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Women's Literature in the Nineteenth Century, 2002.
An analysis of the conceptsof womanhood in literature through a review of the work of five nineteenth century feminist writers.
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper will discuss the five excerpts from five women authors, and seek understand the symbolic value of the quotes, as well as the notions that portray womanhood beneath them. By understanding the complex notion of womanhood in literature, we can assemble the facts of opinion, from these nineteenth century feminist writers.
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Struggle and Oppression in Nineteenth Century Literature, 2003.
An examination of struggle and oppression in the nineteenth century through analysis of the works of Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison
1,689 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper examines how the authors Joseph Conrad, James Joyce and Tony Harrison present the issues of oppression and struggle, in a very realistic fashion through works such as "Heart of Darkness", "The Dubliners" and the poem "National Trust". The paper relates that the authors were able to do this because, either they had seen the oppression taking place first hand, or had felt the weight of it upon their shoulders, and these personal encounters with the issues allowed for emotive and highly sympathetic writing.
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"Marlow's fascination with the extremely enigmatic Kurtz could very well stem from the fact that he seems to have reconciled his natures. On one side Kurtz has come to the Congo as an outsider in order to abuse it's resources for the company, just as the rest of the workers had. However, he also has become deeply affected by his journey, and unlike the other workers does not fear the native people or their uncivilized ways. The normally oppressive view of the white invader is to conquer and put in place Christian values and moral teaching, whereas Kurtz does the opposite; he learns their language, takes a foreign wife, and becomes highly important to them in their own culture. In this sense Kurtz becomes closer to his "primal nature" - similar to what Marlow feels upon hearing the drumbeats - which normally is oppressed."
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Prostitution in Nineteenth-Century Literature, 2005.
A look at the representation of prostitution in Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist", Emile Zola's "Nana" and Elizabeth Gaskell's "Mary Barton".
7,536 words (approx. 30.1 pages), 24 sources, MLA, $ 165.95
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This paper investigates the treatment of prostitution in nineteenth-century literature, in particular Elizabeth Gaskell's "Mary Barton", Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" and Emile Zola's "Nana". By closely examining literature from England and France, authored by male and female writers, it attempts to display how cultural differences and gender implications may have an influence on the chosen novelists' treatment of the subject. Areas of interest include: the historical context of nineteenth-century prostitution; the authors' portrayal of prostitution; the response of other characters toward the prostitute and the importance of death as the final outcome.
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"The subject of prostitution has had a long-standing fascination for novelists, artists, and historians alike. The idea of a woman using her body as a paid profession has forever caused a great deal of controversy, especially during the nineteenth century, when women were not supposed to display or act upon their sexual desires. It has often been said that during the nineteenth century, prostitution was becoming an increasing problem, although many facts and figures differ from one another considerably, so it would be unhelpful to quote them here. It is useful enough to consider that 'Victorians in the 1840s and 1850s thought that both prostitution and venereal disease were increasing'. "
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19th and 20th Century Women in American Literature, 2004.
Examines the societal evolution of American women through works by Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, and Nella Larsen.
875 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 31.95
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Nineteenth and 20th century American women have, through the years, evolved from being simple mothers, wives, and daughters to being women of true substance; that is, women who gained autonomy despite the stereotypes and stigmas given them by their society. This paper discusses how the novels, "Quicksand" by Nella Larsen, "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin, and "My Antonia" by Willa Cather, explore the issue on how womanhood and motherhood are confronted by the lead female characters and how their chosen lives led either to their downfall or success in life. The analyses of women characters in the novels show how Larsen, Chopin, and Cather have differing perspectives in confronting issues about women during their time. Larsen equates freedom among women with freedom from the responsibilities of motherhood, while Cather presents a contradicting view, asserting happiness within the individual as the true measure of a woman?s freedom in the 20th century American society.
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"While advocating for women empowerment and freedom, Cather takes into account the value and importance of family and social interaction of women with society. Choosing the life of a mother, wife, and pioneer woman, Antonia embodies the woman of her period in a more realistic setting and situation, where contentment is achieved not through detachment from the family and society, but by integrating oneself and attaining harmonious relationships among people."
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Women in the Nineteenth Century, 2002.
Examines the role of women in the nineteenth century according to philosophies of the Enlightenment era.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper explores the enlightenment philosophies of gender and the impact that these philosophies had on the women of the middle class in 19th Century Europe. The philosophies that are examined are those of "republican motherhood" and the "cult of domesticity".
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Bronte and Chopin's Nineteenth Century Women, 2008.
A look at Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" and how both novels show that society of the nineteenth century was not an egalitarian society.
1,645 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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This paper explores the role of feminism in the depiction of Jane Eyre in Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and Edna Pontellier in Kate Chopin's "The Awakening", as women that are ability to rise above the expectations of a patriarchal society and become determined independent women.
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"Similar to the depiction of Bertha in Jane Eyre, Edna's new independence makes her husband question her sanity. Luckily for Edna the doctor that Leonce visits on behalf of his wife understands the path that Edna is on and explains to Leonce in simple terms that she is fickle and her bizarre mood is part of being a woman. Leonce seems able to accept this definition for his wife's behavior and settles back into his life and work willing to wait for Edna to become the oppressed prudish woman he married."
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Nineteenth Century Business Regulation in The United States, 2002.
Examines how and to what extent businesses were regulated in the United States at the end of the nineteenth century.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 44.95
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The end of the nineteenth century is seen as an era of trust busting under President Roosevelt and the Progressives. This was an era in which industry was subject to increasingly strict regulation in an effort to preserve the competitive marketplace. The following discussion will explore this issue: In what way and to what extent was business regulated in the United States during the nineteenth century? An issue of secondary importance will also be considered: In what way did nineteenth century regulation of business foreshadow the manner in which business is currently regulated at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
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Nineteenth Century Reform, 2002.
A look at the reform movements during the early nineteenth century in America.
2,064 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses how since the beginning of the nineteenth century, the existence of slavery and the subverting of women?s rights, both symbolic of fundamental inequality among all citizens within society, have urged American reformers to constantly call for social changes. It examines how these changes were heavily influenced by education reform, immense immigration, industrialization, urbanization and further development of national identity throughout the century. It analyzes how with the abolition of slavery in 1860s, the nature of the need for social changes, however, transformed itself from a want of natural right to that of political equality as new identities as free men and women emerged during the second half of the nineteenth century.
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"The repression of women had reached an all time high by the nineteenth century. Reformers called out for changes. The first step to the liberation of women took place at the level of education. The first all female college, Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, was established in 1832 by Mary Lyon. Other female colleges were founded in the years to follow, such as Elmira Female College in 1855 and Vassar Female College in 1865 both located in New York. Co-ed colleges began with Oberlin Collegiate Institute, Ohio in 1833, Antioch College, Ohio in 1853, State University of Utah in 1850, State University of Iowa in 1855, and the State University of Washington in 1861."
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Nineteenth Century Novels, 2005.
An analysis of several famous nineteenth century novels and how they reflected the social standing and status of women of that time.
1,902 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper examines several novels written by famous 19th century authors and explains how these novels not only reflect that dependency and domination of women of that era, but also reflect the authors' attempts to bring this to the attention of their readers. The paper uses authors George Elliot and Mary Elizabeth Braddon as examples of feminist writers whose work focused on the inner desire of women to be free, both sexually and emotionally.
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"Nineteenth century was a time of conventional domesticity for women and even though a fight for emancipation of women was on, gender roles were still defined by tradition. Women were regarded as the weaker sex and were dominated by men in all spheres of life. Nineteenth century novels thus portrayed women as the weaker, dependent sex but this was done not to reinforce the traditional gender roles but to challenge them and to create awareness among women regarding their emotional dependency on men. Even some feminist writers including George Eliot portrayed women as weak and fragile souls who looked up to men for emotional and financial support. Her main reason for doing this was to question the social norms that had turned women into such meek souls."
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?The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century?, 2006.
An analysis of the effects of John Ruskin's descriptive language and tone in his lecture "The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century".
988 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 0 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper examines how John Ruskin's lecture "The Storm-Cloud of the Nineteenth Century", is a carefully crafted social criticism of effects of industrialization on late 18th century English life.
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" In one passage, Ruskin also laments that, if only science might tell him where, exactly, weather changes come from, he would be grateful. However, as that same passage also implies, Ruskin in fact already knows the answer. Another entry refers to the descending blackness as "Manchester's devils darkness" (Ruskin, 1448). Manchester was, at the time, the new manufacturing center of England, and therefore, a symbol of the gloomy specter of mass industrialization that hovered over Europe. Therefore, the "devils darkness" to which Ruskin refers, could be, in a literal sense, the dark clouds of air pollution generated by industrial manufacturing, especially the sooty coal plants for which Manchester was well known. "
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Women in the Nineteenth Century, 2005.
