Essays about: "louisa may alcott"
Found 3 essays containing the words louisa may alcott.
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1. Coming of age in Victorian America : challenging gender roles in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay argues that Little Women does not promote breaking stereotypical gender norms and nineteenth century gender roles, contrary to what several critics say. This paper will be using feminist criticism and analyzing two of the novel’s main characters, Meg and Jo, and examining their behavior towards stereotypical gender norms and rules. READ MORE
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2. The Moral of the Story: Growing up in A Gossip’s Story, Sense and Sensibility, Jane Eyre and Little Women
University essay from Lunds universitet/EngelskaAbstract : In nineteenth-century literature, the heroine is often a young woman growing up and learning about the restrictions of gender and society. If she learns from the mistakes she is inevitably going to make, she may be rewarded … with a suitor? How does this correlate, who are the heroines and who are the suitors? This essay aims to answer these questions, along with evaluating parents in literature and assessing their relationships with their daughters to see if that has any effects on their marital outcomes. READ MORE
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3. The Good Mother : A Moral Guide in Family Education
University essay from Högskolan Kristianstad/Sektionen för LärarutbildningAbstract : Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women contains didactic messages that teach readers valuable lessons about life through Mrs March’s very special kind of family education. It concentrates on the content of her education and her methods, relying on five main qualities—mercy, self-reliance, labor and duty, the family and modesty. READ MORE
