A Summary George Eliot's 'Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe'

Examine Eliot’s treatment of women in Prufrock, Preludes, Portrait of a Lady and Rhapsody on a Windy Night In all four of the poems; ‘Prufrock’, ‘Preludes’, ‘Portrait of a Lady’ and ‘Rhapsody on a Windy Night’, Eliot makes references to women. Eliot seems to treat women almost as objects to either be looked at with wonder and, at times, fascination or as objects to be scorned upon. In all of the poems Eliot makes the voice of the poem slightly distanced from the women and this, to me, makes the women seem almost untouchable.

The play Fences by August Wilson is a story about Troy Maxson a legendary baseball player whose dreams and legacy died with the Negro Leagues. Wilson portrays Troy as a conflicted and complicated character. Is Troy a good or a bad person? Is a controversial question among the audience. Throughout the play, he has gone through so much that there is a drastic change from the beginning of the play to the end. He had many positive traits that conflicted with his negative traits. Even though he made many wrong decisions throughout the play he was a good person by heart and was an admirable character.

Victorian period was a distinct period in history that is marked for being an Age of Faith where the old traditions and cultures had renewed emphasis on everyday life. However, it was also a period of economic prosperity that resulted in the growth of industrialization and science. The scientific theories such as Evolution and “Higher Criticism”, which was a scientific study of the Bible, resulted in the Victorian period also being classified as “Age of Doubt” which brought gradual collapse of longstanding religious beliefs. This complex relationship of Victorian period being both the Age of Faith and Doubt

Relationships are always undoubtedly complex and dysfunctional. George Eliot, in this excerpt from the novel Middlemarch, thoroughly portrays many of these intricacies of relationships through a husband and a wife: Rosamond and Tertius Lydgate. This relationship’s dysfunctionalities are revealed through a financial conflict which brings to light their underlying thoughts toward each other. Eliot makes certain to portray Tertius as the dominant and strategically manipulative character while Rosamond is the weak, ignorant and oblivious one. Through these distinct personalities, Eliot shows how these characters react oppositely to each other when they clash from an economic struggle, stemming from a small disagreement. Eliot portrays Rosamond

Conflicts and tensions between family members and friends are key elements in August Wilson's play, Fences. The main character, Troy Maxon, has struggled his whole life to be a responsible person and fulfill his duties in any role that he is meant to play. In turn, however, he has created conflict through his forbidding manner. The author illustrates how the effects of Troy's stern upbringing cause him to pass along a legacy of bitterness and anger which creates tension and conflict in his relationships with his family.

Fences, by August Wilson, is a play about individuals that are reacting to the struggles of the day. In the book, the main character, Troy, wasn't contempt with the life he had, and it led him to committing adultery. Also his son, Lyons, was chasing after a musical career that possibly may never happen. In today's world, we are constantly facing similar issues that the characters in Fences were facing.

The play “Fences” by August Wilson shows the struggle of an African American family set in 1950’s in Pittsburgh. The man of the house Troy has had a troubled life and even spent 15 years in prison. Even though Troy moans and groans about not making the MLB because of his race he is against his own son receiving a football scholarship and tells his son’s coach he’s not allowed to play even though a scout was planning on watching him. Even after pronouncing his love for his wife earlier in the play it is revealed that Troy has betrayed his own wife and has a child out of wedlock. Not long after Rose accepts Troy’s baby Raynell as her own Troy forces his son, Cory out of the house. Cory wouldn’t leave until after an argument forces a physical altercation between himself and his father. Eight years later Troy passes away and Cory comes home for the funeral and attends the funeral after some convincing from his mother Rose. Even though Troy grew up with adverse conditions they do not excuse his actions of having causing your child to miss opportunities, extramarital affairs, and objectifying his wife, this makes Troy a bad father and husband.

Imagine going to a Middle School assembly and having the guest speaker turn out to be a vampire! Silas from The Graveyard Book would be a good addition to a school assembly because he is a great teacher with instructive methods. Another reason why Silas would be great to have, is because he is caring towards others and wants them to succeed. The final reason why he would be fun at an assembly, is because he is a real life vampire with evidence provided in the book. Silas would be the best guest speaker at a Middle School assembly because he is a good teacher, he is very caring, and he is a vampire.

Hawthorn’s writing style is outdated, the novel, written in 1850, is difficult to read because of the complex language of the time. Nowadays, everything must be shortened to 140 characters or less, 165 years ago, language was more refined and descriptive. For example, "In our nature, however, there is a provision, alike marvellous and merciful, that the sufferer should never know the intensity of what he endures by its present

The play Fences, written by August Wilson, tells the life story of main character, Troy Maxson. Troy was a bold, strong and independent man who took care of his family and was known to handle all of his responsibilities. Throughout the play, Troy slowly loses his strength in order to keep him, the man that he was, and the man that his friends and family always knew him as, together. Nevertheless, Troy’s family always saw him as the good man that he has been to them, even though his age is taking a toll on him and he is losing the kick that he had as a young man, hindering him even more so. Troy goes on through the rest of his life trying to fight this thing we call death because he is afraid to accept defeat.

Message of Hope in Eliot's The Waste Land, Gerontion, and The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

are linked in a way that is very important in the point of the story.

father dies, however, Heathcliff is thrown out of his home by Catherine’s brother Hindley out of jealousy. For Pride and Prejudice, the same situation is replicated, though the roles have flipped. Darcy’s father adopted Mr. Wickham as a child, but the adopted son proved to be a scoundrel, gambling away his inheritance, manipulating families for money, and led Darcy to banish Wickham from the house upon his father’s death. Both stories are rooted in jealousy and banishment, whether the main character was evicted or vice versa. “The pride, hardness, and sullenness which Heathcliff displays as a child is significant only because these traits make his later violence possible… His nature is soil capable of nourishing violence… but the seed of frustration has to be planted first” (Hagan 147). Heathcliff was truly wronged as a child, which assists in his transformation into a revenge-driven monster. Darcy, however, is the one who initiated the hatred between his adoptive brother. For both men, it is this parallel situation on opposite ends that create a tense, revenge-driven relationship between their brothers. These adversaries act as barriers for the love Heathcliff and Darcy seek, and each demand a sacrifice later in life to overcome the bad blood that stains each childhood.

The Relationship Between Parents and Their Children in Silas Marner by George Eliot "A child more than all other gifts

In “Silas Marner”, social relationships are class-based; the wealthy people are rarely in contact with those who are poorer and lower in social status, although the dividing boundaries between the different classes are not totally impermeable. This is evident in the secretion between