Governess

The marginalization of the female persona is exemplified particularly in Pride and Prejudice. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice her strong female character is a reflection of the continued sense of inequality among genders. The inequality between genders is an overarching theme that the female characters are expected to succumb to. Women have limited opportunities because of societal manners and class which sets the pressure to be married. In the case of the Bennet daughters there are no…

In Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte challenges the stereotypes and roles expected of women at the time by demonstrating abilities that men, as well as society do not expect her to have. Jane possesses qualities that are considered masculine according to the Victorian era such as thinking for herself and standing up to her values even when it means defying societal expectations of a female’s place. She ultimately overcomes the oppression of the male gaze that once limited her by dismissing these…

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…

because of Annie’s poor health. She also recalled that on March 24, 1851, Darwin took Annie to Malvern to receive a water cure treatment by Dr. James Gully; which did not work. Finally, Darwin left Annie in the care of her nurse and the family governess. On April 23, 1851, Darwin recorded an entry in his journal which said, “23 April our dear child expired.” There’s no question that Annie’s death caused a great distress to her parents. Darwin wrote a compassionate memoir of Annie a week…

Character Analysis Crime and Punishment is a novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published in the literary journal The Russian Messenger in twelve monthly installments during 1866. It was later published in a single volume. It is the second of Dostoyevsky's full-length novels following his return from ten years of exile in Siberia. Crime and Punishment is considered the first great novel of his "mature" period of writing. Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental…

Dr. Janet Abu-Lughod is one of the most important and influential female historians. Abu-Lughod was an urban sociologist who taught at both the New School for Social Research, and the American University in Cairo, Egypt. In 1989 Dr. Abu-Lughod drew on her culturally diverse and scientific background and published a book titled Before European Hegemony, in this book she contends that Europe’s world economic system that developed after Columbus’ stumbled upon the Americas was not a new and…

“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.”(Churchill, Winston) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill is known as one of the greatest war time heroes of the twentieth century. He was also a British officer, author, historian, artist, and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He had a strong influence in not just the United Kingdom, but all over the world. People have been inspired by his books, and his work in the army. Sir Winston…

persons’ mindset, religion, and character. In the novel, Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte uses different characters to portray the message that a person’s inner wealth is more important than their economic wealth. The first family that Agnes encounters as a governess is the Bloomfield’s. Agnes had been given a positive image of this family, however she quickly discovered that it couldn’t be more untrue.…

The idea that ‘Space thus becomes an acting place, rather than a place of action’ is particularly potent when applied to Defoe’s Moll Flanders as he does not often describe setting or space in any great detail, almost viewing it as inconsequential to the actual story. This does not mean that space never has an effect on the character, however, it would be more accurate to say that the outcome of a situation lies on how successfully a character uses that space to their own advantage. The space…

Christian vocation is a life calling from God, relating to work, personal growth, career and often marriage. All baptised Christian are called to live a vocation of priest, prophet and king, three anointed figures in the Old Testament. Jesus lived as an example of all three offices, his very name, ‘Messiah’, meaning the ‘anointed’ one. In living a priestly life, Christians are required to make sacrifices and walk in fellowship with God. Jesus fulfilled both these tasks, further acting as the…