Traditionalism In The Mayor Of Casterbridge By Thomas Hardy

We find Lodge is very unclear in who is denounced, what the author feels about society. It is very difficult to gauge what the author thinks about the deindustrialisation of Britain in the 1980’s. Therefore we find the passage to be very much gentler in comparison, Lodge is not hostile to the West Midlands. Lodge mainly writes with a dry informative tone throughout most of the narrative. At times his writing can be said to quite tedious.

In late eighteenth and early nineteenth century England there was a sort of moral ‘code’ of behavior and standards that are to be maintained by the middle and upper classes of society. Austen realistically mirrors this ‘code’ through the characters and plots of her novels while showing that social flexibility was narrow and class boundaries were strict. The topics of class stringency and social mobility are important areas in Jane Austen’s literature. We begin to see that Austen is not a revolutionary as she supports and preserves the morals and customs of societies hierarchy. However she often encourages and backs the emergence of new wealth permitting greater social mobility. In Austen’s world the naval and ‘tradesmen’ professions

Human relationships are so heavily complex due to fact that there are hostile and compassionate aspects to them. Also, these complex relationships make it possible to be physically close to someone without being emotionally connected to them. This is shown in the excerpt from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy through the characters Mayor Henchard and his daughter Elizabeth-Jane. The Mayor and his daughter have a critical and unloving relationship resulting from their previous estrangement and his judgmental personality. This relationship is also one-sided because Elizabeth constantly tries to adhere to her father’s critiques after their reconnection, but he remains cold and harsh. Their relationship is presented as toxic through the

At first, Austen reveals the tensions between the working class and the upper class and emphasizes the rigid social structure that existed in nineteenth century London. The rigidity of the social structure can be attributed to the fact that “no class exists for itself but is bound by reciprocated rights and duties to classes above and below” (Kilger 359). Although the classes are separate and very distinct from each other, they still all depend on one another to thrive and succeed. However, this was definitely not the case during the

To most, Pride and Prejudice is a work of romance and social satire; an apex in wit and dialogue. There are no spectres at Pemberley nor is there an insatiable tyrant or haunted castle at Derbyshire. However, there is a sense of fear amongst many of the characters. The houses are often large and hiding a painful secret. And love, at least between a few, transcends the boundary into the supernatural; or at least has elements thereof. Contrary to its popular, and overly common, definition and perception, I will argue that Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (hereon referred to as P&P) is an established piece of Gothic fiction, as it

The novel had been considered by some people, mainly the higher ranked and important persons of the 19th centaury, as a criticism of ‘Victorian double morality’ meaning they felt it was presenting a false image of what went on in London. They may have also have felt that it was encouraging other people to do things considered wrong-like. This shows duality between the novel and the behaviour in London during the 19th centaury.

Amy Heckerling’s appropriation of Jane Austen’s, Emma into Clueless; as reflective and satirical parallels of Regency England and contemporary America, substantiate the enhancement of textual, intertextual and contextual meaning; as both become aesthetic replays of each other. By adapting the 19th century, genteel society of Highbury to the 20th century, contemporary microcosm of Beverly Hills, Heckerling gives insight into the realignment of social values and attitudes towards marriage, class and gender roles- an insight provoked by the textual counterparts; Austen’s Emma and Heckerling’s Cher. Ultimately, it is through the mediums of film and literature, and the intertextuality of these two texts that one gets to realise, that despite the

Thomas Hardy’s “Far from the Madding Crowd” is somewhat gruesome and somber in tone with the novelist’s vision of human destiny and his concept of invincible Fate that intervenes and shapes joys and sorrows in the world of humans. It is one of the finest novels in the world of literature with the setting of pastoral landscape surrounded by woods, dales and heaths of Wessex-life. The main plot of the novel grows slowly and furthers towards tragic consequence in a way that heightens the impression of a perfect tragedy. But suddenly towards the end the vital tone resounding

History has its fair share of functional societies and dysfunctional societies; the societies differ on the basis of individualism Most socities promote the ability to build character and think independently but the ones that do not will always exsist. Novels written in the 20th century express the dangers of not having this specific ethic.

The poem Ballad of Birmingham, by Dudley Randall, is about the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama during 1963. The poem begins with a question and ends with a completely different question. It starts with a girl asking her mother a question: “Mother dear, may I go downtown / Instead of out to play, / And march the streets of Birmingham / In a freedom March today?” (lines 1 - 4). It ends with the mother asking: “But, baby, where are you?” (line 32). The author uses literary devices, such as rich word choice, vivid imagery, and alliterations, to bring up important issues of racism, questions of freedom and safety, and to contribute to the poem’s thematic significance. Randall also uses a question and answer form between the mother and daugther to build a specific tone, appeal to the reader’s ethos, and bring up the issues of racism, freedom, and safety.

Austen, Jane, Claudia L. Johnson, Susan J. Wolfson. Pride and Prejudice, A Longman Cultural Edition. New York: Longman, 2003.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice takes place in rural England among the landed gentry. In the society’s social atmosphere, it is imperative for characters to have a facade and for most of the characters, their first impressions are much different from who they really are. The only characters that do not have a facade, such as Mr. Collins, are socially inept. These first impressions play a large role in the novel and are often taken at face value, to the detriment of the receiver and impressionist.

“Society made me do it.” This phrase is a reality for many people in the world who live their lives through society’s expectations. Having a perfect reputation and living exactly by society’s rules is not always easy when faced with challenges such as restrictions amidst social classes. In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, social classes are a common theme throughout the book. This theme is strongly influenced by the culture and desires of people in the Georgian Era, when the author began working on this book, which dictates the major choices in the characters’ lives. For example, something that people value most in this era is reputation. Main characters in Pride and Prejudice like the

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular novels written by Jane Austen. This romantic novel, the story of which revolves around relationships and the difficulties of being in love, was not much of a success in Austen's own time. However, it has grown in its importance to literary critics and readerships over the last hundred years. There are many facets to the story that make reading it not only amusing but also highly interesting. The reader can learn much about the upper-class society of this age, and also gets an insight to the author's opinion about this society. Austen presents the high-society of her time from an observational point of view, ironically describing human behavior. She describes what she sees and adds her own

In this piece I will be showing the role of women in the 18th century