Her desire to the leave farm in its desolate condition is over powered by Paul's own ambition to make the land into a viable and fruitful income. Both of the men in these stories, Paul and John, have the same pragmatic desire to work their land and provide their families with everything they could possibly want. ... The characters in Ross" The Lamp at Noon and Other Stories seem to be blinded by the traditional roles they assume on their farms. ...

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The characterisation of "handsome, clever, and rich" describing Emma in the opening sentence immediately places her in the higher classes of Highbury, due to her inherited wealth and family name. ... Marriage into wealthier families was the only method to migrate up Regency's inflexible social ladder in Mr Knightley's comment "marriage is to Miss Taylor's advantage to be secure of a comfortable provision.... The hyperbole of Harriet's eternal imprisonment in "banished to Abbey-Mill Farm! ... " indicating Tai is not suitable for Elton as his family i...

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She was a part of a prestigious, "major family network of Boston's South Shore"(Akers 3) and her father was a Congregational minister in a society that held its clergy in highest regard. ... While remaining in the domestic sphere she struggled with wartime shortages and inflation, ran a farm with least of help and educated her four children when their formal education was interrupted. ... Mary Todd, like Abigail Adams came from a distinguished family of pioneer settlers of Kentucky and belonged to the aristocracy of Lexington, with exuberant social life and a firm private education. ... (...

• Word Count: 1568
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In rural areas men typically labored with their wives to work the farms and produce area crops. ... However, not only would she would have to live with the families in the area, but oftentimes would have to accept less than half of the wages that would have been offered to a male teacher (Ward 91). ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate