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- 81: Jane Eyre - Setting
- Jane Eyre In the beginning of the novel, Jane, age ten, lives in Gateshead Hall, a house owned by her uncle. She lived with her Aunt Reed and her three children. Jane was treated as an outcast there because of her lower class background and the fact that her uncle loved her ... treated as a servant not as a member of their family. She was as an ugly person with a temper in a beautiful rich place. The only form of love that Jane possesses was the doll she slept with every night. Mrs. Reed, her aunt, was an evil woman who believes that she is superior. Jane did not accept her aunt's superiority and she threw violent temper tantrums. "God will ... the school for two years before accepting a job as a governess. When Jane moved into Thornfield to work, she taught one student, Adele Varens, who wasn't the daughter of the master of the house, but she was under the care of him. Mr. Rochester, the master of the house, did not live in the house he owned. He was constantly traveling because staying in the house gave him ...
- 82: Settings In Jane Eyre
- Jane Eyre In the beginning of the novel, Jane, age ten, lives in Gateshead Hall, a house owned by her uncle. She lived with her Aunt Reed and her three children. Jane was treated as an outcast there because of her lower class background and the fact that her uncle loved her ... treated as a servant not as a member of their family. She was as an ugly person with a temper in a beautiful rich place. The only form of love that Jane possesses was the doll she slept with every night. Mrs. Reed, her aunt, was an evil woman who believes that she is superior. Jane did not accept her aunt's superiority and she threw violent temper tantrums. "God will ... the school for two years before accepting a job as a governess. When Jane moved into Thornfield to work, she taught one student, Adele Varens, who wasn't the daughter of the master of the house, but she was under the care of him. Mr. Rochester, the master of the house, did not live in the house he owned. He was constantly traveling because staying in the house gave him ...
- 83: Creative Writing: The Haunted House
- Creative Writing: The Haunted House Chapter 1 Getting Ready One day in Hartford, Connecticut on All Hollows Eve, 1961 Erin Cogswell was getting her costume ready. "Mom! Where's my ribbon?" asked Erin. "Right down next to me. I was ... skirt, a white long sleeved shirt with a small poodle on the left shoulder, and her long brown hair is in a pony tail. Erin is ten years old. Erin is going to a Haunted House with her 2 best friends, Katie Web and Jenny Eller. Just then the phone rang "ring ring" Erin answered the phone. "Hello...Oh good, I'm just about ready...all right...good...See you in ... go trick or treating?" "You bet!" said Katie, who was a ghost. "Well, what are we waiting for?" Jenny asked, she was a witch. They went to 98 houses before they went to the haunted house. They got 5 candies at each house, so they each have 490 candies. The 98th house was their last house except the haunted one which is supposed to be deserted. Chapter 2 The Fright ...
- 84: Jane Addams and The Hull House
- Jane Addams and The Hull House Jane Addams was primarily the founder of the Hull House settlement home in the West Side slums of Chicago. She was a reformist and feminist that sought to better the country. Jane Addams was a woman who obtained a college education and wanted to dedicate ... she had a college education, which gave her more insight on the many social problems at that time. During her travels to Europe, it was there where she first encountered the idea of a settlement house. Addams invented the Hull House as a center for a higher civic and social life that would improve the many social problems. She and many others with the same interests as her, worked among ...
- 85: A Bird In The House
- The theme of entrapment is evident in Margaret Laurence's A Bird in the House; all the characters in the novel are entrapped. These characters deal with the sense of confinement and the need for escape. Vanessa, Ewen and Aunt Edna all reach personal freedom, however only to a small extent because they are left with the pain of their memories and regrets. Vanessa reaches personal freedom to a small extent. The stories in A Bird in the House show the pains that Vanessa goes through while growing up. Vanessa travels on a journey form ignorance to knowledge. This journey is her comprehension of why things happen, and how the past, present and future ... with him. He was a perfectionist and was very proud of what he had accomplished and at no cost would he let his reputation be scarred. After her fathers death Vanessa moved into the Brick House with Grandfather Conner, this is when she noticed the trapped conditions that aunt Edna was living in and her mother was going to have to live in again. Vanessa always tried to free herself ...
