a lot old fashioned issues relating to that time, and Clueless, created in 1995, has the same issues only modernized. The movie Clueless has many similar conflicts and ideas like the novel, Emma, for instance, character similarities, attempted matchmaking between the characters, character…

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    defined.A part of that is love does not take on the same meaning for everybody. In the novel Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen, social status, money and concerns over property are the normative key factors in determining love relationships. There are several instances where this situation manifests. For example, the relationship between Jane and Mr. Bingley. However, Austen 's version of love contrasts with the prevailing version of love amongst the other characters in the novel. There…

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    Happiness In Marriage

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    with whom you are to pass your life. (Austen…

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