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Robert Browning is one of the foremost poets of the Victorian era and his most noted contribution to English literature is undoubtedly the literary form of the Dramatic Monologue, which was not independently developed but none the less firmly established by him. His first poem Pauline was published anonymously in 1833 and Browning sent twelve […]

“The Lesson” tells the story of a 10 year old boy who has lost his father in the duration of school time. It goes on the say he’s trapped and although he feels grief for the death of his father he realises that he can use the death to “bind the bullies’ fist”.”Mid-Term Break” is […]

In both stories there is a murder. These murders are committed by a lover. In ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ the murderer is the man. He murdered her to keep her pure and to himself. He thought that Porphyria would have wanted him to do it. He also thought that she loved him a lot. He thought this […]

Throughout the Victorian period, Browning crafted dramatic monologues that allowed his readers to empathize with characters from distant times and places. In this passage, the author discusses how monologues can express the deepest emotions of characters while also telling a story. They compare two poems, “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover,” because they both deal […]

In the poem ‘Digging’, Heaney is able to bring to life ‘the living past’ where in watching his father digging flowerbeds he is able to recall childhood scenes when his father dug up new potatoes, which had to be collected by the children. It also leads him further back into his past to remember his […]

Death is an inevitable reality that we all know will happen, yet we often don’t expect it to affect us personally. However, when death does touch our lives, it profoundly impacts us and those close to us. It also provides a deeper understanding of the brevity of life. The poems “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney […]

Helen Burns relationship with Jane Eyre is significantly important to her. She is the first person to show her true kindness and her first real friend. When they first meet Jane is instantly drawn to Helen as a Kindred Spirit for she is engrossed in a book “I think her occupation touched a chord of […]

Published in 1899, Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a satirical portrayal of Victorian society. It is known as the writer’s greatest achievement and is highly regarded for its brilliance, inventiveness, and extreme humor. In the play, Wilde effectively depicts the characteristics of Victorian individuals through every character, particularly the two leading female […]

Oscar Wilde, a rich upper-class gentleman wrote the play ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ to try and establish a number of different factors. The play does relate to modern life today, sharing its problems, humour and irony with everyone. It is a respected and studied piece of literature, with very serious morals. The play is […]

There were many factors that influenced the educational system in Victorian times. They included religious beliefs, gender, class and the industrial revolution. These are explored in Dickens’s Hard Times and Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. Dickens is particularly critical of the standards of education at the time of the Victorian period and the methods of teaching […]

Jane Eyre is the eponymous heroine and involved narrator of this novel. She is a small, dejected girl who lives with her middle-class aunt and cousins, as her parents died when she was young. Although she may not be suffering physically from hunger or disease, she is suffering emotionally. Jane is depressed, unloved, and constantly […]

‘Jane Eyre’ is a novel written by Charlotte Bronte in the year 1847. The novel is about a woman, who is giving an account on her life story. The novel ‘Jane Eyre’ reflects Back to Charlotte Bronte’s life. Question: Discuss the differences between the characters, Mr Broklehurst and Miss Temple. How does Charlotte Bronte use […]

‘The Importance of being Earnest’ is a comical play. The characters and the plot are both comical, but the play may be best described as a social comedy, a comedy of manors. Wilde uses many comic devices to make the play funny but I think the main focus is on using irony in this particular […]

Rhys’ character Antoinette derives from Charlotte Bronte’s powerful depiction in ‘Jane Eyre’ of Bertha, a Creole woman who is wildly insane. In ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ Jean Rhys creates a history for Antoinette, developing reasons for the madness of the character presented in ‘Jane Eyre. ‘ The reader can go back to ‘Jane Eyre’ and sympathise […]

Jane Eyre is a classic romance novel by Charlotte Bronte based on part of the author’s own days in a brutal boarding school. Jane Eyre was published in 1847 under the male pen name Currer bell, during the Victorian era when males dominated the household and society. Charlotte Bronte was brought up in Yorkshire at […]

I agree with the statement that The Importance of Being Earnest is unquestionably a comedy. There are numerous entertaining quotes and the plot itself is humorous. The storyline is a farce filled with coincidences that lead to an absurd climax. It uses irony to mock the everyday traditions of Victorian England. The language employed is […]

“Jane Eyre” is primarily about a young girl’s pursuit of love and her desire for fairness in an unfair world. In the initial chapters, Jane demonstrates contrasting emotions, revealing her frustrations with those who oppress her. At the start of the book, Jane displays a cold attitude, where she objectively observes the world around her […]

In Chapter 1, Jane’s strong personality starts to develop. Jane lives in a grand house which belonged to the late Mr Reed. His widow Aunt Reed and their three children Master John, Eliza and Georgiana live in the house with Jane. It soon becomes apparent that Jane is not very happy. There are a number […]

This essay is about the novel Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte. I am going to explain how Bronte makes the reader feel sympathy towards Jane using several different methods. The novel Jane Eyre follows Jane’s life from when she is a little girl through her unhappy childhood and into adult life. It is written […]

Charlotte Bronte, the author of ‘Jane Eyre’ uses places to give the reader a deeper understanding as to the way in which the character of Jane Eyre progresses in age, status and spiritually through the novel. Places featured within the novel are structured around five socially different locations because of the differences in Jane’s character. […]

In “Jane Eyre”, Jane suffers the most from Imprisonment. She was imprisoned from a very young age; for as long as she can remember. Brought up feeling as though she was a burden is enough to make her feel unhappy and imprisoned. She feels she can’t speak her mind because if she does, she could […]

I have been studying poems from different cultures. The two I have been studying are Nothing’s Changed, by Tatamkhulu Afrika and Charlotte O’Neil’s Song, written by Fiona Farrell. Nothing’s Changed was written about District 6 in Cape Town which was really racist which is now not even though it still is racist. Charlotte O’Neil’s Song […]