Jane Horrocks

The novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen exemplifies the main theme of marriage in various forms. Austen compares the different marriages through the characters: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, Charlotte and Mr. Collins, Jane and Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth and Darcy, and finally Lydia and Mr. Wickham. She gives a specific insight to the attitudes, morals, and progression of marriage for each character throughout the book. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet began the novel as the only married couple. With five unwed…

Cary Fukunaga changes Charlotte Brontë’s novel Jane Eyre to highlight the ideals of his audiences mindset, such as the ideal of marrying for love rather than independence to create a fast paced romance. The film appeals to the themes in the film such as gender equality and independence but dilutes the meaning through the incapacity to reveal Jane’s inner thoughts and enhances the meaning through cinematography. The introduction of the character St John at the beginning of the film…

This is from Bertha’s point of view starting from page 297 (A) after it is revealed that Mr. Rochester in fact has a wife living in Thornfield Hall up to page 299. Also a flashback to page 286 (the ripping of the wedding veil)*Note: Bertha cannot physically speak and can only make sounds, so all the dialogue by her will be her thoughts* My hands were not tied today so I exercised them to count the seconds till Grace Poole arrived “one…two…three...four…five.” After five, I commenced again and…

The novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, has been recognized on many different levels for the literary feats it reaches and the ways that it challenged the ideals of its time. One of the most recognizable methods used by Bronte in the novel would be her use of “doppelgangers” to show the connections between characters. A doppelganger is someone who is connected to someone else but may serve as a complete opposite to this person, especially in a literary work. Charlotte Bronte uses…

heroine, Elizabeth actually breaks this archetype and makes her own decisions. Elizabeth as a construct defies social convention and this leads to her successful marriage and a possibly more egalitarian relationship than the others within the novel. Jane is the eldest Bennett daughter and therefore is expected to be married first, before her other sisters can become engaged. She is happy to be led by men and is an example of what would be considered the perfect…

Isolation plays a key role in the character development in both works of Jane Eyre and Metamorphosis. Jane Eyre was treated like an outcast for most of her life, and most people she came into contact with did not take a liking to her. Gregor Samsa was transformed into a giant bug and his entire family shut him out of their lives and they treated him as if he was a huge burden that ruined their lives. These two characters being isolated from their families and not having a lot of love in their…

the life of Elizabeth Bennet, who has to constantly navigate her way through troubles often caused by her sisters. You can see the profound impact sisterhood has throughout the book in the way Jane and Elizabeth act as each other 's confidants, the sisterly competition showcased throughout the book, and Jane 's relationship with her own sister Cassandra matched the events occurring in the book. That is why the relationships between sisters is a central theme in Pride and Prejudice, as the lives…

The novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is an unfolding love story in the midst of societal norms throughout history. Throughout the novel, Austen emphasizes the importance of marriage to the economic and social statuses of all her characters. Characters commonly tie marriage to happiness, but within each individual relationship marriage produces different amounts of love and happiness. Not only do the economic and social statuses of characters in the novel affect their eligibility for…

In the early 1960’s Jane Goodall traveled to the Gombe Stream Reserve in Tanzania to study chimpanzee development and their social interactions. During her early years of study, Goodall discovered much about the social complexity of chimpanzee societies and their hierarchies, along with their development which is, for the most part, very similar to the development of our species. Throughout the book, Jane Goodall describes the many challenges she faced trying to get the protective chimpanzees…

"Pride and humility are above all connected with ‘our idea of ourself,’ though that idea is affected by the way others regard us; these emotions are, then, important regulators of human behavior in society" (Hirsch). In Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice, the main characters, Darcy, Elizabeth, and Wickham, possess the traits of pride and prejudice, both of which play a role in their “human behavior in society” (Hirsch). Elizabeth Bennet encounters a prideful and prejudiced man, Darcy, whom she…