In the society described in Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice money was as much a social currency as it was a means of exchange for goods and services Money was often commensurate with social rank yet there was a feeling against parvenus who worked for their fortunes As the mark of an eligible bachelor or an avenue to gentility or a genteel Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dickens Great Expectations focus on the themes of money and social class In both novels money plays a significan
When it comes to delegating responsibility allocating power and demanding equality there always seems to be an underlying bias towards the masculinesector of society which allows an imbalance regarding gender equality Understanding where this way of thinking comes from is an essential part of trying to shift and completely erase the bias Throughout history a patriarchal pattern and way of thinking has been passed down from generation to generation what we fail to see is the reason for this patt
There are some characteristics make gothic stories differ from the other types stories Like there is also a victimizer who is associated with evil and whose powers are immense or supernatural or the atmosphere is pervaded by a sense of mystery darkness oppressiveness and fear In Frankenstein Victor is the victim and he is the one make the monster in a dark apartment and his spirit is tutoring by the monster after the monster is been created And the change of his feelings to the monsters the mon
Epiphany and Revival in The Dead James Joyce was born in Dublin he was the most prominent writer of English prose in the first half of the twentieth century Many critics maintain that his verbal facility equaled that of William Shakespeare or John Milton and his experiments in prose as a virtuoso redefined the limits of language and the form of the modern novel The Dead the final story of Joyces collection Dubliners is considered one of the most beautifully executed stories in the English langu
Explain the Transformation in the Relationship between Lady Macbeth and Macbeth following the murder of Duncan Macbeth was written between 1603 and 1606 in the times of King James VIs reign a time when the stereotype for the stronger and harder gender was the male sort however Shakespeare obviously knew that making a play that contradicts this would cause a huge uproar either for or against it luckily for us it was a success and we still relish it still today Shakespeare probably did not believ
Explore the ways a central character is affected by external influences in the texts you have studied In both texts I have studied Macbeth and A Christmas Carol both central characters are affected by a number of external influences which in turn leads them into drastic characteristic changes What is meant by this is that the plot and story of each texts would not have unravelled if it wasnt for these significant and controlling influences which caused and put pressure and emotion on these Char