An Analysis of Jane Austen’s view of Marriage in Her Book Sense and Sensibility

In this paper,I focus on Jane Austen’s book Sense and Sensibility,discuss characters and views of marriage of Elinor and Marianne in this book.Consequently,that leads to the conclusion of Jane Austen’s view of marriage.     

An Interpretation of Ben’s Function in Intensifying Willy’s Tragedy from Aristotle’s Poetics

The play Death of a Salesman is undoubtedly the most influential play of Arthur Miller which depicts a tragic life of Willy Loman, a travelling salesman, induced by his false American Dream of making a fortune out of business. Unlike many other essays focusing on the hero Willy, this one tries to explore Willy’s dead brother Ben’s function in this play so as to demonstrate that Ben plays an important role in Willy’s life by making Willy’s life more tragic in terms of Aristotle’s tragic theory. The first part of the essay illustrates Ben’s importance to Willy and the second part centers on the way Ben pushes Willy to a more tragic situation.     

Jane Austen’s Feminine Consciousness That Reflected in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen is one of the most famous female novelists in the world.Among her works,"Pride and Prejudice" is her most outstanding representative.The story of "Pride and Prejudice" happened in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.At that time,Women regarded marriage as goods to climb up the upper class and to obtain the financial support and their attitudes towards marriage was affected by material factors in determine way.The story of this novel and the behavior of the characters develop around marriage.It mainly talks about Elizabeth,Jane,Charlotte and Lydia these four young ladies’ marriages.There are three kinds of motivations of or attitudes towards marriage that are presented for manifestation.First,Charlotte’s marriage to Mr.Collins is just for money and social position.Second,Lydia’s marriage to Wickham is for beauty regardless of personal morality.Third,is the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy and that of Jane and Mr.Bingley which are for love and personal merits.Their love stories reveal different views to marriage among young women of the middle class and express Jane Austen her own attitude towards marriage.What’s more important,we find that Jane Austen concerns about women’s lives and their unfair conditions by means of her feminine consciousness.By examining Jane Austen’s social conditions that she lived in and her experiences and analyzing these four marriages,this paper attempts to find the Austen’s views of marriage and her feminine consciousness that reflected in this novel.     

An Analysis of Dimmesdale’s Characteristics

The Scarlet Letter is a tragedy itself.Dimmesdale,the number one hero in the tragedy,is doomed to be a tragic character.He commits adultery with Hester,which should be punished by law.But because of his cowardice and selfishness and Hester’ protection,he escaped from the punishment of the law.Because he is selfish,cowardly,hypocitical,and lonely,he has hidden his sin for seven years.And because he is kind,he finally stands up actively and takes the responsibility,which belongs to him.At that time,he dies an honest true man.Through the analysis of Dimmesdale’ s characteristics,we can know his inner world,and we will be more sympathetic to him.     

An Analysis of Hamlet’s Soliloquy

Hamlet’s soliloquy shows the inner studying of the idealist hero to the most extent, the inner contradiction is derived to the summit in this soliloquy, and also these inner characteristics eventually cause the sad ending of the hero. It embodies the everlasting subject of human society—the conflicts between person and destiny, and the thinking of individual during puzzle Dom.     

An Analysis of Hamlet’s Soliloquy

Hamlet’s soliloquy shows the inner studying of the idealist hero to the most extent, the inner contradiction is derived to the summit in this soliloquy, and also these inner characteristics eventually ...     

Women’s Tragedy:A Feminist Reading of Sons and Lovers

The novel Sons and Lovers, which is Lawrence’s best acclaimed work, is of autobiographic air. It is called the best representation of Sigmund Freud’s "Oedipus Complex"theory by critics, though Lawrence denied having read Freud before writing the novel. However, it can shed new light on the novel when read in a different point of view. Paul’s road to become a real man can not be separated from his mother, Miriam and Clara, who is Paul’s first and second loves respectively. This article will analyze the novel in feminist perspective and concentrate on the three women’s sacrifice to Paul’s growth in a man-centered society, in hope of better understanding the intension of the novel.     

Sue Bridehead:The Girl of the Period in Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure

Jude the Obscure was Thomas Hardy’s last novel creation,and he spent eight year from preparation to publication.Although this novel received a lot of criticisms instead of praises when it came out,it also can be considered as Thomas Hardy’s classical works.The theme of this novel is so brave to explore the existing women’s living circumstances in that time.With the industrial revolution in England,new thoughts and ideas sprang out.Women were no longer belonging to husband and family,and they began to be aware of their social roles and reconsider their identity in society and marriage.The aim of the paper is to analyze this novel from the feministic perspective and re-read the character of Sue Bridehead in the light of the theory"the girl of the period".     

