Matilda

She is living without any riches or any sense of a fancy lifestyle .She is limited solely because of money, or lack thereof. Matilda married a man who loved her very dearly and would do anything to make her happy, although their life was without any fancy parties, expensive clothes or any type of pampering, he tried to feel in the void .Matilda had felt out of place and very materialistic, as though she was meant to be living in the world and lifestyle closer to those of nobility and…

Fever 1793 Matilda Cook lives in Pennsylvania at the Coffee House with Mother, Grandfather, his parrot- King George, Silas- Matilda’s cat, and Eliza their cook. Polly is the serving girl and she didn’t show up to work one day. Mother goes to get tea, when she gets back she tells Mattie that Polly had died, Mother told Mattie and Eliza that she had the fever and there was no doctor around. More people were getting the fever. Rumors start spreading and people begin staying away from the shops by…

The Victorian era was a nineteenth-century time period during which many political, economic, and social changes took place throughout England. One of the most prominent categories of discourse regarding this era is that of femininity and the Victorian woman, who was often suppressed and objectified by the patriarchal society in which she existed. However, during the later parts of the nineteenth century, women began to fight for and eventually gain a level of independence in their personal…

In the early 1840s, British women felt pangs of hunger between lunch and dinnertime and so the only way to alleviate such hunger was to develop a meal in between which is now known as, "afternoon tea". However and at that time, this meal was only available for the upper class and for women who climbed the echelons of society due to the costs of having another meal in the day. Afternoon tea is sometimes incorrectly referred to as “high tea” when in fact, “high tea” is considered to be…

The movie I focused on was Matilda, a 1996 American film that was directed by Danny DeVito. The movie is about a bright little girl by the name of Matilda. She was born into a very unusual family that didn't care about her. Her family included her father, mother and brother, the Wormwoods. Matilda was forced to stay home till the age of 6, while she was home she learns to do many things on her own, by the age…

1793 Fever 1793 portrays a young fourteen year old girl, Matilda Cook, who lives in Philadelphia as an epidemic sweeps through know as, Yellow Fever. Yellow fever is a disease that starts with fever and muscle ache. Then, targets often become jaundiced; this is where “Yellow” fever comes from. Although Fever 1793 is historical fiction, Anderson achieved massive amounts of research to create the intriguing story of what happens to Matilda and her family. Using the appendix of Fever 1793 and…

If you are a ruler of a whole castle you are responsible of the prosperity and the happiness there and you cannot marry any woman. The woman must have the right qualities. Unfortunately, Matilda did not possess such qualities, she was too good personality and easy to manipulate by her father. The death of Matilda was inevitable, because Theodore was in love with her, and there was no other way for the supernatural forces to control who he was going to marry. Even though it was cruel and kind of…

at least one parent against a marriage between two characters that care for one another. In The Italian Vivaldi’s parents are against a marriage and in The Castle of Otranto Theodore’s father is against a pairing between him and Matilda. Also, Ellena, Isabella and Matilda get presented with an undesirable offer of marriage. In both texts marriage is very important and complicates the lives of the main characters. This is how the two texts are more alike than it first…

The necklace is a story written with the intent of the combination of greed, vanity, forbidden desire and wealth. It was written by a famous writer named Guy De Maupassant. The talented writer was born in 1850 and died in 1893. Because of his unique style, he was considered one of the best and most famous writers in the 19th century. Mr. Maupassant succeeded in writing 30 volumes, 300 stories, traveling books, articles and poems. Today, I felt fortunate to have read one of the many short stories…

Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson was born in 1864 and was most famously known for writing the poem ‘Waltzing Matilda’ which he wrote in late 1895. Aside from being a poet, Banjo was known for being a public solicitor, journalist, war correspondent and a soldier fighting primarily in World War I. Banjo had a life full of achievements and experienced great success with his poems but he has taken a lot of criticism throughout his life about his depiction of rural Australia. So was Andrew Barton…