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The Romantic Fates of Jane Austen and Anne Elliot, 2001.
This essay compares the romantic life of novelist Jane Austen with that of her character, Anne Elliot in "Persuasion".
1,205 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 5 sources, £ 21.95
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The paper draws comparisons between "Persuasion's" Anne Elliot's romantic struggles and that of the author, Jane Austen, suggesting that nearing the end of her life, the author was reflecting on how her own life may have eventuated had she married the man from her youth, instead of remaining single. The author examines other relationships in the novel and how those relationships represent the alternative fates Anne may have suffered had she not gained the strength to take an active role and marry for love.
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"Jane Austen's final novel, "Persuasion", is an insightful portrayal of the challenges faced by women in the 1800s. The story seen through the eyes of the heroine, Anne Elliot, gives readers an impression of the influence that nineteenth century society could have on a woman's fate, had she not the strength to resist. Anne Elliot's character changes from passive to active over the course of the novel. It is in this way that she avoids the alternative fates dramatized for her by other women in the novel and ironically, by Jane Austen herself."
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Jane Austen's "Emma", 2000.
A look at how Jane Austen addresses the duality of human nature in her novel "Emma".
1,845 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 6 sources, £ 30.95
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This paper at the way in which Jane Austen's novel "Emma" explores how imagination and realistic reasoning are fundamental human elements, but that the individual needs to find an equilibrium between the two extremes in order to be balanced and mature.
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"The plot is moved along by the folly and repentance of Emma. The lives of Emma and the other characters fall into complications because of the errors, misunderstandings, and cross purposes that result from Emma's imagined perceptions of reality. She is eventually rescued by the kindness of Fortune and at last, she learns to balance her dual nature of imagination and reason. "
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Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", 2001.
A look at how the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen has survived throughout the centuries.
1,338 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, £ 23.95
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This paper takes the theme of romance in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and relates it to the theme of romance in the 21st century. It demonstrates how although it is set in England in upper-class households over two hundred years ago in the year 1813, the events in the plot and the attributes of the characters still relate to people today. It shows how ultimately, the book withstands the test of time because people in the 19th century and people in the 21st century all possess the same interests and desires that all revolve around relationships: to gossip and chat about love matches, to find a soul mate and to marry that soul mate for true love.
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"One character in the novel who is lucky enough to find her true love and be married is Elizabeth Bennet. Because she ends up with an idealized lifestyle of a lavishly rich future shared with a charming man who is the star of a small town, she instantly attracts the audience and connects with them as she faces the trials and tribulations leading up to her final victory. Elizabeth's fabulous prospects are not the only things that attract the audience though. She is the strong heroine of the novel, and the only one who eventually sees the light. Elizabeth is the only one of all of the Bennet sisters, who marries solely for love, and even gets consent from her father to do so, when he pulls her into his office and reads the letter from Mr. Collins telling explaining the betrothal between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth to Mr. Bennet."
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Anne's Crumbling Facade in Jane Austen's "Persuasion", 2008.
An analysis of the character of Anne in Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion".
1,465 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 25.95
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This paper examines the social roles of women and men in Jane Austen's novel "Persuasion", with particular focus on the character Anne. The paper points out that in the novel men are able to rise in social standing by working hard while women have to resort to marriage as a way to gain status in society. The paper also relates that, at first, Anne follows pre-established social roles, which stress the importance of gaining wealth and status through one's external image. The paper then explains that Anne's reliance on such superficial images comes at the cost of morality.
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"In comparison, Anne's superficial beauty fades while Mr. Wentworth's personal qualities persist over time. Mr. Wentworth's appearance has improved over his eight-year absence, while Anne's beauty withers: "The years which had destroyed [Anne's] youth, and bloom had only given [Mr. Wentworth] a more glowing, manly, open look, in no respect lessening his personal advantages. She had seen the same Frederick Wentworth." (Austen 44) Symbolically, Mr. Wentworth's strong qualities are everlasting, while Anne's weak qualities vanish. Mr. Wentworth embodies a "strong mind, with sweetness of manner", while Anne's qualities and ideals are easily shaped by the influence of others (Austen 45)."
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Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", 2005.
This paper is a cultural, psychoanalytical and feminist critic of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".
