As the reader, I watched Jane grow and change, developing into something completely different than she started as in the beginning of the novel. ... The incident in the red room contributes greatly to this factor only because it helped her move on in life and not stay where she was in Gateshead. ... The doctor's suggestion of Jane attending school, concluding her exam, enabled her to move on in her life and expand her knowledge so that she had the ability to become something in life and also opened up her eyes to the world outside of Gateshead. It seems that her eyes were opened up to ...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

[Key words] Pride and prejudice, marriage, money Introduction First published in 1813, Pride and prejudice is a very popular novel written by Jane Austen. ... They take family background seriously, which is the most important factor to earn others' respects, on the basis of fortune and good-breeding. ... Marriage is central for all characters in the novel: not just daughters and sons, but parents, aunts, uncles and everybody else who has some interest in the subject. ... This is the first line in the novel, which clearly shows the connection between money and marriage. ... Throughout...

• Word Count: 4276
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Although Nanny insisted that love was not an important factor in their marriage, the absence of love is what essentially drove the marriage apart. ... The gate is another significant metaphor used in the novel because it represents the beginning and end of segments of Janie's life. ... Janie's hopes of something new coming into her life from outside the gate come true soon when Joe Starks begins meeting with her everyday while Logan was away locating a mule for Janie to work the fields with. ... The first was that Tea Cake was the first man in the novel that Janie was explicitly attr...

• Word Count: 1903
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Lawrence, published 1913, a closely autobiographical novel set in the Nottingham shire coal-mining village of Bestwood. ... In his novel, Sons and Lovers, he feels his writing was the best he was achieved. ... This reaffirms the critic's belief that the novel was a psychological journey. ... The critics agree Lawrence wrote an amazing novel, especially through his use of the human psyche and realistic experience. ... No other important English novel seems to offer quite such a stark illustration of an 'Oedipus complex' "4 What is "Oedipus complex"5? ...

• Word Count: 4216
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School

Preface Marriage and families founded through marriage constitute the basic cells of the society. It involves a multi-layer relationship between neighbors and other elements in the community, and it is so regarded by the Chinese as the top issue of the morality of human kind. Wedding ceremony is the ritual conducted when the couple decides to establish a marital relationship and through which they can win over the approval, recognition and protection of the community. The procedure of the wedding ceremony actually reflects the various social and cultural notions. The wedding customs in anci...

• Word Count: 9974
• Approx Pages: 40
• Grade Level: High School