Essays On Books

The purpose of this essay is to explore how in the novels ‘Great Expectations’ and ‘Jane Eyre’ by Charles Dickens and Charlotte Bronte, the authors use language to create suspense and tension and how this enhances the storyline for a reader. Both these books were written and published during the 18th century and display many […]

In this piece of coursework I will be looking at the two poems; The Laboratory by Robert Browning and Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy. I will be looking at how the poets convey the extreme reactions of the woman in the poems that have been hurt by men. I will tackle the question by looking […]

The four poems I have chosen are Kid by Simon Armitage, Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, The Laboratory by Robert Browning and On My First Born Sonne by Ben Jonson. Each of these poems are very different, the most obvious difference being the different ages they were written in. But they all have one major […]

Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in the Georgian era and died on June 9, 1870 during the Victorian era. He wrote Great Expectations, which is considered to be one of his best works, from December 1, 1860 to August 1861. Charles Dickens’ book Great Expectations was influenced by the treatment of children […]

Retaliation is a primary subject in the fresh Great Expectation by Charles Dickens. In this novel. many characters go out of their manner to pull out retaliation. taking them to misfortunes such as decease and imprisonment. Dickens makes it really clear that nil positive can come from retaliation through his characters and the consequences that […]

In Pip’s childhood, there are significant incidents that contribute to his transformation from an innocent child to a character consumed by false values and snobbery. Pip’s transformation into snobbery begins when he meets Miss Havisham and Estella. His descent from innocence started even before that, when he stole from his sister to support “his” convict. […]

Social class played a major role in the society depicted in Charles Dickens’s novel “Great Expectations”. Many characters were treated differently because of their social class in the story. Seeing the contrast between how the poor and the rich were treated will give a clearer understanding of how much social class mattered. During the nineteenth […]

Write a critical analysis of the character of Magwitch in Dickens’ novel Great Expectations. Why does Magwitch become Pip’s benefactor? Great Expectations is a novel written by Charles Dickens. The first publication of the novel was in 1861. The major themes are a social class, criminality, guilt, love, growth from childhood to adulthood, the desire […]

Tom Christian Watts, known locally as Pop Eye, is an elderly white man living in the village with his black wife, Grace. Grace is from the village and now suffers from an undisclosed mental illness. He and his wife are local eccentrics, providing the children with entertainment on occasions when Pop Eye, wearing a clown’s […]

The canonical novel , Great expectations by Charles Dickens sets the scene for a narrative journey into the heart of belonging as it related to literary techniques of truncated non-grammatical sentences, malapropism, animal imagery, and violent vocabulary, also the use of Gothicism throughout the novel. the opening chapter, introduces you to a single character, Phillip […]

Great Expectations is a novel that was written by Charles Dickens and published in the late 19th century. It was firstly published in serial form in ‘All The Year Round’, which was Dickens weekly literary magazine. It was founded and owned by him and published between 1859 and 1895 throughout the UK. It is a […]

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, was published in 1847, and it brought forth a new voice, one that was passionate, rebellious, and defiant. During the nineteenth century, male canonical novelists overlooked the difficulties and struggles faced by women and orphan girls of that time. However, these challenges were not any less than those encountered […]

Many stories have been written about characters who go from having nothing to becoming rich or famous. Charles Dickens’ novel ‘Great Expectations’ is no different, as it tells the story of ‘Pip’, a working-class boy who dreams of marrying his love, Estella, by becoming a wealthy gentleman. In the Victorian era, in which the story […]

In this essay I will be examining how Charles Dickens, in the Victorian period, ensured that his readers would continue to read Great Expectations after the first instalment. Dickens made the strategic decision to release his novel in instalments, and therefore, the success and engagement of the opening instalment were crucial for the novel’s profitability. […]

I have been studying the life of Charles Dickens and the times of the Victorian era that began with the coronation of Queen Victoria. Charles Dickens was born on February 7, 1812 in Portsmouth. His parents were John and Elizabeth Dickens. Charles was the second of their eight children; he later left school at the […]

The novels The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens can both be said to be classified in a genre known as “bildungsromans” that is, they both chart the development of young persons. The Mill one the Floss however, contains two, as it follows the story of both Maggie […]

Stage I of Pip’s Expectations: Ch. I to IX Chapter I 1. How does Dickens use setting to convey the mood right at the opening? Charles Dickens uses the imagery of a bleak, unforgiving Nature in his exposition of “Great Expectations” to convey the mood of fear in Chapter 1. The weather is described as “raw” and the […]

Explore the significance of representations of the city and/or the countryside in two nineteenth-century novels. During the nineteenth century, many Victorians aspired towards a life in the city where the opportunities were abundant and wealth and success were the dominant prospects, whereas country life was regarded as laborious and limited. ‘In the last twenty years […]

The setting of Colonialism has affected many civilians of Papua New Guiana and Bougainvillea. The conflict between these two tribes had resorted to violence in which many villagers were tortures, killed and raped. This essay will argue about how the setting Colonialism influenced my understanding of the novel Mister Pip written by Lloyd Jones. I […]

Cities are places which enable the realization of the self, or conversely cities separate the self from creativity and Imagination In spaces of alienation and estrangement’ (Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson). Discuss the city as a site of self- enhancement and/or ‘alienation and estrangement’ In the texts on the unit. Our surroundings manipulate the way […]

To me Oliver Twist is a primary example of life for the poor during the middle class. It also shows how life was during the Industrial Revolution and what some people had to do to survive. Oliver Twist is a story about a boy who works at a parish workhouse after his mother dies. While […]

Based on my study of Charles Dickens, I have decided to focus upon three short stories to write about in detail. These are: The Hanged Man’s Bride, written in 1860, The Trial For Murder, written in 1865 and Confession Found in a Prison, written in 1842. To enable me to understand the stories better and […]