Essays Tagged: "Jane Austen"

Sense and Sensibility

who directed, and Emma Thompson, who adapted the screenplay, have done an excellent job of bringing Jane Austen's Victorian novel, Sense and Sensibility, to the movie screen. The movie's collection of ...

(3 pages) 119 0 4.5 Apr/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Review of Jane Austen's Persuasion

Jane Austen's Persuasion depicts a young woman's struggles with love, friendship and family. Anne El ... r female characters, however imperfect, such as Lady Russell and the remarkable Mrs. Croft.In this, Jane Austen's last complete work, satire and ridicule take a milder form, and the tone is more grave ...

(2 pages) 108 2 3.4 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

In Jane Austen's novel Sense and Sensibility the title is a metaphor for the two main characters, Elino ... ead today (Bates). As a supreme prose stylist, Austen secured a lasting place in English literature.Jane Austen was born in Steventon, England in 1775, the seventh of eight children. Her father, the R ... ue to the original story, even if they are not explicitly in the novel as filmed.Works CitedAusten, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980Bates, Rheanna. "About Sense and ...

(7 pages) 154 0 4.3 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

On Pride and Prejudice, which in your opinion, comes in for the sharper criticism by Jane Austen

racter who portrays prejudice alone, throughout the novel. When prejudice does occur in this novel, Jane Austen has shown it in the hands of a notoriously proud character. Because prejudice is not per ... onified (ie. depicted as a major characteristic flaw) I believe that it was not to be the object of Jane Austen's sharper criticism.Jane Austen has depicted pride in her minor (functional) characters ...

(4 pages) 166 1 3.3 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Irony in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife".(pg.1) The first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is perhaps the most famous opening of all English comedies concern ... emphasis is on the irony, values and realism of the characters as they develop throughout the story.Jane Austen's irony is devastating in its exposure of foolishness and hypocrisy. Self-delusion or th ...

(5 pages) 149 0 4.7 May/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Ladies First. Refers to "Emma" by Austen and "Jane Eyre" by Brontë

yed important roles in society. Women have gone through much adversity to get where they are today. Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë are some the pioneers of women's literature. Each shows their ... . Each shows their different aspects of a women's role in society in their books Emma by Austen and Jane Eyre by Brontë. In both of these books the author shows how a woman deals with societies' ...

(6 pages) 86 0 3.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Femenism in "Jane Eyre" by Austen

een a prominent and controversial topic in writings for the past two centuries. With novels such as Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, or even William Shakespeare's Macbeth the fascination over this s ... hakespeare's Macbeth the fascination over this subject by authors is evident. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre the main character, Jane Eyre, explores the depth at which women may act in society and fi ...

(6 pages) 145 1 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Strong Women, Strong Values. Refers to Elisabeth in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and Marian in Margaret Atwood's "The Edible Woman "

history, society has played an important role in forming the value and attitudes of the population. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman are two novels which exempl ... lives.Works CitedAtwood, Margaret. The Edible Woman. Toronto : McClelland-Bantam Inc, 1969.Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Toronto : Penguin Books, 1972.Harding, D. W. Sense and Sensibility, Pride ...

(6 pages) 126 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Critical Reading of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is a complex novel that relates the events surrounding the relatio ... haracter almost totally disagreeable. It is at this ball, however, that the oldest Bennet daughter, Jane, becomes involved with Mr.Bennet; her younger sister Elizabeth, however, falls victim to Mr. Da ... e, are first presented. Soon after the ball, it becomes obvious that Mr. Bingley's feelings towards Jane deepen, and Jane's feelings also appear when the family visits their neighbors the Lucases afte ...

(9 pages) 148 1 2.2 Sep/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

The Subtle Humor of "Pride and Prejudice", by Jane Austen

Of all the novels that Jane Austen has written, critics consider Pride and Prejudice to bethe most comical. Humor can be fo ... lls on us, Austen's readers, who laugh at Austen's characters. Weare the characters in the novel to Jane Austen. We recognize ourselves in the characters thatAusten enjoys criticizing. It's that recog ...

(4 pages) 130 1 3.7 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Any man who tries to argue Jane Austen's ability to draw characters would be undoubtedly a fool, for the author's talent in that area of prose is hard to match.

Pride and PrejudiceAny man who tries to argue Jane Austen's ability to draw characters would be undoubtedly a fool, for the author's talent in tha ...

(7 pages) 110 0 4.6 Sep/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

"Pride and Prejudice" - discusses the difference between Lady Catherine and Elizabeth Bennet.

In Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, Lady Catherine and Elizabeth Bennet are absolute opposites ... ner. The cruel and dominating personality traits are left for characters such as Lady Catherine. In Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, Lady Catherine and Elizabeth Bennet are absolute opposites ... nd Elizabeth are so offset that it creates a feel of constant hostility between the two characters. Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, represents the qualities of independence and lack of self- ...

(2 pages) 64 2 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

Jane Austen's Use of style in Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion, and Pride and Prejudice

Arguably one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Jane Austen has proven herself through her definitive grasp of the English language to have a height ...

(4 pages) 107 1 4.2 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own Woolf writes about the struggles that women of her time faced in writing.

ughthe novel Woolf goes through the work of many poets/writers past. Some including MaryCarmichael, Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Emily Bronte. Woolf's novel expresses herfeelings on the suppression ...

(3 pages) 225 0 4.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

The Importance of a Reliable Character in Jane Austen.

The Importance of a Reliable CharacterAs a novelist, Jane Austen must guide the implied reader's views in order for the complete impact of her plots to b ... der's suspicions of Isabella and further exposes Catherine's naivety. Mr. Knightley's suspicions of Jane Farfaix and Frank Churchill's past relationship, causes the implied reader to consider a relati ...

(4 pages) 77 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Jane Austen's use of humour in her novel "Pride and Prejudice".

Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice, uses humour in her novel to maintain the interest of the ... be recognised as a comedy of manners, and though romantic subplots could be said to drive the text, Jane Austen's clever and subtle wit reflects her own eye for the folly of human behaviour. Chiefly, ... and other characters that are respected by the reader, ridicule him behind his back. Mr Bennet and Jane are two examples of this kind of character, however their personalities are only well regarded ...

(7 pages) 120 3 3.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

"Pride a prejudice" by Jane Austin.

l is put together so that its supports are strong, its language comfortable and its print exciting. Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, is no exception. The characters are lively and their intera ... Mr. Darcy eventually overcomes his lady's prejudices and helps her to understand her misconceptions.Jane and Mr. Bingly's relationship too is tumultuous to say the least. Though he and Jane take an in ...

(4 pages) 84 1 5.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen

A contrast between Austen's society and ours.

.Do universal truths and values stand the test of time? This article will explore values raised in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice, published almost 200 years ago in 1813, and compare them to ... y, based on the novel by Helen Fielding and directed by Sharon Maguire, in 2001.Those who have read Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice will find some familiar characters and elements in Bridget Jones's ...

(4 pages) 89 0 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Book analysis of Washington Square; Jane Austen.

chosen ending for the novella. After developing an idea about these principles through the works of Jane Austen, the reader may reasonably go into James's story with an expectation of a bright finish ... nd of this novella undoubtedly frustrates the reader's romantic instincts - the same instincts that Jane Austen endeavored to gratify. In fact, James chooses specific language that directly correspond ...

(6 pages) 57 1 5.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

How does Margaret Atwood portray women in Alias Grace?

man, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can-Jane Austen. Throughout Alias Grace Atwood explores the way in which women conceal certain aspects a ...

(4 pages) 34 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers