William Shakespeare, undoubtedly the most famous literary figure of all time, wrote many plays in his lifetime including four major tragedies - Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and Othello. ... Despite the importance of Othello to the Venetian state, Brabantio (Desdemona's father) is both horrified and dismayed at his daughter's willingness and desire to marry a dark-skinned person. ... Brabantio also argues that his daughter, "A maiden never bold-, would never "in spite of nature,/Of years, of country, credit, everything -- To fall in love with what she feared to look on!... As Roderigo ...

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His lesson of humility at the hands of Elizabeth, removes many of his pretensions and prejudices Setting Time Period The era in which Pride and Prejudice is set is during the Napoleonic Wars (1797-1815). It is important to note that those living in that time were essentially living in extremely bad conditions with bad hygiene, food, clothing and shelter. ... Elizabeth's pride makes her misjudge Darcy on the basis of a poor first impression, while Darcy's prejudice against Elizabeth's poor social standing blinds him, for a time, to her many virtues. ... Collins, who spends ...

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Mrs Bennet's determination to marry her daughters is a direct result of financial concerns. ... "5 Once an attraction has formed between Bingley and the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Mrs Bennet manipulates the situation and sends Jane to Netherfield on horseback during a storm, hoping she will catch a cold. ... Despite Charlotte's choice to encourage Collins being a conscious one, it is a choice that she makes only because of the social inequality women faced in this time. ... When he continuously ignores her refusal, she is forced to show her position as different to "thos...

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In the fall of 1794, Lord Malmesbury was sent to ask for the hand of a German Princess named Caroline (daughter of the Duke of Brunswick) for George Augustus Frederick, the Prince of Wales. ... Letters and documents from the time period suggest that the Prince found her physically disagreeable, and often referred to her as a "fiend". ... The Princess moved from the matrimonial home, and was denied custody of her daughter Charlotte. ... The aristocracy of Caroline's time subscribed to traditional moral beliefs, including conservative views of sexuality and respectability. ... A...

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Elizabeth Gaskell, a prominent novelist from that era wrote about these conditions and was a master at drawing the reader's attention to the social injustices of her time. ... Elizabeth Gaskell was deeply concerned with the social situation of her time and expressed her attitude towards the social system and the neglected by means of her novels. ... Elizabeth Gaskell, the author of North and South, was a first-hand witness to the effects of the industrial revolution since she was living in one of the biggest industrial towns of the time: Manchester. ... Hence, the readership was to be i...

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Cecily sums up the main theme in the play when she says to Algernon: "I hope that you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. ... (Act 3 p91) Lady Bracknell only allows the marriages of her daughter and nephew Algernon when she realises that they would both get very rich as a result. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Chapter One ANALYSIS OF THE CONCEPT OF CASTE It seems necessary at the outset to point out the specific features of the caste system, in order more clearly to bring out the difference in social structure which has always existed between Europe and Africa. The originality of the system resides i...

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J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1904) circulates in the popular imagination as a happy tale for children that, through the adventures of Peter and the other children in Never Land, celebrates playfulness. As Mark Twain commented, "It is my belief that Peter Pan is a great and refining and uplifting benefaction to this sordid and money-mad age; and the next best play is a long way behind- (qtd. in Jack 158). Tellingly, Twain's comment that Peter Pan is uplifting seems to depend on ignoring the fact that each of the "lost- boys is a baby who has fallen out of his pram "when the nurse is looki...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate