Jane Fonda

Rosy cheeks and wide hips tied in tight, green cloth fill Aldous Huxley’s dystopian setting of A Brave New World. It is covered by a deep objectification of women-- causing sexuality and promiscuity to be cornerstones of Huxley’s carefully constructed society. When we compare Huxley’s world with our own, it gives valuable insight into the direction of this trend. Because of the changes to the family unit and increasing promiscuity, we find a harmful lack of intimacy growing in our society, a…

INTRODUCTION The aim of this essay is to give an explicit overview of the gothic elements in the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher”. The main point of interest concerns the haunted house which is a typical feature of gothic literature. At the beginning the readers is introduced to the story through a summary. This will be followed by a general explanation of the gothic genre and its typical features. Furthermore the outer appearance of the mansion and the thereby upcoming unpleasant…

Have you ever had the feeling that someone wasn't who they said they are? In the story Mary is a happy housewife until one day her world is turned upside down. She reveals her true self in every action from the mistake she made to the events after it. Many themes can be interpreted in the story. The main theme is that things aren't always as they seem. In other words you can never be sure who to love or trust. The first piece of evidence supporting the theme is when the readers are…

Kate Chopin is a woman who has been called one of America’s most influential and “essential” (Kate Chopin: Her Novels and Stories) authors. With her works spanning a few decades, covering several matters of social issues, it is no wonder that she has been dubbed such. Her influence has reached far and wide, with criticisms and aesthetic readings being written about her works in multiple countries and languages (Frequently Asked Questions). One of her most notable and popular works, “Desiree’s…

“Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses women for their strengths.” (Lois Wyse) She Stoops to Conquer is an 18th Century play by Oliver Goldsmith which tells the story of how a lady crosses class lines to conquer her love. The plot is unravelled when Charles Marlow, a man who is brought to marry noble woman Miss Kate Hardcastle by her father, has a minor foible whereby he is frozen stiff with fear when it comes to talking and socializing with upper-class women. However when it comes…

which labels the novell as 18th century. Netherfield is Mr Bingley’s estate, near Longbourn , and this setting is important because it is where we first introduced to Mr Darcy and Mr Bingley and allows them to meet future wives to come, Elizabeth and Jane. Another major reason is that it is a point where Darcy starts to notice Elisabeth’s many admirable qualities and falls for her. Longbourn, the home of the Bennet family is the main setting in the novel, this is where most of the action happen…

There are a few important themes which are treated again and again in the novels of Jane Austen, though in each case the novelist is able to impart something of freshness and novelty to the treatment. The business of getting people engaged and married is one of the important themes which the novelist takes up for the treatment in novel after novel. Jane Austen, sharing the opinion commonly held by her contemporaries and satisfied with the conditions that prevailed, was of the view that a young…

One of the major themes in the novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is marriage. Unlike today, women in the nineteenth century women did not have a lot choices. One of the choices include marriage. Women in this time were held back and are not expected to have careers like men. Once they decide on a man, there is no going back and divorce was considered uncommon. The women in the novel, each display their thoughts on marriage. However, Elizabeth Bennett, who is opinionated and passionate…

Have you ever considered what other people value the most in their lives? In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, many of the characters throughout the plot take into consideration different values. The word value means relative worth, merit, or importance. If a person has values, it shows significance in how they live their lives and who they are. Characters in To Kill a Mockingbird all have values of their own and show them in the story. One example of people showing their values…

The Scarlet Letter: Prompt 2 Nathaniel Hawthorne and Ralph Waldo Emerson were among a group of authors known as the Romantics that valued feeling over reason, imagination over science, and nature over civilization. These ideals are commonly displayed in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. Like any writers of the same time period, Hawthorne and Emerson may have never completely accepted each other's beliefs, however the characters that Hawthorne creates agree with Emerson’s advice, “[d]o not go where…