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    they think they are just playing. Even though I do agree with Locke’s style of learning, I don’t believe that learning should be limited to play. Play is a good learning technique but sometimes other types of instruction can be just as effective. Jane Addams "foresaw a compassionate, interdependent world revolving around the principles of social justice, fairness, tolerance, respect, equal opportunity, civic responsibility and hope for every individual, family and community" (http://www.uic.edu

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    1.This quote goes back to the concept of isolation and independence. Here just like in the beginning of the book, Jane feels isolated and alone and feels like no one can help and ironically it is her cousins who alienated her to begin with but now are bringing her in. 2. Another clear reference to gender equality and the lack of it as well as a comment on class roles. Here Bronte shows the absurdity of gender restriction and attempts to shed light on the fact that women during the Victorian era had

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    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Jane Austen takes her readers through a series of twist and turns as characters experience attraction, heartbreak, and passion in her timeless novel, Pride and Prejudice. This story impeccably draws the image of a successful novel because the overall influence on the reader is intimate. Moreover, it distinguishes itself as a different novel among the rest; which is why Pride and Prejudice is universally acknowledged to be a classic novel. Classic literature is a

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    disposition and has lived twenty-one years and has very little stress in her life. But what if Emma was taken from her Georgian-Regency England and placed in the Twentieth century; would she be just as accomplished or would she just be a silly little girl. Jane Austin herself stated that “I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like”. The narrator of the book Emma also describes her as being spoiled and thinking a too well of herself. In the movie Clueless, Alicia Silverstone plays

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    Introductory information The book I chose to read and analyze is a classic novel called Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. This book is humorous in nature and is considered to fall into the genre category Comedy of Manners. Fundamentally, it is a study of human nature, personality defects, and societal missteps directed toward the audience of middle and upper-middle class readers. Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice in 1813 during England’s Regency period. She published it anonymously with

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    that Elizabeth must deal with have to do with her and her family’s social ranking. Since the novel takes place in a society of the landed gentry of the British regency, social class/status is among the utmost importance of a person during this time. Jane Austen uses her satirical and witty writing style to depict certain characters in this novel to represent the various class rankings and the differences they cause between people who are not of the same class. In more detail, Austen portrays the effects

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    “Pride and Prejudice” written by Jane Austen is set in the Regency era. Jane Austen wanted to show us the life of women in society during this time. Jane did this through Elizabeth. Elizabeth’s whole life is about making relationships. One never knows what to expect the turn out of her relationships are going to be. In Elizabeth’s, relationships of love and twist with Darcy, Wickham, Georgiana, and Lady Catherine de Bourgh first impressions do not set the tone for life. Throughout the book wealth

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    feminist’s beliefs would likely shock her, so to interpret this novel as feminist, one must see it through the lens of the time and place Brontë wrote it. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was a feminist work in that Bronte expressed disdain for oppressive gender structures through the voice of Jane Eyre, and the actions of Bertha Mason. Jane Eyre was a steamy novel for its time, with imagery as blatantly concealed as Jane’s description of Rochester’s hand as being “rounded, muscular; and vigorous…long, strong…”

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    Jane Austen 's exceptional novel Pride and Prejudice has been depicted as "a classic that is as much a social study on class, marriage and gender as it is a romantic tale". It is an amusing representation of the social atmosphere of the late eighteenth and mid nineteenth century England, and it is primarily required with courtship rituals of the English high class. The novel is more than a romantic tale, however through Austen 's subtle, and ironic style, it addresses gender, class, and marriage

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    other tools that depict history. One great work of art that portrays these constant struggles is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. While addressing social issues of a governess, Brontë also tackles Victorian society’s corrupt and unjust ideals by using different settings and characters such as Mr. Rochester and Gateshead Manor. In Jane Eyre, the depiction of a rigid social class restricts the protagonist, Jane Eyre, from marrying her love, Mr. Rochester. Sadly, Jane’s relationship is also jeopardized by

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