When going to read Chapter 4, my Archetype was The Talent (passion and prestige). Though I also took the online assessment and got The Subtle Touch (mystique and passion). Looking through The Talent I connected to some of the given adjectives: expressive, stylish, and emotionally intelligent. While for The Subtle Touch I felt like the given adjectives: tactful, self-sufficient, unexpected, profound, and mindful: were spot on. Though both were good candidates I believe The Subtle Touch is better and
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Emma Goldman was a woman who demanded vast changes in a society that just wasn’t ready to receive them. The Russian Jew, drawn to America by the prospect of freedom from the barriers women faced in her home country. However, she didn’t quite receive what the young Emma Goldman was looking for. Dissatisfied with the similarities between the Russian ghetto of her old home, and the backwards and chauvinistic society of America, Emma Goldman set out to make differences in the lives of those who could
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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë is usually seen as either the story of a young girl coming into her own or the story of a young girl falling in love with a corrupted soul. The entire story is intertwined with symbolism and other imagery, tying details of Jane’s life together. One cannot adequately assess the masculine presence in Jane’s life without considering the feminine influences. Upon each new location Jane is brought to, she comes in contact with a new female influence, from her Aunt Reed and
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“... Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” (Frost, Robert). This excerpt taken from “The Road Not Taken”, shows the choices, and the consequences of those choices. These themes are present in both the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a story of a Southern white teenager, Huckleberry Finn is being “civilized”
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“The Millstone,” by Margaret Drabble, is a story about a Cambridge graduate named Rosamund Stacey. The story is told in first person, and it takes place in 1960’s London. It starts out with Rosamund making her friends believe she is having an intimate relationship with two men at the same time. But in reality she is still a virgin and is quiet shy about this topic. The reason does that is because she does not want to be thought of as old fashioned. Her parents are in Africa, but still manage to provide
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This pressure and the effect that it can have on a person in society is perfectly exemplified in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. In the novel the characters are constantly trying to become the ideal person for their society. One specific character, Elizabeth, is portrayed by the author to have attributes of a person suffering from bipolar disorder. Jane Austen does this in the hopes to reveal to the reader that by displaying Elizabeth in
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Charlotte Brontë was the third of six children in the Brontë family. In 1824, she and three of her sisters enrolled at the Cowan Bridge School, the inspiration for Lowood in her novel Jane Eyre. Sickness broke out at the school claiming the lives of Charlotte’s two older sisters. As a result, Charlotte and her younger sister Emily were withdrawn from the school and began studying under their aunt. In 1831, Charlotte left home to spend a year of study at Roe Head. Three years after her departure from
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I can't escape my life! In the novel, Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman, Catherine can't escape her life but uses determination and courage to help her along the way. And throughout the book, Catherine will try and do anything to escape her life at the manor. She tries to escape a few things including her endless chores/tasks, wedding Shaggy Beard, and Morwenna being extremely overprotective. Sewing, spinning, hemming, and counting linen are some of her endless chores that are forced
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protagonist Jane Eyre shares the sound of her last name with something that exists to travel everywhere in the world: air. Jane endures a series of unfortunate and tumultuous events at a very early age, which travel alongside her wherever she goes in life. Written by Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre accurately describes society and the unfortunate way of life in the Victorian Era. Jane alleviates from various forms of abuse at the end of the novel, and finds her piece of happiness. Brontë wrote Jane Eyre with
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The story of Jane Eyre contains multiple character foils. The purpose of the foils is to contrast the characters in order highlight or understate the qualities of the characters. Blanche Ingram serves as a foil to Jane. Miss Ingram is described as very beautiful, elegant and accomplished woman. “I never saw a more splendid scene: the ladies were magnificently dressed; most of them—at least most of the younger ones—looked handsome; but Miss Ingram was certainly the queen” (Chapter 16). The descriptions
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