Book 1 …………………… Ch. 1 — Fielding begins by addressing the writer directly, announcing that he is about to present a morally uplifting tale, and comparing his book to two recent works, the autobiography of the actor Colley Cibber, and the novel, Pamela.  The joke is that neither is a goodContinue Reading

The development of Jane Eyre’s character is central to Charlotte Bronte’s novel, Jane Eyre. The novel charts the growth of Jane, the first-person narrator, from her unhappy childhood with her nasty relatives, the Reeds, to her blissful marriage to Rochester at Ferndean. Reading, education, and creativity are all essential componentsContinue Reading

Although Jane Eyre contains a number of sharp criticisms of the treatment of women and the social roles assigned to them, it also demonstrates that women can live their lives on equal terms with – or independent of – men. Jane herself is the idealized version of Charlotte Bronte’s visionContinue Reading

No logical exposition or resolution can be drawn from Waiting for Godot because the play has an essentially circular and repetitive structure. In a traditional play there is a linear development – the characters are introduced, there is a statement of the problem, the characters are developed, and the playContinue Reading