All three chosen texts explore these relationships differently; Jane Eyre's close friendship with Helen, Jeanette's amorous tryst with Melanie and the apparent hatred between Tamora and Lavinia. ... This quote demonstrates to us how alone Jane must have felt living with these people she not only had little in common with but also verbally and physically abused her. When a stranger visits the house Jane says she felt 'inexpressible relief, a soothing conviction of protection and security' because 'there was a stranger in the room' Bronte uses this descriptive and...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

With great irony and wit Austen shows how the tenderest human feelings interact with and are influenced by financial considerations. ... It lies in the interest of a woman to marry a man with a fortune, or at least some good deal of money. The husband is meant to support his wife, since he is the one with a profession and she is not. ... Or as Jane says when she hears of Lydia's elopement with Wickham: "So imprudent a match on both sides!... A blunt restatement of this sentence would read, " it is an acknowledged truth in our particular society that a single woman without a fortune mu...

• Word Count: 4276
• Approx Pages: 17
• Grade Level: High School