Maria Bertram Essays

  • Morality In Ann Radcliffe's The Romance Of The Forest

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    How do we establish virtue? For most of us, the answer is not so easily encountered, and nuance and ambiguity persistently muddy our paths to righteousness. In The Romance of the Forest, however, Ann Radcliffe explicitly crafts her characters’ morality, inventing a limited spectrum upon which most of her characters fall. On the side of uncomplicated wholesomeness exists Adeline and the La Luc family, whose introductions inform their goodness in plain terms. Conversely, the novel’s main antagonist

  • Scientia Potentia Est Analysis

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    The division between the mind and the body is all over “Scientia Potentia Est,” one of the strongest episodes of The Crown yet. Elizabeth may lead a life of physical luxury, but it’s becoming more and more apparent to her just how much her limited education is holding her back. She’s keenly aware that while the great men around her earned their positions with their intelligence, she earned hers solely through virtue of her birth. But those great men have their own problems too. For all their education

  • Social Norms In Mansfield Park

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    and Maria Bertram, daughter of Sir Thomas, the estate owner of Mansfield Park. Both characters live in a time where they are expected to succumb to men and fit familial and societal molds. People believed that to fit this mold, young women must become wives and mothers. In Mansfield Park, a woman’s education was nearly inseparable to her home life. What she learned, and consequently, her conduct, was a reflection of the manner in which she grew up, and this holds true in both Maria Bertram and Fanny

  • Lack Of Interest In Frankenstein

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    substitute for his lack of virtue. Though he begins to recommend himself in her eyes, Henry “must ever be completely unsuited to her” (MP 470). Austen confirms Fanny’s observation soon thereafter when Henry has an affair with Maria Rushworth simply because, like Fanny, Maria received him with “indifference” (MP 541). Though Mrs. Norris blames Fanny for Henry and Maria’s transgression when she states “Had Fanny accepted Mr. Crawford this could not have happened” (MP 518), Austen opposes her in the

  • Neoclassicism And Romanticism In Jane Eyre And Fanny Price

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    The heroines of Jane Eyre and Fanny Price can be contrasted as the individual persons in relation to the British society. Both novels were written as the works of the different literary movements and thus both authors approached their characters from the different angles. These literary movements – Neoclassicism and Romanticism – represent the contrary attitudes of the society towards an individual. Jane Austen as an authoress of the Neoclassical movement reflects some of its attitudes. According

  • How Does Steinbeck Present Fanny's Education In Himself

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    Mansfield Park starts to reveal Fanny’s intellectual attractions at a very early age when Edmund becomes interested in Fanny’s reasoning ability. When the ten year old Fanny arrives in Mansfield Park and is ignored by all family members, the narrator explains that Fanny’s intelligence and willingness to apprehend Edmund’s lessons made Edmund take interest in her. Edmund sees in Fanny a person who is devoted to her family and who is extremely grateful for his help in writing a letter to her brother

  • Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice

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    Pride and Prejudice Literary Essay The novel Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, is widely known as the development story of Miss Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Fitz William Darcy and how these characters represent society. Elizabeth and Darcy create a forceful impression on readers and their relationship dominates the novel, which is due to Jane Austen using their character development to foreshadow her perspective on individuals in society. Elizabeth and Darcy begin with a mutual distaste for

  • Jane Austen Research Paper

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    society. however, a lot of the time men were the overseer of what went on in the household as well as who the daughters were to marry. This is apparent in Austen novels because she was aware of these roles and portrayed this in mansfield park when Maria gets the worse end of her destructive relationship with Henry. To clarify, “...the public punishment of a disgrace, should in a just measure attend his share of the offence, is, we know, not one of the barriers which society gives to virtue. In this

  • The Cemetery Girl Trilogy Analysis

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    The Cemetery Girl trilogy is a series of novels by Christopher Golden and Charlaine Harris two of the most popular fantasy fiction authors in the genre. The first novel in the Cemetery trilogy series was the 2014 published The Pretenders that was Charlaine’s first venture into the world of graphic novel writing. With the first novel in the series garnering considerable after its publication, the two authors decided to make the series a trilogy and published two more titles in the series. Even as

  • Personal Narrative-It's All Quiet On The Western Front

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    Atlantic Wall and secure the beachheads of Northern Europe before the end of the week. You execute as follows: Juno Beach is your primary objective, you will rush the beachheads at 6:30 on Monday the 5th. Naval support will be provided by Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay and his naval fleet. Aerial bombardment will begin the evening of Monday the 5th, which will leave only German battlements for you to destroy. These are imperative for the invasion of German-occupied Europe. Your respective commanders will

  • Mary Wilson Character Analysis

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    (where her wealthy relatives live). Fanny’s parents send her to Mansfield Park so she can have a better economic situation than her parents can offer. As Fanny is forced to leave Portsmouth and is introduced to the new environment and culture of the Bertrams, she realizes that she will never be completely integrated into their ways of life because her diasporic experience makes her different.

  • Tony's Mistake In West Side Story

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    the 2 gangs, Jets and Sharks. Through Tony killing Bernardo, Tony not hearing the full truth, and Tony trying to find Chino, it is clear that Tony is responsible for his death. Tony killed Bernardo, he makes a mistake and Chino finds out saying to Maria “ Now, he could see, she believed him, but there was no time for explanations, no time for anything but to find Tony Wyzek and kill him” (Shulman,134) Tony killing Bernardo was a mistake making Chino go after Tony. If Tony hadn't killed Bernardo, he

  • The True Tragedy Of West Side Story

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    and a Puerto Rican gang known as the Sharks. Tony, previous leader of the Jets, falls in love with a Shark girl named Maria. Riff, leader of the Jets, and Bernardo, leader of the Sharks, plan a large gang fight in an attempt to win control over the city block. During the fight, Bernardo kills Riff and Tony kills Bernardo. At the end, Chino (another shark) kills Tony in front of Maria. The true tragedy of West Side Story is when Tony stabs and kills Bernardo, but the Jets, Sharks, and society all assisted

  • Igor Stravinsky The Rite Of Spring Analysis

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    “The Rite of Spring” was certainly the most controversial piece of orchestral music of its time. The piece, composed by the Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky, included a great deal of uncommon musical elements. But was it really that uncommon? The world-changing ballet, “The Rite of Spring” was so controversial when it debuted in 1913, because it completely contradicted the common rhythmic and harmonic languages of the music at the time. The choreography and costumes were a main part of the reason

  • Examples Of Feminism In Jane Eyre

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    My Summer Project is on the novel Jane Eyre written by Charlotte Bronte. My project initially highlights the problems faced by a women in 19th Century. The issues come in the way of people when the two belongs to different class and status. It also highlights various themes, the writer has used in the novel and also how every theme is being shown with examples. The novel is about love and determination, which can be understood from the view of an orphaned girl, who apart from being a part of all

  • Hatred In Romeo And Juliet

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    The Seeds of Hatred “Nothing in life is promised, except death,” (Kanye West). This was the fate of the star-crossed made from the hatred between the households of Montagues and Capulets. The play is Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, tells a story of two lovers killed by hatred. Their love is planted in the soil of their kinsmen. This soil is blackened with a plague that doesn’t hesitate to kill and death shall follow. Romeo and Juliet dig deeper into this soil, so no one can see their love

  • Cabaret Analysis

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    On Saturday, November 11, I attended a performance of Cabaret at Dutchess Community College. This musical is set in Berlin, 1931 Germany pre World War I as the Nazis are rising to power. It takes place in a nightclub, the Kit Kat Klub and revolves around an American writer named Cliff Bradshaw and his relationship with an English cabaret performer, Sally Bowles. The cast features six major characters: Sally Bowles, the headlining British singer at the Kit Kat Klub, the Emcee, or the Master of Ceremonies

  • Theme Of Love And Hate In Romeo And Juliet

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    Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story about “two star-crossed lovers” who are battling love and hate between each other and their families. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are deeply in love, but even with all of this love, there is still a brawling hate between the two families. The Montagues and Capulets are known to be the two families who have had a long lasting feud in the city of Verona, where in this story this “ancient grudge breaks to new mutiny”. Romeo and Juliet

  • Similarities Between Macbeth And Taming Of The Shrew

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    LASALLE College of the Arts presents a modern adapation of William Shakespeare’s double bill. The Taming of the Shrew was directed by Stefanos Rassios and Macbeth was directed by Adam Marple. The Taming of the Shrew featured Level 2 BA (Hons) Musical Theatre students and Macbeth featured Level 2 BA (Hons) Acting students, in collaboration with the students from Diploma in Technical and Production Management. The double bill begun with The Taming of the Shrew where Rassios directed the play with

  • Intertextual Techniques In Letters To Alice

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    In your comparative study of two texts, our understanding of intertextual connections is enhanced by a consideration of each composer’s use of textual form To what extent does this view accord with your comparative study of the prescribed texts? Through intertextual connections, texts continuously provide readers with an enhanced understanding of context and key values that are shaped through the literary form, ultimately expanding upon proceeding works and generating a greater appreciation for