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In this paper, I examine the life of Emma Lazarus, with an eye to her role as a woman writer and her defense of the Jewish faith. I begin by studying her early years and her wealthy upbringing. I then discuss her early career and her association with American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, after analyzing two of her poems, "Echoes," and "Sympathy," for their thematic content regarding the status of women in society and art. I then talk about her friendship with Heinrich Heine and how it reminded her of her own inner torment over how to handle her Jewish heritage as opposed to her status as a wealthy, assimilated American. After analyzing "In the Jewish Synagogue at Newport" in light of its portrayal of traditional Jewish imagery, I then discuss how the pogroms of the 1880s and the resulting exodus of Russian Jews to New York forced Lazarus to consider more carefully her heritage and become more politically active, first in her writing and then as a social activist. I finish by analyzing the famous poem, "The New Colossus".

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A discussion of the famous Box Hill scene in Jane Austen's "Emma." Mr Knightley asks Emma: "How could you be so unfeeling to Miss Bates? How could you be so insolent in your wit to a woman of her character, age and situation? Emma, I had not thought it possible." It discusses the extent that Mr Knightley was being fair to Emma with his patronizing attitude.

From the Paper
"Mr Knightley's comments follow Emma's immature and presumptuous remark towards Miss Bates. Mr Knightley's reprimand initially appear to be downright self righteous and ostentatious. It is therefore hard to judge face value whether he is being fair to Emma. It is questionable whether his commentary is pardonable, even essential or merely patronizing and judgemental?"

Tags:austen, bates, box, emma, english, hill, jane, knightley, literature, miss, mr

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This paper presents a character analysis of Miss Bates in Jane Austen's "Emma." The paper describes what Miss Bates is like, and what she means to the masterpiece as a whole. It goes into her physical and psychological features, and how she relates to Emma herself and their relationship as a whole.

From the Paper
"In Jane Austen's 'Emma', Miss Bates functions as a vestige of comedy in a book preoccupied with romance, class and destiny. Miss Bates, is an indicator of propriety and manners in the early to mid eighteen hundreds but also serves as Emma's foil throughout the novel. A friendly, cantankerous old maid and neighbor to the Woodhouses,' Miss Bates is bit of comedic release between romantic interludes and certainly a character that evidences Austen's colorful, vivid imagination. As Janet Todd says about Miss Bates in The Caimbridge Introduction to Jane Austen, "the quintessence of the Austenian comic character [158]."

Tags:jane austen, emma, miss bates

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The paper discusses how in Jane Austen's novel "Emma", the protagonist has a very specific place in society with very distinct qualities, a purposeful background and traits that make it easy for the reader to become invested in the growth and development of his character as the novel flows forward. The paper highlights how Austen employs a variety of literary techniques to demonstrate the personal growth of her characters. The paper shows how their separation from their old selves allows the reader to watch the character enter into a new state of self, of awareness and rebirth into a new person ("Emma", 2005).

From the Paper
"In Jane Austen's novel "Emma", the protagonist is a very specific place in society. The protagonist in Emma has very distinct qualities, a purposeful background and traits that make it easy for the reader to become invested in the growth and development of his character as the novel flows forward. Austen employs a variety of literary techniques to demonstrate the personal growth of her characters. Their separation from their old selves allows the reader to watch the character enter into a new state of self, of awareness and rebirth into a new person ("Emma", 2005). Emma is a bright girl who is born to money and adored by all around..."

Tags:jane, austen, emma

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This paper addresses the character of Emma in Gustave Flaubert's novel, Madame Bovary, in terms of the conventional definition of a "tragic heroine". The argument taken in this paper is that Emma is not a tragic heroine but instead makes her own tragedies, and that she is instead a self- centered "modern" heroine.

Tags:LITERATURE / FRENCH, emma madame bovary

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This paper describes that the action of Emma, in Jane Austens novel is an action of self-definition. The source of the intensity of feeling and dramatic excitement in the novel derives from watching Emma's complex sensibility suffer the dialectics of humiliation and humility to achieve a kind of moral perfection of self-awareness.

