Geraldine Brooks 'Escaping Her Labyrinth'

As a means of assessing the extent to which the work was successful, I evaluated the books ability to answer the questions the author himself posed to the audience. These questions were discussed in the introduction where Ozment presented two questions before he launched into the narrative in search of their answers. Ozment asked: “What exactly had [Anna] done to cause her father, the Burgermeister, to denounce her as an “evil serpent” and the government of Hall to declare her a renegade?” and “Why did the behaviour of one woman rivet the attention and disrupt the lives of so many important people for so long a time?”. According to Ozment, answers to these questions can be found “in the internal workings of a distant society and in the inner lives of people who were both like and unlike ourselves” (3). Therefore, in considering whether or not this book was successful I looked

Make sure that your first introductory paragraph includes the name of the book and author, a brief overview of the book, and a clear statement of your main idea (thesis).

The novel subtly describes the changes in the hierarchy of society throughout the duration of the plague, symbolising ideas that are later built upon. Brook’s use of symbolism in ‘leaf fall,’ 1666, leaves large gaps which are filled through a combination of reader reception theory and a careful articulation of events in the leading up to the final conclusion. These gaps are key in inspiring the audience to be active readers, drawing on individual and personal experience for clarification. However, the result of Brooks telling the story she thinks the audience wants to hear, only achieves the opposite, making the novel an unrealistic and biased representation of women in 17th century England.

Mary Wroth alludes to mythology in her sonnet “In This Strange Labyrinth” to describe a woman’s confused struggle with love. The speaker of the poem is a woman stuck in a labyrinth, alluding to the original myth of Theseus and the Minotaur. The suggestion that love is not perfect and in fact painful was a revolutionary thing for a woman to write about in the Renaissance. Wroth uses the poem’s title and its relation to the myth, symbolism and poem structure to communicate her message about the tortures of love.

The novel in which Jane Eyre stars in can be seen criticizing many aspects of those times such as the role and nature of women, child negligence and social hardships for those in a lesser class. Jane Eyre’s alienation from society allows for a greater reveal of the story’s culture, values, and assumptions. It’s presented through the use of gender, class and character conflicts throughout the story. On multiple occasions, Jane is judged for the presented factors reflecting the type of society Jane lives in and what the times were like at that time.

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The vulnerability of Jane Eyre's childhood, loss of innocence and exposure to death, rejection, abuse and disease at such an early age due to her initial complicated family background, being an orphan and thus avoiding poverty through her aunt’s charity, shows the initial 'violent' gothic convention used in this novel.

Intro paragraph (hook/grabber, background info to provide context and three part thesis). Remember to indent.

1. What is the topic? Be as specific as you can as you summarize the issue, but don’t forget about style. Being logical does not mean that you cannot showcase a sophisticated prose style. In this response, tell us what the book is about, major characters, events, and more. Remember, you are establishing your ethos right here.

For years, many scientists, environmentalists, and energy experts have been studying how human’s creation and use of energy has impacted our environment. These experts have discovered some troubling facts. Most of our country’s energy is created from burning fossil fuels that pollute our atmosphere, contribute to global warming, and thus threaten the future of our planet. But there’s a safe and effective solution to this problem: nuclear power. Nuclear power should be used more in the United States to create clean power that doesn’t pollute our environment, in order to help combat climate change.

Jane Eyre and Incidents in the life of a slave girl are two opposite literary texts which, despite being 19th century texts, belong to different historical periods. Brontë sets her character in the Victorian England. Jacobs, on the other hand, writes about slavery during the civil war in order to relate the treatment of slaves, and more precisely that of female slaves. We will analyse, in this essay, the differences as well as the similarities which exist between Jane Eyre and Incidents in the life of a slave girl written by herself. We see that they differ in terms of genre, the period of history in which they find themselves, the way the characters are presented and so forth. However, they share some of the main

Throughout the book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the author, Thomas C. Foster, discusses many different techniques and concepts to comprehend any literature piece beyond what the literary work provides to its reader. The book helps readers understand literature on a deeper level and evaluates different topics within the realm of literature. From the significance of blind people to the interpretation of symbols, Foster explains variety of points revealed in most literary works. Moreover, he emphasizes the importance of irony and reveals hidden meanings behind words on a page. Foster also establishes two essential concepts dealing with weather symbolism and biblical references which can be found in James Hurst’s short story “The Scarlet Ibis” and George Orwell’s book 1984. “The Scarlet Ibis” manipulates Foster’s concept of weather symbolism to create a sense of depressing mood, to reveal that snow brings inhospitality, and to generate irony out of the situation; likewise, 1984 mimics Foster’s concept of the Bible to use religion to show dysfunction, to symbolize Winston and Julia, and to develop the plot.

Many themes are brought into the readers' attention in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and when first reading the novel, we all tend to see it as a work built around the theme of family and Jane's continuous search for home and acceptance. The love story seems to fall into second place and I believe that the special relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester needs to be thoroughly discussed and interpreted, because it holds many captivating elements, such as mystery, passion or even betrayal. The aim of this essay is to analyze the love story between the two protagonists and to illustrate how the elements forming their relationship resemble the ones in fairy tales. Jane Eyre has been often compared to fairy tales such as

Next, your are ready to start writing your actual essay. Your intro should not be more than three to four sentences; the purpose is for you to summarize your topic. For your introduction you need to have a good hook and a thesis

One could look through the enticing piece of literature that is Jane Eyre through a variety of lenses, two significant lenses being mythological and autobiographical. Charlotte Bronte creates an imaginative plot line that encaptures her readers and contributes to the essence of her work as a whole. Bronte combines the lenses of mythology and autobiography not only to appeal to her readers but to balance out the fairy-tale like events with realistic and real-life issues.