Throughout the novel Charlotte's behavior changes. ... Later on, in the novel Charlotte's true feelings toward Mr. ... Although both the movie and novel have happy ending and Elizabeth is married to Darcy and Bingley is to Jane, the novel goes beyond their married life. The novel dramatizes glimpse of characters" later life. ... The movie derives from the novel which and describes basic components of the novel but unfortunately doesn't consist to be as precise. ...

• Word Count: 1036
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This reading accurately describes some of the deeper meanings inside this novel. ... This novel displays an undercurrent of love, friendship and trust. ... No matter the difficulties thrust against the main characters in this novel, the ultimate triumph of good over evil is obvious. ... Through the information given it is clear that the novel "A Cage Of Butterflies" is accurately described by the reading that the novel is "a refreshing tale about the power of love, the strength of the human spirit and the power of good over evil. ... This novel is expertly written by Brian Caswell, and really ...

• Word Count: 528
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen presents the reader with a very good idea of how people during this time period viewed marriage through the characters in the novel. ... Various characters in the novel married their spouses for money or other reasons but not for love . ... Characters in novel marry for other reasons that are not based on love however, some characters married for love regardless of the prejudices against a certain class. The marriages for money do not conclude with happiness in the novel and the marriages for love end with pleasure and contentment. ... Women...

• Word Count: 434
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• Grade Level: High School

Northanger Abbey is an excellent novel because it shows the society reflected in many ways throughout the novel therefore giving the reader an inside knowledge of the time period. During the time period that this novel was written the gothic novel was a main piece of literature that was read. ... Coleridge's opinion of the novel suggests that the elements in the gothic novels were not important to its understanding as a romance novel. ... However, she does continue to make a parody of the novel, as it was know. ... At the beginning of the novel Catherine is very young and nave; howev...

• Word Count: 2803
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

" "Pride and Prejudice," the acclaimed novel by Jane Austen published in 1813. ... The first line of the novel examines the notion of a blurred true/false reality in the novel, whereas the tagline from the movie brings in the theme of a conflict between cultures. ... This clearly sets it apart in content from the original novel, but the themes remain the same. ... These feminine accomplishments are heavily scrutinized in the novel. ... It has been shown that the content of the stories are somewhat different, as director of the novel Chadha incorporates Bollywood and contemporary circumst...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Impressively, at the age of fourteen she wrote her first novel. ... The Watson's was another of her novels, however it was never completed. ... This activity is featured in many of her novels. ... But, she was very familiar with he eighteenth century novels. She often read Richardson's Sir Charles Grandison and also the novels of Fanny Burney. ...

• Word Count: 427
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, has been a favorite, most memorable novel throughout the years. ... These are simply a few of the important aspects that books and reading provide in the novel. Music is another symbolic object in the novel (Moler 52). ... One can see that music, like reading, plays an important role in the symbolic theme of the novel. ... It seems that everytime she walks, it is for an important purpose in the novel (Moler 54). ...

• Word Count: 688
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Darcy is an inconsistent character within the novel because at the beginning of the novel, he does not enjoy Elizabeth. ... Later on in the novel, Darcy finds her to be attractive and enjoyable and wanted to know her more. ... Another way Austen allows the readers to feel a sense of pleasure in the novel is love. Austen was sure to make the main notion of the novel about love. She creates a happy ending for the characters so the readers are more pleased with the novel. ...

• Word Count: 731
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Despite some amusing characters and true Jane Austen touches, it is not generally considered to be her best novel. According to Cassandra, it was probably the first of the novels to be started (sometime before 1797, under the early name Elinor and Marianne); it was worked on in 1797, and probably again heavily revised before publication in 1811. In an age which extolled the virtues of expressing emotion and being sensible to the beauty of nature and literature, Jane Austen wrote a novel to champion sense and moderation. ... Throughout the novel, sensibility is mocked whereas sense (not a cold...

• Word Count: 276
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An important theme in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is the idea of overcoming ones pride and prejudice towards others. ... As the novel progresses, they both come to terms with these issues and learn to accept each other beyond their pride and prejudice. ... As the novel progresses Elizabeth's complete prejudice towards Darcy is revealed, when she encounters an old acquaintance of Mr Darcy. ... By the end of the novel, Elizabeth is properly informed of Mr Wickham's true nature in a letter from Darcy. ... However by the end of the novel their eyes have opened to se...

• Word Count: 519
• Approx Pages: 2

She reveals the same virtue of using letters as a dramatic device in her famous novel Pride and Prejudice. ... There are mainly six to seven letters overall in the novel which begin with the Mr. ... Thus, the storyline of the novel is developed through the letter. ... Jane Austen uses the letters to reveal the main themes of the novel too. ... They also bring to light the major themes of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 817
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The novel is et in a small English country town called Meryton, but most of the action happens at Longbourne. ... The novel is quite different when compared to other romantic novels written at the time as Austen has added some comedy, mostly in the form of irony. Most novels were written about romance but Pride and Prejudice is a romance with a difference. ... The second relationship in the novel is that of Mr Collins and charlotte Lucas. ... Austen ends the novel with a portrait of a successful relationship. ...

• Word Count: 755
• Approx Pages: 3

We were given four weeks to finish this Romantic novel out of class, along with weekly in class check-ups. ... I understood the majority of the satire presented throughout the novel, but found no personal humor within it. ... I also thought that the novel was extremely drawn out. ... I might just be an inexperienced seventeen year old boy, but that part of the novel seemed a little far fetched to me. ... Your novel was written during an era that does not particularly appeal to my fifteen year-old male self. ...

