Northanger Abbey

The Temple of My Familiar After a huge success of Alice Walker’s The Color Purple (1983), another novel, The Temple of My Familiar came which was published in 1989. Though the events in the novel were beautifully woven but it did not receive much acclamation. bell hooks praised the novel and called it a “multivocal experiment with postmodern romance and magical realism (hooks)”. The novel is considered a sequel to Walker’s The Color Purple. Alice Walker herself described the novel as “a romance…

Imagine that you are reading a romance novel and never felt the sharp pang of love lost, how would readers like you react to the overall quality of the novel? Authors and directors utilise various literary devices and techniques in order to evoke emotional responses within their readers or viewers. The goal of evocation is to manipulate the audience’s emotion in order to evoke certain responses and reactions. Writers may utilise a character as a focal character who expresses feelings and…

Charlotte Brontë, writer of the novel ‘Jane Eyre’, was a born in a typical British family. She was one of six children, of which three survived into adulthood. Except for her time spent at a boarding school in Brussels, she stayed most of her life in England. In ‘Jane Eyre’ though, a variety of foreign countries are talked about. India, France and Jamaica play an important role in the novel. The novel shows us the relationship between England and a handful of other places. Jane is the main…

Change of perspective In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen we come across as a well told story where the characters are well drawn and supported. By observing the different encounters between Darcy and Elizabeth, we come to learn that she forms a prejudice against Mr. Darcy. Throughout the novel we see how these prejudices she has are ironic and even sometimes wrong and how he over comes his pride. In my essay I would like to look at three instances where we see how his actions are…

relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. Brontë suggests gothic complexity through transgressing normal the limits of love and life . 3.2.1. The Setting and Weather Wuthering Heights does contain some elements of the Gothic conventions; however, there are many deviations and innovations made by the writer. As it is previously mentioned in chapter one , early Gothic novels typically take the setting of a dark manor or a haunted castle , whereas the setting in Wuthering Heights is the…

Delirium is a novel about a dystopian society written by Lauren Oliver, published in 2011. It is about a young girl, Lena Haloway, who falls in love in a society where love is seen as a disease, called Deliria. The story is set in Portland, Maine, the year 2091. Civilization is fixed in cities that had escaped deadly bombings, called the Blitz. The government came out with a “cure”, or a procedure that strips people of love and emotion. Before Lena could have her procedure, she catches deliria…

condense the definition of what is conventionally female by analyzing reoccurring feminine behaviors within the context of their time. Femininity can be described as “the quality or nature of the female gender” (Merriam Webster). In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, we can connect the traits among several female perspectives to examine the roles and expectations of English women, who were living in a privileged social…

intelligent young woman who, similar to any heroine, is placed in a helpless situation in which she has to protect the children from supernatural forces. Similarly, it can be argued that Catherine Morland, the main protagonist in Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey, is also a typical gothic novel heroine. Although this presents similarities between the treatment of both the Governess and Catherine as heroines, such as in their desire to complete heroic acts and find love, several contrasts between…

In Jane Austen’s novel, Northanger Abbey, Henry Tilney takes amusement in Catherine Morland’s wide-eyed, easily awed, and often simple nature, which allows him to pridefully exert his witty, biting words over her. Henry maintains a condescending and witty attitude towards women when speaking to Catherine, continuing to poke fun at the “silly” nature of their behavior compared to his. He expresses himself sharply and often imperiously around both Catherine and his sister, with Catherine not being…

In The Almond Tree by Michelle Corasanti, one main symbol is present throughout the book. This main symbol is the almond tree. The almond tree transitions from different representation as the characters and ideas evolve. A Palestinian family, known as Ichamd and his family, experienced the presence of the tree throughout their hardships. Within the book, the almond tree is a recurring symbol that represents hope, survival, and shelter. Foremost, the almond tree represents itself as hope. During…