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…Good looks are never as important as personal qualities of spirit and cultural understanding in the heroines of Jane Austen's novels. "Sense and Sensibility" briefly touches on the appearances of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, but this is not until…

…Bingley glanced over at Darcy to see how he would begin to phrase his concerns. "I have been observing your behaviour attentively, Bingley, in regards to Miss Jane Bennet. I believe it a matter of concern, as I fear you could be making a most unhappy…

…Many may not consider a person who sits alone in a jungle for years interacting with monkeys a scientist, or even sane for that matter. However, Jane Goodall was both. Her years studying the chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream Research Center on the shores…

…Vanina Jane Tompkins in her essay "Indians": Textualism, Morality, and the Problem of History explains the problems she faces when she tried to learn about Indians history. In the first part of her essay she speaks about her knowledge of Indians when…

…        Of all the novels that Jane Austen has written, critics consider Pride and Prejudice to be the most comical. Humor can be found everywhere in the book; in it's character descriptions, imagery, but mostly in it's conversations between…

…This paper was written for a football coach who taught health. Evidently I am a social user of this narcotic and am not a believer in the research indicated. ABSTRACT: This paper, entitled 'Mary Jane: The Devil Weed?' attempts to examine what we…

…One of the major themes in the Book of Ruth by Jane Hamilton is that throughout our lives we all suffer, but its how we deal with the suffering that determines the quality of our lives. Many individuals suffer their entire lives and never come to grips…

…Henry James, in Washington Square, provides a direct challenge to our preconceived notions of the novel of manners, notably through his chosen ending for the novella. After developing an idea about these principles through the works of Jane Austen…

…The theme of love and marriage has always been popular in literature. In fact, some of the greatest written works in history, such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, have within them themes of love and themes of marriage…

…“A Study of the Contrast Between the Characters Jane and Elizabeth Bennet and their Marriages in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen” Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is the tale primarily of the romances and consequent marriages of the two Bennet…