Jane Goodall

When looking back on medieval times, romance was at its peak. Chivalry was apparent in this time and men courted ladies in such a way that rivals romance today. Knights devote their lives to only one lady, which is something women desire today. In today’s society, men use sex for love and don’t call girls back after the first date. Men aren’t held to the same standards today in comparison to medieval times and it’s quite a tragedy. Women were also different back in medieval times. In Sir Gawain…

Analysis and interpretation of Rudyard Kipling’s short story “Lispeth” The short story “Lispeth” is about the Indian Hill-girl Lispeth, who, ever since her parents died of cholera, is a half-servant, half-companion for two Englishmen; a priest and his wife. The story deals with many issues, such as identity crisis and unrequited love, but most of all a critique of Christianity and on the Western mindset towards the natives. The point of view in this short story is a 3rd person point of view…

This novel challenges the modern standards of beauty and their inherent racism. This is a novel by Toni Morrison. The story rotates around Pecola. Pecola is a young girl from black the background. Author begins by mentioning the fact that Pecola ails from a dysfunctional family unit. A drunkard father and constant fights between the parents was the order of the day in her life. She is suffering from inferiority complex (Morrison 32). She believes that she is not very pretty and this could be…

The necklace is a short story written by Maupassant to present the mentality of people in France during its golden ages. He did that through the use of more familiar characters to the reader who have positives and negatives, following the guidelines of literary realism to give the reader a closer perspective to the life during those days. It is based on a middle class woman who married to a junior clerk in the Ministry of Education. She had an honorable life but always felt that ‘’she was…

Charlotte Bronté ‘s Approach to Love and Equality With the Book “Jane Eyre” "Jane Eyre" is a book that mentions about England's Victorian Era, its social values, classes, roles of genders and one of the most important samples of Romanticism movement written in 1847 by Charlotte Bronté. Even though it has history over a century, it still protects popularity and its theatre, musical, movie, novel and child book versions are still being published. The author's perfect wording about the themes such…

“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth”(181). Author, Adeline Yen Mah, shares the horrors of her childhood growing up as an unwanted daughter in the autobiography Chinese Cinderella. The first years of a child’s life are the most crucial in shaping the person they will become. For young Adeline Yen Mah, these defining years shaped her into a strong, intelligent women despite her poor upbringing. The novel Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah,…

AGE OF INNOCENCE By Edith Wharton Character Map : In 1870 how the rich people spending their life ,one of its glimpse shown in Age of Innocence.strong and rich people make their own rules for society,and they were strong obeying that rules and someone or something goes against it they become sad.. The Age of Innocence is the story of a troubled marriage ,Newland Archer is the hero of this novel,one day he came to theater to meet people but there he saw a beautiful girl named “May welland”…

Set in the circa of the 1950's, the movie, "Mona Lisa Smile" is an inspirational film that explores life through feminism, marriage, and education lead by a modernist teacher at the end of a traditional era (Mona Lisa Feminist/ Conflict Theory). The film is very true to the period it was set in; taking great lengths to ensure authentic depiction of the era. Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts, is the main character of the film. The film takes place at Wellesley College, a very prestigious…

In life, many of us struggle when it comes to being ourselves. Individualism is the act of being independent, where you can stand alone in a situation no matter what may happen. In the 1900s, women could have this individualism because women could not own business nor control their own money, for which they need their husband authorization to do so. In the Doll House story, written by Henrik Ibsen, Nora Helmer is an individual. Nora breaks the rule of injustice by taking out a loan without the…

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has been cherished and revered by a consistently large audience for many decades. So how has a novel, published 205 years ago, continued to remain relatable and relevant in modern society? The universal themes of Pride and Prejudice on both the interpersonal and societal levels, such as love, marriage, and class, keep people constantly returning to the story, but in addition, it is Austen’s light, crisp, and direct telling of both characters and plot that yields…