An Analysis of Key Factors Affecting Chinese ESL Students’Listening

With the proposal of Internet-based CET,more emphasis need be attached to listening skill.In order to improve stu dents’ listening skill,linguistic knowledge,psychological factors and cultural background knowledge,as three key factors affect ing Chinese ESL students,have been analyzed and the improving solutions have been suggested.     

An Analysis of the Causes of Catherine’s Tragedy

Tragedy is an everlasting theme of Hai Mingwei’s literary works,every character can not save themselves from defeat and death.The article will probe the reasons of Catherine’s tragic fate to make people rethink life and reveal the aesthetic significance of tragedy.     

An Analysis of the Dual Sides of Shylock’s Character

The Merchant of Venice is one of the most outstanding comedies of Shakespeare. The story happened in Venice in 16th century. Shylock is a typical character in this play. Shylock was looked down upon and humiliated by Christians as a Jew. Shylock, who found everyone in that society was against him, felt him isolated by Christians in Venice. But it is true that as a usurer, shylock was greedy and miserly, he lost kindness and reason; Shylock was oppressed and humiliated as a Jew. This paper focuses on the dual sides of Shylock’s character. On one hand he is miserly, unfeeling, vicious and sly; on the other hand, he is oppressed and humiliated.     

The Teacher’s Role of Listening Comprehension

Throughout the history of the listening comprehension teaching at home and abroad, the research mainly focus on the correlation of the learner’s English listening proficiency and their self-efficiency. Scholars like Alisa J.Bates, Penny Ur. and Widdowson, H. G. have claimed the significance of teacher’s role in listening comprehension. For the purpose of proving the necessity of the teacher’s role in listening comprehension, based on the analysis of the features of classroom listening comprehension,this paper presents the teacher’s role before class, in class and after class. Meanwhile, during the teaching process, teachers and learners are revealed in two way interactive relations and the pedagogical process is the result of the bilateral interaction of the two sides.     

Analysis of Factors Influencing Undergraduates’ Occupation Choices: An Investigation of Both Social and Human Capital

Abstract: Based on 2006 survey data on students from three universities in western China, this study analyzes the effect of the students’ family background and academic achievements on their occupation choices. Both social capital and human capital were found to be significant factors influencing their employment decisions. The more abundant the social and human capital, the more students aim for resource-rich employers in economically developed regions with higher incomes, and the higher their salary expectations.     

Cinderella Archetypal Interpretation of Jane Austen’s Heroines——Case Study of Elizabeth and Catherine

Cinderella is a well-known fairy-tale heroine,whose love and marriage has been considered as a typical pattern.In the article,the two protagonists,Elizabeth and Catherine,will be explored from the perspective of Cinderella archetype,from which the conclusion can be drawn Jane Austen’s viewpoint about marriage based on love and her feminist consciousness.     

An Analysis of Heathcliff’s Silence in Wuthering Heights

Heathcliff is a highly controversial character in Emily Bront?’s canon Wuthering Heights. He is depicted as an incredi-ble conglomeration of enigmas and simplicity, aloofness and affinity, ferocity and...     

An Analysis of Jane Austen’s Outlook on Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen,one of the most influential female novelists in the history of world literature,is the first female to break up the monopoly of male writing.Her famous work Pride and Prejudice was created in 1813,which gained her lasting fame and popularity.In this novel,the characters of the four ladies are impressive:Jane is mild;Charlotte is mediocre;Lydia is ignorant;Elizabeth is wise.Different characters result in different marriages which are moral marriage,utilitarian marriage,sex-oriented marriage and perfect marriage.Through the analysis of the characters and these four marriages,this thesis aims to conclude Jane Austen’s Perception of Marriage,that is,character determines marriage.     

Teaching Television-A Review of John Hartley’s Uses of Television

This is to review and analyse the chapters of one of John Hartley’s works Uses of Television, and compare it with different readers related to the studies of TV. It mainly discusses teaching television in four parts: the effect of the audience on television, textual tradition and television, television and citizenship, and television as transmodern teaching.     

Analysis of the Contradictory Relationship among Family Members in Long Day’ s Journey into Night

Long Day’ s Journey into Night is one of Eugene O’ Neill’ s (1888-1953) masterpieces, who is a great American playwright and called the father of modern American drama. This thesis aims at the analysis of the contradictions in family members in the play. The first part analyzes the contradictions between wife and husband. The second part focuses on the contradictory relationship in parents and sons. The contradictions between brothers are discussed in the third part. Through the study of the causes of the contradictory relationship among family members, the tragedy of the characters in the play will be explored to the readers, which is also the tragedy of modern Ameri can people.