• Word Count: 553
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The original version of this novel was titled Elinor and Marianne and has been known to be the first novel that Austen worked on, which is also her first published text. ... However, some critics found Sense and Sensibility to be one of her least successful novels. ... Besides the themes, there are two climaxes in the novel and movie. ... Marianne's climax in the novel came first. ... Elinor's climax in the novel occurred after Marianne's. ...

• Word Count: 1952
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

These parties provided the basis for the social context in the novel. ... This party is very important to the novel as a whole. ... These opinions of Darcy stick with Elizabeth for the majority of the novel. ... The next social gathering that proves to be important to the novel's plot is the dinner party that is held by the Phillips. ... Later in the novel, Elizabeth realizes that these prejudices were her ultimate downfall. ...

• Word Count: 2137
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Leo Tolstoy's novel, The Death of Ivan Illyich, is a novel which creates both a modern and traditional atmosphere. ... Austen concludes the novel by allowing all the characters what he each individually deserves. ... Through these aspects of her novel Austen shows her traditional writing style. ... Finally Dostoevesky illustrates modernism through his novel, Notes From the Underground. ... The novel shows how modernism rose along with the rise of isolation. ...

• Word Count: 1366
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

In contrast, Miss Elizabeth Bennet is much morel developed and convincing character in this novel. ... Although, throughout the novel her character develops and we find that she has faults just like everyone. ... Throughout the novel she develops into an increasingly well-rounded character. ... Her character develops remarkably throughout the novel. Furthermore, Mr Darcy is evidently a well developed character in Jane Austen's novel. ...

• Word Count: 1208
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Since the beginning of the novel Lydia has become very passionate about anything she deems worthy of her affection. ... Later in the novel she falls for one particular soldier, Mr. ... His love for gambling gets him into trouble throughout the course of the novel. ... We learn very early in the novel that Elizabeth is a very strong person and will not let other people's actions and words discourage her. ... By the end of the novel both couples are married and we get a chance to see how things are working out for them. ...

• Word Count: 701
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The entire novel is really an explanation of how women and men pursue each other prior to marriage. Jane Austen uses a variety of verbal, dramatic, situational and irony through the novel. The novel is full of verbal irony, especially coming from Elizabeth and Mr. ... Shortly in the novel, Darcy grows interest in Elizabeth, but Elizabeth doesn't notice it. ... Also, Darcy was blind in the beginning of the novel because he did not realize that Elizabeth possesses the qualification his future wife must have. ...

• Word Count: 896
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

I will concentrate on the situation of the daughters in the family, since these are the best described in the novel. ... The statement reflects the situation for women in the novel and during this period. ... Conclusion Marriage is the main subject in the novel, as well as for people of this period. ... The situation of the women in the novel does not allow them any kind of deviant acting since a happy marriage is the only goal for them. Though this is the general atmosphere in the novel, I would like to end my essay with the words of Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1070
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The reader's preconceived ideas of this character are reaffirmed in the language that is used in the opening paragraph in the novel. ... Knightley's constructive criticism early on in the novel, dismissing it often as though he does not know what he is speaking of. ... Austen uses Emma to follow a cause and effect methodology where all of Emma's actions affect the plot and the novel as a whole. ... Her frivolity with others lives cause her many problems and she becomes very distressed and vexed, unlike she was at the commencement of the novel. ... Consequently, stubbornness and ...

• Word Count: 1073
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Money holds a significant role within the plot and development of the major characters within Pride and Prejudice, as well as shaping the novel as a whole. ... Bennet plays a major link between love and money, this is particularly evident when her purpose is set out within the opening chapter as the novel, "The business of her life was to get her daughters married". ... Throughout the novel Austen tries to show that money and social class should not determine whom someone should marry, apart from the relationship between Charlotte and Mr. ... Bingley leaves Jane without a marriage pr...

• Word Count: 1392
• Approx Pages: 6

The first sentence of the novel focuses on the importance of getting married within the novels timeframe of the 1800's. ... Miss Elizabeth Bennet is used as a buffer throughout the novel. ... Throughout the novel, the audience is reading through Elizabeth's point of view. ... This type of situation as unheard of in the 1800's and was a landmark in the novel. ... Austen used the characters in her novel to enunciate the issues with love. ...

• Word Count: 1583
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

This period of societal enlightment, which preceded the class struggles among the aristocracy and bourgeois, is a prominent and reoccurring theme in the novel. ... Elizabeth's wit, cunning and intelligence is exemplified in the selected passage (II, XVIII), as well as reflected throughout the course of the novel. In fact, the relatively few intellectual characters in the novel, particularly Mr. ... (pg. 177) Elizabeth's attractiveness is further portrayed throughout the novel, such as her intimate interactions with Jane and the resulting bond that forms between them. ... Through...

• Word Count: 1088
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Ultimately, the viewer's response changes as an understanding of the novel highlight the parallels in characters, plot and the recreation of themes such as truth and error, self realisation, money and status that may be overlooked. ... We become increasingly aware of these social differences yet there are also similarities in novel and film; differences in society but similarities in the way society revolve around the characters. The plot of the film remains true to the novel and so do many characters in the film where we undoubtedly see the scene-to-scene allusions to Emma. ... Nev...

• Word Count: 1375
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate