Her obsession with getting all of her five daughters married is illustrated in the quote, "The business of her life is to get her daughters married." ... Her sole aim is to see her daughters married and through her shallowness she is in unable to even perceive the shame in Lydia's behavior involving Mr Wickham and is absolutely delighted by the thought of her marrying. ...
After Eugene's first wife died, he married Delphine Couturier, who turned out to be unfaithful to him, just as Emma was to Charles. ... 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. ... The hypocritical, crude, opportunism of bourgeois civilization seeps through the pages as if emanating from the very aura of the merchant who ends up a wealthy man and the chemist who uses science and vulgar rationalism to get ahead. ....
Women were uneducated, only indulging in the arts, needlework and music with a role to get well married in the social and financial rank. ... Mr Elton gets the picture of Harriet framed; Elton keeps Tai's photograph in his locker, Mr Knightley dances with Harriet; Josh rescues' Tai, Emma offends Miss Bates; Cher offends their maid Lucy, Harriet is rescued from gypsies by Churchill; Tai is rescued by Christian in the mall and Emma/Cher go through a journey of self-realization and fall in love with Mr Knightley/Josh. ...
This breeds a different audience, one that is not necessarily as in tune with the context that Austen establishes in her novel, a context where women feel as though they need to get married as the only solution to being socially secure. ... It is an adaptation of the traditional mujra and is used to get across the satirical perception on the accomplishments given by the narrator in Austen's novel. ...
In "Hills Like White Elephants" there is a commonplace opinion that the implied meaning of the two characters' discussion is about whether the girl should go through with getting an abortion (Link 4). ... Scholars have suggested the white elephant may be the man himself, or the couple's relationship or the costly act of getting an abortion (Link 4). ... The repetition of the man's emphasis on getting the abortion shows his desperation but also a hint of kind-heartedness because although he could force the girl to get an abortion because he is older, bigger, and more p...
"Her acute observation of character and her satiric depiction of human behaviour are distinguishing features of Jane Austen's writing." Discuss, with close attention to characterization, style and themes. Jane Austen narrates Pride and Prejudice for the most part from the point of view of her h...
In the early nineteenth century, a woman married, above all, for financial security and social acceptability. ... It can be seen that Josh is particularly concerned with environmental issues when he proudly tells Cher that his committee are getting "Marky-Mark to plant a tree-. ...
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...
