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"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad --Exploitation of the African Natives
... of Darkness, by Joseph Conrad, is an intriguing and extremely disturbing portrayal of man's surrender to his carnal nature when all external trappings of 'civilization' are removed. This novel excellently portrays ...
"Gulliver's travels" by Jonathan Swift. a critical and insightful work satirizing the political and social systems of eighteenth-century England
... of his satire in the first two books of Gulliver's Travels to social and political conditions, begins at the close of part two to discuss and criticize situations in which he is personally at fault. By the end of book four, both Gulliver and the direction of Swift's novel ...
Seduction in Richard 3
... of Lady Anne and with the persuasion of the citizens. At first Lady Anne despises Richard as she should, but Richard masterfully chips away at her until he gets what he wants. Let's look at what she knows. Lady Anne is well aware of Richard's involvement in the murder of both her husband and father ...
An examination of Patriarchy in Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.
... by the scientific community, which seemed to have no place for femininity. Shelley displays this discrepancy in the novel first with the many deaths of mothers, Elizabeth's mother, Dr. Frankenstein's mother, Clerval's mother and Justine's mother all died relatively early on in the novel ...
Comparing Setting and Mood in "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, and "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
... an unusual tranquillity'(page 27) This effect of isolation and tranquillity leads directly into the dreary element of mood. Victors apartment at the university also conveys a feeling of dread with its piles of books, scattered equipment, dust and unkemptness. Shelley's novel takes us on a tour of ...
Civility and morality in civilization represented in The Jungle Book and showing how danger threatens society.
... s Indian Fiction, London: Macmillan & Co., 1989, pp. 43. Raskin, Jonah, "Kipling's Contrast." The Mythology of Imperialism: Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Conrad, E. M. Forester, D. H. Lawrence, and ...
"A Doll's House"
... economic ideologies in that 'a wife can't borrow money without her husband's permission'. Hence Nora rebels against social strictures and suffers consequentially, claiming she is 'damned' to Mrs Linde, 'cursed' her children and 'screwed' her husband by committing the immoral act of ...
The Awakening by Kate Chopin SYMBOLS
... of physically, sexually, and most of all, spiritually awakening. Chopin used the sea to represent freedom and escape from the society and the sea is also used to reflect Edna's difficult encounters with the conventions and her success in reaching to her final destination of being fully awakened and ...
"Frankenstein"- Evolution
... s literature and a wider range of experimentation within novels has left today's critics in a position to be less shocked and offended by a novel, thereby allowing them to give a more impartial critical assessment of a work than was the case when Frankenstein was first ...
How does J.B. Priestley use the character of Mr Arthur Birling to criticise aspects of early twentieth society?
... of Europe were badly treated both at work and socially. This led to the formation of the Labour party in Britain in 1901 with the Russian Revolution, soon after in 1917. J.B. Priestley served in the First ...