4,030 words (approx. 16.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 57.95
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This paper explains that Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" demonstrates a heroic effort to pierce the adversity and triumphantly overcome the cultural norms of early 1800s culture England in which relationships were determined by societal expectations, which opposed feminist views. The author applies the Patriarchal Power Model, in which the father has the most power; the mother is dependent upon him and the children are dependent upon her; the children are powerless against their parents and seek to create a pecking orders among themselves and their peers to the novel. The paper relates birth-order theory, family systems dynamics, psychoanalytic theory especially the struggle between the id and superego and characteristics of passivity, aggressive and assertive behavior to the characters and situations in "Pride and Prejudice".
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"Mrs. Bennet is the most evident to show the dysfunction of their family but ultimately emotions are not spoken of, and all try to keep peace at any cost. The Bennet's show a relationship in which the id's overbearing rule also causes repression to the ego. Mrs. Bennet resembles a codependent, which would be typical in this time era due to the position that women were to accept of themselves. Codependent's can be very damaging in a relationship for many reasons but feministic understanding of this time projects a woman to be nothing other, because they were not allowed an education or to acquire anything for themselves outside of their relationship with their husbands and children. A single woman in this culture could not work to attain money enough for her livelihood, or own property outside of a male relation."
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Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", 2006.
An analysis of the characters in Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice".
800 words (approx. 3.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 14.95
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This paper describes and analyzes the main characters in one of Jane Austen's most famous novel, "Pride and Prejudice". The paper explains how some of those characters let their pride and prejudice get in their way of finding true love and happiness.
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""Pride and Prejudice," Austen's best-known novel, was published in 1813 and tells the story of the Bennet family. Mr. Bennet is the father of five daughters - major bad luck since his estate must pass to a male heir. The family suffers from financial problems, and unfortunately to solve the family's financial problems, the only thing to do is marry off the girls well. So Mrs. Bennet's antennae go up when a well-to-do bachelor, Mr. Bingley moves into the neighborhood. Bingley is cheerful and easygoing, perfect for the sweet and lovely eldest daughter, Jane. However Bingley is accompanied not only by two snobbish shrews of sisters, but also by his sullen best friend, Mr. Darcy. Darcy is destined to be matched with second sister Elizabeth. But at an introductory ball, Darcy instantly offends everyone. He thinks he is too good for their society, and Elizabeth thinks he's a big jerk. Thus, the obstacles to true love: his pride and her prejudice."
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"Emma" by Jane Austen, 2002.
A look at the marriage in Jane Austen's classic novel.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 4 sources, £ 13.95
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This essay contrasts the theme of marriage in Jane Austen's novel, "Emma" with marriage in contemporary society.
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Charles Dickens and Jane Austen, 2005.
This paper explores the link between love and money in both "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.
955 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, £ 17.95
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This paper explains that money as a status symbol is important in both "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. The author points out that, whereas Dickens' main character ultimately separates himself from the ideal of love and money, the main characters in Austen's novel find that this link grows stronger and ultimately culminates in happiness. The paper relates that the hypothesis of "Pride and Prejudice" is that love and money are linked and when combined the parties involved are happy; instead, Dickens distinctly portrays nearly all the wealthy, status-aware characters of his novel in a negative light with the only exceptions being the older Pip.
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"Bingley however soon forms a connection with Jane. His sisters however, being very aware of their own status, oppose the relationship. Interestingly, Darcy's opposition to the relationship stems not from status, but from a basis of love, or indeed a lack thereof. Darcy believes that Jane is indifferent to Bingley, and thus does not wish his friend to waste his time or be hurt by the connection. For Bingley's sisters then, goodness lies in status, whereas for Darcy this goodness lies in love. For Mrs. Benett and her daughters, goodness means loving and marrying a man of status and means. This paradigm culminates in Charlotte Lucas, who marries for security rather than love. This is indicative of the time, when few options beyond marriage were available to women."
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"Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen, 2006.
This paper centers on the main character, Catherine, in Jane Austen's novel "Northanger Abbey."
1,470 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 1 source, APA, £ 25.95
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This paper focuses primarily on the heroine, Catherine, in Jane Austen's gothic short novel, "Northanger Abbey," while also giving a brief review of the book itself. In creating Catherine's character, Austen erects a realistically portrayed heroine who is constantly learning and evolving in this coming of age novel. From the start, the narrator in the book notes the gap between how things should be in the ideal life of a fictional heroine and how things actually are for Catherine's flawed character.