Tags:emma, jane, austin

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The paper discusses how one can see that Emma remains immoral and filled with class-based delusions of grandeur throughout this novel by Flaubert. The paper portrays how she knows what is right or wrong, but does not believe in anything that goes contrary to immoral excitement and the unavoidable class limitations she must live with. The paper considers how in essence, in the different scenes she is truly irresponsible in her wishes for higher social status and only behaves morally to suit her own immoral lack of realism for the greater well being of society.

From the Paper
"This paper will discuss the character and social class depictions of Emma Bovary in the novel "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert. By analyzing the consistent manner of immoral behavior by Emma, one can see that regardless of her guilt, she does not show an ethical or moral regard to "society climbing" through her beauty and romantic notions. Through these means, she is a woman seeking higher class aggrandizement through the deception and corruption that Flaubert depicts in reflection to the problems of French society in the 19th century. The class perspective in "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert reflects the growing sense of personal character in how Bovary feels about her society."

Tags:flaubert, emma, bovary

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This paper examines Jane Austen's novel "Emma" and the different emphasis of novel and film versions, including the adaptation of the film starring Gweneth Paltrow and Amy Heckerling's film, "Clueless."

From the Paper
"Often when filmmakers create modern film adaptations of classic texts, much of the subtext and symbolism of the original manuscript is lost on the screen. Though the film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Emma-first published in is ..."

Tags:Emma, film, Jane Austen, adaptation, Heckerling, Clueless

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This essay states that the Lazarus' model is a very concise theory that explains how individuals try to make sense of a stressful situation from the initial impact of the event forward. It details the primary and secondary appraisals implemented to assess the event and promotes the idea that coping resources held by the individual affected are utilized to assist in overcoming the experience. Through personal experience, the author shows that overall, the Lazarus Model provided a clear understanding of the experience and the coping mechanisms used, either consciously or unconsciously to cope with trauma.

Outline:
Description of the Incident
Description of My Emotional Experience
How Lazurus' Model Helps Make Sense of This Experience
The Aspects of My Experience Lazarus' Model Fails to Explain
How Lazarus' Model Could be Modified to Fit My Experience
Conclusion

From the Paper
"When assessing my coping resources via the secondary appraisal phase in Lazarus' model, I discovered my coping mechanisms were quite healthy. I was able to take control of the situation and the stressors involved by realizing that future harm of this nature could be avoided by ending the toxic relationship I was in. Further, I realized the challenges faced by experiencing such a trauma could be turned into positive benefits, as from this negative transaction, I received all the strength and knowledge I could glean from this experience."

Tags:theory, impact, appraisals, experience, conscious, trauma

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This paper examines how the Statue of Liberty, originally intended to represent the idea of liberty and self-rule for all people in all countries, over the years has represented political liberty, individual freedom, and an example of an immigration policy gone wrong. It looks at how three different poets have expressed all three views of the Statue of Liberty in poems, all using the statue as an icon or symbol of the meaning of "liberty" the statue held for them. The poems reviewed are Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus", "The Bartholdi Statue" by John Greenleaf Whittier, and "Unguarded Gates" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

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"In 1892, the United States built a receiving facility for new immigrants on an island next to the one holding the Statue of Liberty (NPS). Ellis Island was the entrance point for nearly all new immigrants to the United States. With the Statue of Liberty overlooking the facility, the statue became a cultural icon representing immigration to the United States. Many immigrant Americans developed great affection for the statue. In fact, however, Lazarus's poem honoring the Statue of Liberty didn't get much attention until her death. A group of people organized to raise money to put the statue on a pedestal. One person on that committee, Georgina Schuyler (U of V), came across Lazarus' poem."

Tags:emma, lazarus, whittier, aldrich, bartholdi