An analysis of the changing role of women in the Nineteenth Century.
2,080 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper discusses the changing position of women in modern history, with an emphasis on the Nineteenth Century. It focuses on female enfranchisement and discusses the many events that led to the formation of the suffrage movement and the ensuing actions of the suffragists.
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"In the 112 years between 1868 and 1980, female campaigners gained some dramatic achievements which radically altered women?s position in society. These changes included greater educational and employment opportunities, marital equality, an improved sexual morality, and crucially for supporters of women?s suffrage, opportunities for women in politics. However, change was difficult because it meant revolutionising the values of a women?s role, and radically redefining the relationship between women and men. The idea of different spheres for the sexes was one which took many years, and a great deal of effort to change."
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Nineteenth Century French Public Sculptural Monuments, 2006.
An art study examining nationalism and how it pertains to the study of nineteenth century sculpture in the public sector.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 5 sources, $ 71.95
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In this paper, the historical premise of public monuments in French sculpture has been brought forth in the works of Rodin, Carpeaux, and Fulguiere. By realizing the different periods of time that these artists sought to represent in the struggles of the Third Republic of France, they all convey heroism through vulnerability and realistic issues of self-sacrifice for one's country. By realizing the use of the human female, male and child forms, the basis of a new way of understanding 19th century sculpture is brought forth in a new way to depict nationalistic identity.
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"Through the work of Jean-Alexandre-Joseph Falgui?e's "Resistance", Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "City of Valenciennes", and Auguste Rodin's "Nude Study for Jean d'Aire", one can realize the various historical stages of these works within the Franco-Prussian War era of French history. By realizing how these sculptures define how self-sacrifice and nationalism are present within these public monuments, one can realize how modern sculpture depicted realistic French patriotism. In essence, the works of the three French sculptors will be analyzed in relation to their nationalistic views of France throughout different stages of historical events of the Franco-Prussian War."
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Cholera in Nineteenth Century England, 2002.
The paper discusses the nature of cholera and the social reforms enacted by the English government as a result of the epidemics of the nineteenth century.
3,336 words (approx. 13.3 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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The paper examines the nature and causes of this contagious disease and the response of the English government, once they realized that the filthy living conditions of much of the population was the prime cause of cholera. The paper traces the medical and social reforms enacted by the government and their far-reaching effects that are still felt today. It also analyzes the reaction to the epidemic by ordinary people as well as physicians and medical practitioners.
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"Outbreaks of cholera in the nineteenth century began in Asia and India, and spread across Europe rapidly. "Every year the disease moved west, from southeastern Asia, in 1819, to China in 1820, and to Siberia in 1823. It was in Moscow by 1830, in Vienna and Berlin in 1831. It reached London in early 1832" (Athanassoglou-Kallmyer 686). This first outbreak was the worst, and was completely baffling to the people and to health professionals. They could not cure the disease, they could not control its spread, and it continued to occur in later years, which was even more frightening. There were several other outbreaks later in the nineteenth century, which did not kill as many as the first had, which some estimate killed up to 90,000 people in England. The second major outbreak was in 1848-1849, the third in 1853-1854, and the final outbreak took place in 1866."
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The Nineteenth Century Middle Class, 2002.
An analysis of the rise of the middle class in the 19th century.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper analyzes the rise of the middle class in the nineteenth century and the general adoption by society of its values. The author also discusses these values and how they come to dominate a society in which aristocrats still had so much political and social control.
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The Emancipation of Female Writers in Early Nineteenth Century Britain, 2000.
A paper which details the contributions writers such as Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe and Mary Wollstonecraft made to the emancipation of female literary talent.
740 words (approx. 3.0 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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The paper shows that the objective during the time of revelation in early nineteenth century Britain was for British women writers to give of themselves in a more defiant manner, setting themselves apart from the calmer, more feminine climate that had heretofore inhabited British literature. The paper shows that British women writers decided they wanted to be better recognized for their inherent literary contributions without being labeled either too feminine or too masculine; rather, they wanted to write like a man without having to be branded by the stigma that typically came with it. The paper explores how authors such as Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe and Mary Wollstonecraft contributed to this emancipation movement.
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"Mary Shelley, Ann Radcliffe and Mary Wollstonecraft represent an era of the Romantic Period where women were beginning to come out of their literary shells and confront the strongly emotional and defiant aspects of writing that their male counterparts had harbored for so many years prior. With their guidance, subsequent British women writers were given the much-needed opportunity to express themselves in such a manner that embraced both their feminine and masculine sides."
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