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    Alice on First Reading Jane Austen works through the didactic literary form of epistolary novel to enable the contemporary reader to understand the values found throughout Pride and Prejudice. Weldon innovatively and creatively alludes to the modern day reader’s world through postmodern perspectives; and a blend of fiction and nonfiction to shift their understanding, transform individual perspectives, and encourage a unique yet contemporary appreciation of Austen’s novel. Jane Austen published…

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    Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, revolves around the major recurring theme of social status within marriage in the eighteenth century. Coincidentally, social standing is the most emphasized within the novel and provides the basis for the important plot points prevalent throughout the story. The characters, depending on their class, marry for security and higher social standing, an eighteenth century notion that contrasts heavily from the qualities applied to currently married couples.…

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    centuries.. I´m going to discuss the subjects women issues and social classes that were in these two periods in Great Britain. To strengthen my examples, I´m going to use two versions of the Mansfield Park series and the the novel Persuasion written by Jane Austen. The British time periods We can divide British time into smaller time periods, for instance Anglo-Saxon, Norman, Georgian and Victorian. Within the Georgian period from 1714 to 1837 we find an even smaller period called the regency…

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    want of a wife” (Austen, 1813, p. 1). 
Pride and Prejudice is English Author Jane Austen’s second book, first published in 1813. Over 200 years later, this book on the social life and practices in early 19th century England still holds a strong relevance in our lives. The book revolves around the everyday antics of the Bennet family’s five daughters, hilariously foot-in-mouth mother and slightly oblivious father. Jane Bennet is the oldest daughter, shy, soft-spoken and beautiful, she is the…

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    Mansfield Park is a hugely muddled novel, even by the gauges of Jane Austen, who makes characters and circumstances of irregular multifaceted nature in every one of her books. Like other Austen books, this one is worried about a young lady endeavoring to discover her put in the social request. Fanny originates from a poor family however is being raised by her rich close relative and uncle. She prefigures the vagrants of later Victorian books in her detachment from her folks, who won't be the…

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    These two characteristics can bring consequences which can make people avoid them based on their attitude, which can result in not finding their true friend or in this case love. In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have very set ideas about their own unique characteristics. Jane Austen’s message in this story is that love can overcome any type of conflict even though you are from a different social class. Miss Elizabeth judges too easily in contrary with…

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    The Idea Of Hope

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    Mary is represented as icons, drawings, paintings, and apparitions, such as La Santa Muerte, La Negrita, Our Lady of the Rock, Madonna, The Virgin of Guadalupe, and Our Lady of the Wall. With there still being many more, all of this just undoubtedly proves…

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    Saint Luke The Evangelist

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    Paul says that all he has left is Luke, who stays supportive of him. Luke had a spot in the heart of many of the females around him because of his many skills, kind and loyal ways, and his devotion to God and Jesus Christ. According to Luke, “Hail Mary full of grace” was spoken at the Annunciation and “Blessed are you and blessed is the fruit of your womb Jesus” are spoken by Mary’s cousin Elizabeth. Luke is responsible for the stories about Jesus disappearing in Jerusalem as…

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    La Sagrada Familia (Abbr

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    because it is a Roman Catholic church, and, therefore, must follow a Latin Cross plan (Permanyer, 1999). The composition of the façades is extremely vertical, directing your sight line upward and to the heavens where God, but more importantly, Jesus and Mary reside. Also, while the façades and the outward composition of La Sagrada Familia seem to be incredibly heavy, the inside is filled with polychromatic light, because of the Gothic inspired windows that fill the walls. The crypt, which is…

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    Wilthia Spann Analysis

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    Museum in France. The subject of the piece is the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ as a baby. During that 13th century, the Virgin Mary was favored to being the subject of many artworks. The piece represents the passion of love that Mary has for her son. It represents…

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