- 86: A Bird In The House
- The theme of entrapment is evident in Margaret Laurence's A Bird in the House; all the characters in the novel are entrapped. These characters deal with the sense of confinement and the need for escape. Vanessa, Ewen and Aunt Edna all reach personal freedom, however only to a small extent because they are left with the pain of their memories and regrets. Vanessa reaches personal freedom to a small extent. The stories in A Bird in the House show the pains that Vanessa goes through while growing up. Vanessa travels on a journey form ignorance to knowledge. This journey is her comprehension of why things happen, and how the past, present and future ... with him. He was a perfectionist and was very proud of what he had accomplished and at no cost would he let his reputation be scarred. After her fathers death Vanessa moved into the Brick House with Grandfather Conner, this is when she noticed the trapped conditions that aunt Edna was living in and her mother was going to have to live in again. Vanessa always tried to free herself ...
- 87: “Masque of the Red Death”vs.“Fall of the House of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life of Poe
- “Masque of the Red Death”vs.“Fall of the House of Usher”: A Glimpse Into The Life of Poe Edgar Allen Poe was a great author. He wrote many great short stories and literary works. In his writings, he used a variety of literary elements ... way he did. Edgar also had a very interesting and troubled life. In comparing Edgar Allen Poe, one would examine his works such as the “Masque of the Red Death” and “The Fall of the House of the Usher.” These writings were from the Gothic and Romantic period. One would also examine the influence of Poe’s life on his writings, and the literary elements he used in these writings. His ... the wasting away of fragile heroines. Sometimes the incidents recounted are realistic: …‘The Masque of the Red Death’ is an allegory in which Death is one of the dramatis personae.” ‘In The Fall of the House of Usher,’ the tragedy is so far from being either gratuitous or a matter of capricious volition that both family and mansion are foredoomed to destruction’” (Buranelli 74). He had a difficult childhood and ...
- 88: Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame
- Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame QUESTION 7. DISCUSS THE CULTURAL NATURE OF FAME AND ITS TEXTUAL EXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: ORAL HEROIC POETRY, CHAUCER'S DEPICTION IN THE HOUSE OF FAME AND THE MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANON OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE INTERPLAY OF ORAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS IN THESE CONTEXTS. Many critics have noted the complexities within Chaucer's The House of Fame, in particular, the complexities between the oral and the literary. The differences between these methods are constantly appearing; Chaucer is well aware of rapidly changing communicative practises and contrasts the preservation of ...
- 89: Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame
- Chaucer's "The House of Fame": The Cultural Nature of Fame QUESTION 7. DISCUSS THE CULTURAL NATURE OF FAME AND ITS TEXTUAL EXPRESSION WITH REFERENCE TO ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: ORAL HEROIC POETRY, CHAUCER'S DEPICTION IN THE HOUSE OF FAME AND THE MODERN CONSTRUCTION OF THE CANON OF ENGLISH LITERATURE. YOU SHOULD FOCUS YOUR ANALYSIS ON THE INTERPLAY OF ORAL AND LITERARY TRADITIONS IN THESE CONTEXTS. Many critics have noted the complexities within Chaucer's The House of Fame, in particular, the complexities between the oral and the literary. The differences between these methods are constantly appearing; Chaucer is well aware of rapidly changing communicative practises and contrasts the preservation of ...
- 90: A Bird In The House
- The theme of entrapment is evident in Margaret Laurence's A Bird in the House; all the characters in the novel are entrapped. These characters deal with the sense of confinement and the need for escape. Vanessa, Ewen and Aunt Edna all reach personal freedom, however only to a small extent because they are left with the pain of their memories and regrets. Vanessa reaches personal freedom to a small extent. The stories in A Bird in the House show the pains that Vanessa goes through while growing up. Vanessa travels on a journey form ignorance to knowledge. This journey is her comprehension of why things happen, and how the past, present and future ... with him. He was a perfectionist and was very proud of what he had accomplished and at no cost would he let his reputation be scarred. After her fathers death Vanessa moved into the Brick House with Grandfather Conner, this is when she noticed the trapped conditions that aunt Edna was living in and her mother was going to have to live in again. Vanessa always tried to free herself ...
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