Matchmaking

The theme of marriage is highlighted as a key theme of Pride and Prejudice essentially from the initial line of the first chapter. “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife”. Through the use of this quote, Austen shows us that she is evidently humoured by the fact that wealthy men were rather desperate for wives and mocks the fact that they married out of convenience and there seems to be irony in her tone. She uses the…

Monika Bartyzel wrote “Girls on Film: The Real Problem with the Disney Princess Brand” as part of her collection of writings, “Girls on Film”, for The Week: All You Need to Know About Everything that Matters. Bartyzel wrote this article in 2013 shortly after the Disney coronation of Merida from the film Brave. Bartyzel writes to an audience of women, likely with a feminist perspective. This particular article is also geared towards mothers of daughters who would have an interest in Disney’s…

Australia and Japan while being two of the world’s most economically developed countries are facing their biggest challenge yet, the quickly ageing population. In that respect, Japan is facing the biggest population crisis as over 20% of its population are already falling into the 65 years and above population group and it is expected for the population to age and decline even further in the future. Whereas Australia is following the Japan footsteps, the young population is overtaken by the…

Love, Marriage, and for Better One of Jane Austen’s main characters, Mr. Darcy, once said “A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment” (Pride and Prejudice). While this quote was used in Pride and Prejudice, it has truth in it for all of Austen’s stories. Two of her books, Emma and Northanger Abbey, demonstrate this in the captivating way of using characterization, setting, theme, conflict, symbol, and syntax. Austen’s two main…

Virginia Woolf is relatively well known for her ability to provide a feminist perspective on society, as exemplified in her 1927 novel, To the Lighthouse. Woolf has an acute awareness to the damage the domestic sphere can have on women; her writing illustrates the limits and restrictions placed upon them in Victorian culture. These limitations are highlighted not in the trapped and conventional narrative of Mrs. Ramsay, but rather in the struggle for autonomy that Lily and Mrs. Ramsay’s…

Chapter 1: Women and Marriage The ideas of Emma show us clearly that she believes in her femininity. She knows that she has mind power and is intelligence and uses these abilities to the fullest. This is what leads her to reject the rumors that are accepted socially, which do not favor the expression of the strength that comes with the female identity. The greatest significance of her thoughts comes in the instance where she states that the intelligence and energy of women can be used at any…

Jane Austen’s Emma, takes place during the Victorian Era. During this time, women had little to no rights or options; their lives were laid out for them. People married for money and class status. If you found someone that you loved and was of the same class, then you were considered to be very lucky. Men would marry horrible women if only so that their pockets would never empty. Women had children and stayed at home to raise them. Men went out and worked to put food on the table. Those who had…

Basic Details of Movie Character Her name is Annie Wilkes. She is of the age of her late 30s. She is born and raised in Bakersfield, environmentally on a farm. When she was a child, she had a wealthy family with parents who are Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes. Her father was a banker. After her father’s death, she was brought up in a church. Extremely well educated young lady and she went to the University of California at Los Angeles School of Nursing. I picked these up from the movie at 1:13:13 time.…

In large Finnish families, it was typical for the oldest son to inherit his father’s lands and the oldest daughter to have acquired a high dowry by the time she was wed. The matchmaking and giving away of the daughter as a bride was typically the role of the father. In the Kalevala, Youkahainen overstepped his roles in two different ways: he disrespected his elder, Wainomoinen, and he promised his sister to him without his father’s…

As students there are various elements that affect our educational experiences. Factors such as race, gender, class, power and privilege have shaped our thoughts and views on school and learning. Race has greatly influenced my experiences in school as well as in society. Through the analysis of my own experiences I have a clearer understanding of the effects of these categories, especially race and its impact in educational settings. My experiences as a student have impacted my perceptions of…