The two texts that we read, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dicken's Great Expectations, both represent different courtship and marriage rituals taken from their perspective time periods. ... The marriages in Great Expectations, on the other hand were primarily from the middle class. ... This is a quote from Charlotte Lucas, one of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice. ... In Great Expectations, our first look at marriage is that of Mr. and Mrs. ... Joe is a very masculine and cruel character. ...

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Nora, as a woman, also has many expectations she must try to live up to. ... Yet even though the weakest characteristics were attributed to women, great responsibility was put on them as regarding the raising of their children. It was commonly assumed that fatal flaws in the characters of men were adopted from some defect in the mother's own character. ... the expectations of society to try to be true to themselves (Meyer 1567). ... He uses the set, scenery, characters, and character interactions. ...

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These selected characters are the protagonist's from their stories. ... He is a good man who places great emphasis on his good name, as well religion. ... John tries to live up to his high expectations and hopes by confession, and yet he seems to be more concerned with his own personal integrity, than his public reputation. ... John Proctor and Hester Prynne are characters ahead of their time. ... These are the factors that make them suck individual and amazing characters. ...

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Such is the case of the central character in Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour." ... This loss is much too great to bear. ... She likes the way it feels and envisions great expectations of a future as her own woman. ...

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Two characters in Chekhov's "The Lady with the Dog- fell in love. ... He had too high of expectations of a woman. ... His character in Lermontov's "Princess Mary- was able to seduce any woman at will. ... They put it before their marriages, before their children (Dmitri's, maybe Anna's), and before society's expectations of them. Because of that, they are the only genuinely happy characters discussed here. ...

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Some agree that they are too inexperienced to judge the character of someone they just met. ... (Document B) On the other hand, some easterners think the western marriages aren't as great as they may seem. ... Also added is the expectations for the beneficiary which can include anything sought after. The most popular demand is a good education, a member of an acceptable caste, and a great salary. ...

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Critical readings of Chopin's works often note the tension between female characters and the society that surrounds them. ... In the "The Story Of An Hour-, Chopin illustrates freedom in the character Mrs. ... Mallard feel free, free from oppression, and free from the burden of society's expectations. ... The Storm, another great story written by Kate Chopin expresses yet again the theme of a male dominated society. ... You also see rebellion of the female characters against the status quo. ...

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Is Richards more than a concerned friend? In Chopin's "Story of an Hour- I have decided to analyze Richards and Mrs. Mallard. I believe that the story may have led the reader to assume there might be a relationship between them. Although I may not be able to prove this I feel that can raise cer...

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Mallard, the main character, experiences realistic situations that Chopin either experienced one way or another in her own life, or was exposed to by society. ... Mallard"s character, on the other hand, can be interpreted in several ways, but I believe she was quite weak and submissive in comparison with Chopin herself. ... She was taught to be submissive and was unsure of how to act following this feeling of great loss and sudden freedom. ... She just did not love the cultural expectations put on her from society to be a good wife and submissive woman. ... Mallard's character in ...

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Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, there are some characters who find it difficult to express their love, have hidden feelings or have their feelings fading away slowly. ... He makes Clarissa feel guilty as if she has never lived up to his expectations. ... According to Lucrezia's point of view, Septimus was a great man which was the reason she fell in love with him. ... Love is present in between these characters even though if it is dying, hidden or lacks articulations. ...

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He has great expectations of his daughter. ... At first he emphasises the fact that she is not yet fourteen and has not matured enough for marriage: 'She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;' Juliet is Capulet's only child, he does not want her to grow up and leave his household but at the same time because she is his only daughter he wants great things for her and her marrying Paris is a great opportunity for Capulet to improve his family name and have his daughter well thought of for marrying such a noble gentleman. ... The audience see a difference in Juliet's...

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Through his main character, Dmitri Dmitrich Gurov, Chekhov is able to show how a man can be held back from the very freedoms in life by society and its laws and institutions. ... The depression of being with a person who you neither love nor care about took a great toll on Gurov. ... This shows how Gurov had high expectations of himself to become something greater in life, to obtain a deeper purpose in his life, yet he was held back by society where he had to conform to becoming a banker, an every day job position. ...

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The matchmaker considers "family background, economic position, general character, family reputation, the value of the dowry, the effect of alliance on the property, and other family matters" (Prakasa 15). ... When parents are selecting a mate for their child, they pay great attention to religion, education background, family background and especially social class. ... In India it is a belief that to a great extent, love is just the psychological result of extreme closeness (Srinvas 60). ... It is argued that love marriages offer more independence and freedom as compared to arranged marriages...

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But there is nothing comic about Joyce's vision, for each of the three principal characters are trapped in a web of social expectations and constraints from which it proves impossible to escape. ... All three of Joyce's principal characters in this story are motivated by the basest instincts for survival. ... There were three main characters involved in this story-Mrs. ... Doran had been employed for thirteen years in a great Catholic wine-merchant's office and publicity would mean for him, perhaps, the loss of his job (James Joyce 40). ... She allowed the relationship to go...

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Prevalent among many of Ernest Hemingway's novels is the concept popularly known as the "Hemingway hero", an ideal character readily accepted by American readers as a "man's man". ... This presents a great difficulty for Jake, because Brett's presence is both pleasurable and agonizing for him. ...

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We will see how Willie, an outsider from Putney Wayne with no education and no money, is the one with the greatest amount of character and morality. ... While discussing a possible housing project near Linden Hills, the unfavorable comments coming from everyone seem to represent a great deal of discrimination towards their own race. ... The story is built around the great great grandson of the original Luther and his wife Willa. ...

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Although this sounds noble, it will weaken him and she will eventually feel resentment. 3-A man says he needs her desperately and she is so flattered that she gets involved. 4-She sees a man's potential and feels that with her help he could be great. ... This is a sign that she is reacting to her expectations of who this man is, and not the man himself. ...

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