In Jane Austen's literary classic, "Pride and Prejudice," Austen attempts to influence the audience into sharing her views on women and the importance of marriage. ... The author uses literary devices such as foreshadowing, conflict, and irony to show the contrasts of different marriages in order to highlight their differences. ... These characters were used as literary objects to show what can happen if people marry without love. ...

• Word Count: 1583
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Marie De France, like Dante, has a distinctive literary form. ... Dante uses symbolism, characters and literary illustration, to impart his central message that the ultimate form of betrayal which stems from "love" (or, to the author, misguided romantic notion) is adultery. ...

• Word Count: 2427
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School

This whole ordeal provides the ultimate demonstration of Wilde's view of marriage as a sham and a device purely for social standing which is very common in the Victorian Era. ... It pokes fun at the English Victorian Era and it's aristocracy, the literary world, marriage, English manners and customs, women's crazy thoughts on love, men and their lack of sensitivity, love itself, religion and all sorts of other corner stones in modern society. ...

• Word Count: 1280
• Approx Pages: 5

"The Importance of Being Earnest," by Oscar Wilde, is a comedic play that is set in London, England during Victorian times. Wilde uses many literary devices to create comedy in this play one of the most promentent of these devices is the unexpected and backward logic frequently used by the ch...

• Word Count: 1981
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School