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"Catherine is not any better at reading people or situation even during the trip with Henry. The young man arrives to accompany Catherine on a visit to his home, Northanger Abbey, and on the way he narrates a short fictional gothic description of what her experience at the abbey will hold for her. Catherine shows her fascination as she continually encourages Henry to continue with the story: "Oh! Mr. Tilney, how frightful!--This is just like a book! But it cannot really happen to me. I am sure your Housekeeper is not really Dorothy.--Well, What then?" (Austen 108). Eventually, Henry has to stop telling the story because he finds Catherine's relentless interest too humorous for him to proceed."
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Jane Austen's "Persuasion", 2001.
This paper analyzes the novel "Persuasion" by Jane Austen.
1,300 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 4 sources, £ 22.95
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This paper discusses the work "Persuasion" by Jane Austin. It discusses the central character Anne Elliot and the parallels to Austin's own character. Comparisons are also made to the works of Wordsworth and Byron and how the upbringing of males and females was carried out in their times. Females being persuaded that their father knew best even on matters of the heart and girls only adventure being that of romantic thought.
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"Jane Austen's Persuasion is a study of both the negative and positive effects of the value the text takes as its name. Persuasion by definition is a form of education; an education with a particular point of view designed to change an impressionable individual's mind. In the modern conception of what is a good and valuable form of education, the individual in question emerges better able to make decisions as the result of education and persuasion. This is along the lines of the famous phrase, 'give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.'
"This conception of education, however, as Ann Astell points out in her essay on the Persuasion, is a highly Romantic notion, a relatively recent development in the history of modern concepts of the human intellect and human intellectual development."
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Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", 2008.
Explores the themes of pride and love in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice".
1,730 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 0 sources, £ 28.95
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This paper explains that Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice" is structured around aspects of pride versus prejudice. The author points out that most of the characters depict these traits in their behaviors and their personalities as seen in proud Darcy and prejudiced Elizabeth. The paper concludes that this book is really about love because, in the end, the reigning aspect of love is able to ultimately dominate and dissolve any form of pride or prejudice previously existing in Austen's characters.
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"The initial meeting of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy at the Meryton Ball overall establishes this theme of pride versus prejudice in the novel. Mr. Bingley, having already been interested in Jane Bennet, suggests to Mr. Darcy that he ask Lizzie to dance. Mr. Darcy's initial reaction to Bingley's offer reflects his opinion of the lower class of society, and his assurance that he is well above and beyond socially inferior women such as Lizzie."
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Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice", 2002.
This paper reviews the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen especially her description of the life of a clergyman in Victorian society.
1,165 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 20.95
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The paper author feels that "Pride and Prejudice" is Jane Austen's most important work because it is a social commentary on the rules, regulation and practices of her times. This paper describes portions of "Pride and Prejudice that portray negatively the life of the clergyman Williams Collins. The paper author states that Austen uses humor to help describe the way the stratified Victorian society perceived various occupations and institutions.
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"In other words, while the Church was significant, its clergies were not respected by the nineteenth century society. People would either ridicule them or shun them completely as it appears from this novel. William Collins is made fun in almost every scene in which he makes an appearance. Anthony Trollope has this to say about Austen's art and her views on clergymen, "Miss Austen was surely a great novelist. What she did, she did perfectly. Her work, as far as it goes, is faultless. She wrote of the times in which she lived, of the class of people with which she associated, and in the language, which was usual to her as an educated lady... "
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Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey", 2004.
This paper discusses the author and her heroine, Catherine Moreland, in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey".
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 31.95
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This paper discusses that Jane Austen's first published novel, "Northanger Abbey", takes the form and structure of a parody of Gothic and Romantic literature, as evidenced by Catherine Moreland's fascination with aspects of both genres begins to deepen and expand. The author points out that Austin is so concerned with telling the reader what Catherine Moreland is not that she hardly tells the reader what Catherine Moreland is. The paper concludes that, in attempting to create a manifestly ordinary heroine, Austen creates for herself an extraordinarily distinctive, ironic, and satirical voice as an author.
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"The irony inherent in the passage, therefore, has nothing to do with the 'bad' qualities of Catherine. Rather the irony in the tone of the author is between the real and ideal, or the world the author perceives having been created in novels of romantic heroines and the world that she as an author inhabits in real life. Catherine Moreland inhabits the real world, the author assures us, even if Catherine stands as a fictional creation, because she also stands in defiance of so many of the conventions of romantic fiction. Catherine Moreland is not an orphan. She is not poor. She is not unbelievably intellectually and spiritually gifted."
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