Essays about: "this is england essay"
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1. Cultural Clash and Gender Roles : Exploring the Quest for Equality in Jane Eyre and Things Fall Apart
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to analyze the intersectionality between themes of cultural clash and gender roles within the novels Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, accentuating their common quest for equality. This essay offers a historical and cultural analysis, divulging the gender norms prevalent in Victorian England and pre-colonial Nigeria, serving as a backstage to the characters’ adaptations and struggles. READ MORE
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2. Accommodating Perspectives on Religious History : A Study of Satire and Narrative Structure in Aldous Huxley’s Crome Yellow
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay is an analysis of Aldous Huxley’s novel Crome Yellow and how it can be read as exposing social hypocrisy and tracing social flaws through England’s religious history. The analysis uses narratology as a tool for exploring how the author can be perceived as offering a perspective on religious history that might have been controversial in his day. READ MORE
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3. Myth and Magic in David Almond's Narratives: North East Englands Magical Environments
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)Abstract : This essay explores setting, myth and magic in three of David Almond’s narratives for children: Skellig (2000), My Name is Mina (2010) and A Song for Ella Grey (2015). It looks at how magic influences and changes the way the characters view their local environment. READ MORE
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4. Women and Marriage: A Marxist reading of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : Marriage is arguably one of the most important events and choices to be made in one’s life, especially for many of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Whether characters are searching for a husband for themselves or is searching for someone else, marriage is the source of many conflicts. READ MORE
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5. The Multiple Burdens of Joyce : An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of Joyce’s Life in Crossing the River
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay analyses the life of Joyce, the protagonist in “Somewhere in England”, the fourth section of Crossing the River by Caryl Phillips, using an intersectional feminist perspective. It attempts to show how patriarchy, classism, and racism intersect to shape Joyce’s life and to limit her possibilities. READ MORE
