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    Jane Eyre - Gender Issues

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    Cited: Anderson‚ Joan. “Angry Angels: Repression‚ Containment‚ and Deviance‚ in Charlotte Brontë ’s Jane Eyre.” The Victorian Web. 21 April 2004. The Victorian Web. 26 April 2010. http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/bronte/cbronte/anderson1.html. Bronte‚ Charlotte. Jane Eyre. New York‚ New York: Tom Doherty Associates‚ Inc.‚ 1994. Eric SolomonCollege English‚ Vol. 25‚ No. 3 (Dec.‚ 1963)

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    Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography‚ Volume 4: Victorian Writers‚ 1832−1890 Bentley‚ Eric. The Playwright As Thinker. Reynal & Hitchcock‚ 1946. Reinert‚ Otto. "Satiric Strategy in ’The Importance of Being Earnest. ’" In College English‚ Vol. 18‚ no. 1‚ October‚ 1956‚ pp Roditi‚ Edourd. Oscar Wilde. New Directions‚ 1986. Briggs‚ Asa. The Age of Improvement. Longman‚ 1988. A readable‚ comprehensive history of the mid−Victorian years in England Ellmann‚ Richard. Oscar Wilde. 1988. This

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    The Autumn/ Winter season of 2012 has approached swiftly. French Connection has been featuring sleek‚ modest‚ formal clothing for its customers since the brand began. This winter has brought a sense of glamour to fashion using dark materials and embellished collars. In the macro environment‚ weather plays a major role in what customers buy as within the micro-environment‚ fashion trends are relevant within certain cultures. French Connection UK markets towards 18-34 year old men and women who earn

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    between city and country life were also changing with the coming of Industrialisation. Each of these values and attitudes are depicted in the novel through the use of various techniques‚ such as imagery‚ characterisation and irony. During the Victorian Era great differences arose in relation to attitudes towards class. The lower classes were seen as raucous and "rude"‚ while the upper classes maintained the image of high moral qualities and social status. It is this difference in Great Expectations

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    ever known’. Dickens use of emotive language envelopes an atmosphere of uncertainty and disturbance within Pips world as he propels himself from the ‘meshes’ of Kent to London‚ examining his incomplete sense of belonging‚ due to disturbance of the ‘Victorian Great chain of Being’. Money can buy status‚ as indicative through Compeyson and Drummle‚ but neither character is noble. Money is not an indication of character‚ as wrongly perceived by Pip. Pip and Estella‚ parts of what make the lower class‚

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    “uterus.” (Gilman 3‚ 4) History provides nominal modifications to the array of symptoms‚ yet culture has frequently rebranded this convoluted condition. The Victorian era was categorically repressive for women. Societal roles were negligible and ideals exploited a perceived benefit of the intrinsically subordinate female. A selection from “Victorian Women Expected to be Idle and Ignorant.” by British Diplomat‚ Charles Petrie outlines this attitude. Innocence was what he demanded from the girls of his

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    First Name Last Name Class Professor Victorian Age Analytical Essay Date Is God Hearing the Children ’s Cry? Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was considered one of the most influential and highly esteemed women poets of the Victorian era. Her poem “The Cry of the Children”‚ which was written based on a Report by commission (1843) that investigated the conditions of the children who worked in mines and factories‚ clearly manifest her humane and liberal point of view as

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    progressive era

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    The Progressive era and the gilded age In the Gilded age the people of the united state started to grow industries‚ the production was iron and steel and it grow dramatically then a wave of immigrants came to America and started working. But this immigrants didn’t had the right’s to be free in the streets because they were controlled by the police powers this people from the government that want this immigrant to work hard and to work for hours instead of just 5 hours ‚ they had to work days and

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    To what extent is Petruchio’s “taming” of Kate comic? It could be seen that it is a valid interpretation that Petruchio’s methods of "taming" Kate are comic. Petruchio’s methods of "taming" Kate may have been appropriate comedy material for the 16th Century audience‚ but most modern audiences find Petruchio’s "taming" methods to be neither amusing nor acceptable. A contemporary audience would have found Kate being "tamed" humerous. However‚ Kate adapts and gains power in society where she is oppressed

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    BOHEMIAN - is reminiscent of the Victorian era but includes modern pieces‚ like sofas and chairs‚ for a more relaxed environment. Accessories and wall pictures are normally characteristic of the eighteenth century. - evokes images of artists‚ gypsies‚ travelers‚ and hippies. Based on the Eastern European traveler gypsy aesthetic‚ Bohemian styles allows for a broad array of choices for colors‚ accessories and decorating accents. Decorating a bedroom‚ living room‚ house or apartment in Bohemian

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