A mediocre individual, who gets her ideas of love and happiness from novels and tries to live out these fantasies, Emma stumbles through every kind of romantic "escape" from the banality in which she exists. ... As a realist novel, the plot hovers above the hope of escape for the best one can do is rise above the horror through the beauty of art. ... Her attempts at escape are the only options available to her. ... She is therefore, crushed at every attempt to escape the delusion of bourgeois society. A society embodied perfectly in the morally devoid, conniving merchant who trapped her in...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The protagonist often has to deal with the internal struggle of wanting to escape and re-create their family at the same time. ... Although a few of the characters feel trapped in their current surroundings, they are able to find a peaceful co-existence between their past and their future and escape the "traps" life throws at them, and their solution comes through in the form of family. ...

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• Has Bibliography
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Stephen, by leaving Ireland, is finally able to escape the blind patriotism which drives several of the characters around him, such as Parnell and his revolutionaries, Mr. ... However, even in his escape from home and family, Stephen retains some influence from his upbringings, as seen in his endearing entries pertaining to his family. ...

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"The Monk" is a horror-gothic novel written in 1796 by Matthew Gregory Lewis, a man who came from a somewhat scandalous background which influenced his work as an author later in life. Lewis's mother, Frances, left his father for a lover and Frances had to leave her children as a consequence of the ...

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Whereas Alcott seeks to grapple with the hardships of everyday life, putting her characters through common situations and conflicts, Barrie writes to escape from reality (class notes, 4/3/03). ... What Barrie tries to convey, I think, is that for adult readers, we frequently grow-up too quickly, and so he presents to us a fantasy land of sorts that allows us to escape from our reality. ...

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Since both Dwight and the man share moments of false beliefs, Shute and McCarthy display that the devastating lives are so difficult to bear that temporary escapes from reality must occur. ... The characters in McCarthy's novel reflect upon their mistakes and live according to their will instead of fearfully escaping fatal attacks or death from starvation every moment of their lives. ...

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Winton intends to demonstrate to the audience that this embrace could not come from escaping himself or his circumstances but rather from returning home where Quick was able to embrace the culture of "good and evil" enabling him to eventually overcome it through the realisation that it is just "us and us....

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Chapter 15 of Voltaire's 'Candide' can be taken as a perfect example of the author's skill as an 18th Century Enlightenment writer. In this extract, there are several ways in which the structure, style, language and context reflect the novels principal motifs and themes and these features of t...

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When we enter our house after a long day at work or a summer's vacation, we never think twice about how our physical environment plays an extremely significant role in our lives. The size of the house, the colors of the walls, the arrangement of the furniture, and the surrounding neighborhood seem ...

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GCSE Prose Coursework: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein At the time Shelley was writing her novel, "Frankenstein", the world was discovering things daily, so her writings were relevant and justified at that time. Many scientists and explorers of the nineteenth century were conquering new ideas and dis...

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Therefore relationship between the reader and the writer becomes a surprisingly strong relationship that never excavates into anything more than a readers escape from reality. ... Reading is a muse and escape for many just like many other forms of the arts; modern writers strived to outvie the romantic perspective from literature by conquering fictional literature with modern influence. ...

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Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metap...

• Word Count: 4675
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Seeking and Maintaining Balance: Rohinton Mistry's Fiction. (Critical Essay) Abstract: Balance is an important quality in the fiction of Rohinton Mistry, as suggested by the title of his second novel, 'A Fine Balance.' Mistry was born in India, a member of the Parsi community, and immigrated to Canada in 1975. Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become me...

• Word Count: 4673
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The variety of passionately displayed themes, interactions, and events presented in The Bluest Eye provide an understanding of Toni Morrison's inner thoughts and beliefs which were highly impacted by her various life experiences. Throughout her writing, Morrison continuously focuses on her readers b...

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In Daniel Defoe's novel, "Robinson Crusoe," the titular character struggles to remain moral in a society which places great significance on the attainment of power and wealth. At first, Crusoe can be characterized as a man who is in large part a product of his environment and the ideals of current society. He takes advantage of every possible opportunity and still remains unsatisfied with what he has, always continuing to seek more. Defoe allows us to reflect upon the selfish attitude that is so often found in society by demonstrating what eventually happens when we live for superficial ...

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Humour is employed in a variety of ways in Catch-22 and Captain Corelli's Mandolin. Heller and De Bernieres uses the same background theme; However, though contrasts are apparent in their portrayal of war, their use of humour is employed differently also. In Catch-22, the humour is interwoven throughout the majority of the novel and is mainly the instrument of satire. In Captain Corelli's Mandolin, humour is used mainly to defuse situations of their threatening implications, providing the reader with breathing space when needed between certain events. Their main differences are ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate