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In her book, Molly Bawn, Margaret Wolfe Hungerford first says this common phrase as we know it today: “It’s true that beauty is in the eye of the beholder” (Bloomsbury International, 2014). But is this statement true? How can people decide what is beautiful if they are presented with images depicting what beauty should look like? These perceptions of beauty are created by what is shown to us through edited magazine photos, skinny models, and the sexualization of women which lead to unrealistic…

Isabella Valancy Crawford's narrative poem “Malcolm's Katie”, deals with wealth, the building of a nation and, most importantly, it deals with love as a conquering solution to address the major concerns of her country in the nineteenth century. Crawford’s cure for greed, nihilism, and the desirous exploitation of the “smooth-coated men” (II, 230) was love, which she deifies as capital L love. Personified love in the poem is embodied by Katie whose appearance, morals, and steadfastness is…

Darcy’s Justification Prejudice often wards one from viewing another’s character correctly while pride hinders from further investigation. Consequently, Elizabeth Bennet got tangled in the sticky web of this cycle in the novel, Pride and Prejudice, concerning Mr. Darcy. However, had she gone straight to the origin of the information instead of relying on a second hand story and observations made from afar Ms. Bennet would have gained invaluable information that would have stopped her…

Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet Although Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet were not interested in each other at the beginning of the story, the courtship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice is similar to the courtship between Fred Vincy and Mary Garth in Middlemarch because it required the characters to evolve before they could be together. Mr. Darcy, specifically, had to change and prove his worthiness to Elizabeth Bennet the same way Fred Vincy had to prove his worthiness…

In Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, has much examples of the effects of marriage on female relationships. She shows marriage couples that are appropriate in readers and society 's eyes. As well as the marriages that are unacceptable. This may not fit to today’s century, but surely there is a reason why this book has been acclaimed for over 200 years. The novel takes place during the late 1700 's, which is related to Jane 's time period. Everyday norms for women consisted of acquiring skills…

Emily Bronte: "Remembrance" Emily Bronte is an English novelist and poet. She invented imaginary worlds with her siblings, including her poem "Remembrance". Bronte was a part of the Victorian period, which was a transition between romanticism and the 20th century. Using the Reader's Response Theory in "Remembrance" will show the meanings and symbols of the poem. It gives a gateway to the reader to express what they think the story means and how they can relate. Emily Bronte…

In the novel Sula written by Toni Morrison, is a powerful and interesting novel. It has won her numerous of prizes such as the National Bestseller and the Noble Prize Award. Issues of motherhood is a major aspect of the novel, throughout the novel children lives are shaped differently than others, and they will be faced with obstacles. Gather and Grow states ‘‘that a mother is someone who nurtures someone who cares for the deepest places of your heart. Anyone can throw a meal at you or give you…

Goblin Market and its readings Christina Rossetti was born in London, in a family with a long history of incredibly gifted artists. Nowadays she is considered to be one of the most important female poets of the Victorian Era as well as to be somehow a feminist. Rossetti was a brilliant and beautiful woman, and she never got married. However, apart from her work as a poet, she devoted her time to work as a volunteer with former prostitutes in a refuge. Actually her most famous poem ‘Goblin…

world and her mind. Her last completed work, Persuasion, challenges and also defends the status quo of class structure in early nineteenth-century British society through the character of Anne Elliot. Anne Elliot provides the reader with a sense of pride concerning her birth and rank, which was expected from a woman of her standing at that time. Additionally, she demonstrates humbleness while interacting with lower status characters within the story, which shows Austen’s rebellious approach to…

Arousal of Political Realism in Mahasweta Devi’s “MOTHER OF 1084” Abstract Political realism has generally related to the actual or correct picture of events and most classically in the region of literature, art, and film. In Mother of 1084Sujata, the central figure is a misfit in her own family. Though she is well aware of the corrupt degenerated values represented by her husband Dibyanath, she fails to disconnect herself with them and leads a compromising life. She loves her younger son, Brati…