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    conventions and formed their own opinions. This movement toward the liberation of literary representations of women is portrayed in such well-known and widely regarded literary works as Jane Austen ’s Sense and Sensibility‚ Charles Dickens ’s Hard Times and Henrik Ibsen ’s A Doll ’s House. Sense and Sensibility was published anonymously in 1811 by Jane Austen herself‚ at a time when women were not only regarded as intellectual inferiors of men‚ but were expected to remain such. They were thought to be

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    they have wrote many plays and novels between them. Shakespeare has written tragedies‚ romantic‚ comedies and history plays‚ in total about 38 plays (not including the sonnets). Austin has produced many novels‚ her most famous being Emma‚ Sense and sensibility. Shakespeare had mainly the idea the Petrarchen view on love. This is romantic poetry featuring lines like ‘my tears will fill oceans’. Whereas the Austin has a feminist view on love‚ this is mainly because she is a woman. Her feminist view

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    experiences‚ personality and dreams – as the sevenths child out of eight‚ the bond with her siblings were often incorporated into her writing. In Pride and Prejudice (1813) you observe the bond of the two elder sisters Jane and Elizabeth and in Sense and Sensibility (1811) you observe the bond of all three sisters especially the eldest Elinor and Marianne. Jane Austen was raised among books and began reading and writing at an early age. She had a close relationship with almost all of her siblings but

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    fearless‚ just as Nancy was fearless! If you are as passionate about reading as I am‚ then you know the excitement it brings when you curl up on the sofa with a good book‚ especially written by Jane Austen! Can you imagine reading “Sense and Sensibility” or “Pride and Prejudice‚” bringing characters to life reminiscent of Lizzie‚ Jane‚ and Mr. Darcy? What fun it would be for you and I to start our own “book club” and share the same hobby together! Not only would we get the chance to hear

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    almost completely different. The play Hamlet being a tragedy‚ and Sense and Sensibility is a Victorian novel. While the play Hamlet expresses revenge‚ and political instability‚ Sense and Sensibility is centered around social life and acting how people would expect you to react to situations. Hamlet was written by a male‚ (Shakespeare) and sense and sensibility was written by a female (Jane Austen). While in Sense and Sensibility the main characters are trying to follow the social norms as you would

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    Empress Wu Zetian is thought to be a great politician in chinese feudal time. She has many other names such as: the empress of Emperor Gaozong‚ the mother of Emperor Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong‚ and a nun in the temple. But probably her most beautiful title was that she the only female emperor in Chinese history to rule the country for half a century. Empress Wu was born in 624. When she was a little girl she read a lot of books and had gotten a good education. At the age of 14 she was selected

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    Hope is a desire for something to happen. Fear is an emotion caused by the belief that pain will occur. Hope and fear are two important factors that shape the outcome of characters in novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie. Most people hope and fear for something. In the novel the hopes and fears of Mary‚ Junior‚ and Rowdy collide and only one emotion prevailed. Mary Spirit is the older sister of Junior. She was an intelligent student who had a passion for writing

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    The novels The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen are novels written by female authors in different time periods each containing the universal theme of feminism. Feminism is the belief that men and women should be treated equally and allowed the same rights and opportunities. Atwood uses the theme of feminism to a lesser extent whereas Austen does the opposite in conveying the female characters as independent human beings. In her novel The Blind Assassin‚ Margaret

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    Ruffian and Eight Belles were two Racing Thoroughbred horses. Ruffian being born in the year 1972 and Eight Belles being born in the year 2005. These horses are very different when it comes to awards and honors‚ injury‚ trainers and where they are buried. Also having similar attributes‚ for example‚ the age they died‚ jockey colors‚ and the two horses were both euthanized. What makes Ruffian and Eight Belles similar is that they are the same breed of horse‚ which is that they are thoroughbreds and

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