North and South Essays & Research Papers

Comparative Analysis of Women in North and South and A Dolls House

3 Pages 1360 Words

Both North and South (1854-55) and A Dolls House (1879) present women as systemically restricted by an 1800’s patriarchal society, which elicits a response of sympathetic relatability within a typical female Victorian reader. Both of these novels are defined by the controversy of binary conflicts, which, if left unresolved, tear apart Gaskell’s Nora and Torvald, but consequently draw Ibsen’s Margaret...

A Doll’s HouseNorth and South

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Chartism Versus North and South: Comparative Analysis

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In Chartism from Carlyle, it deals with the conditions of the working class in England at that time. He also questions the “laissez-faire” policy that Adam Smith advocates in England. According to him, there is a social, political division between the upper class and the working class. These two classes have different interests and the struggle is the expression of...

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Discursive and Literary Analysis of North and South by Gaskell

3 Pages 1458 Words

Tess encounters Angel Clare who forms a relationship with Tess after agreeing to tutor her and who becomes a significant impact on her life. Hardy presents Tess as a powerful force as he creates a border between happiness and depression in her life. Mark Asquith critiques “Angel abandons her, masking his prurient disgust at her sexual history with spurious Christian...

Literary AnalysisNorth and South

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Industrial Transformation in Gaskell's North and South

2 Pages 856 Words

Introduction The industrial revolution in England significantly altered societal structures, economic practices, and human interactions, marking a pivotal period of transformation. Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South provides an incisive analysis of these changes through its portrayal of the industrial town of Milton, a fictional representation of cities like Manchester. This essay examines the industrial landscape depicted in Gaskell's work,...

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Causes of the Civil War Essay

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What Cause the Civil War? The American Civil War was a result of differences between the north and south to maintain their way of life, as most historians have argued. I plan to show how abolishing slavery, and economic differences between the regions played equal roles in the cause of the American Civil War. Introduction The American Civil War was...

Civil WarNorth and South

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Narrative Voice in 'Frankenstein' and 'North and South'

4 Pages 2021 Words

The extract from ‘Frankenstein’ demonstrates how Shelley utilises first person narrative to express the inner thoughts and workings of Victor Frankenstein’s brain and conscious. Whereas in ‘North and South’, Gaskell employs the use of third person narrative to contrast Margaret’s sophisticated way of life with the working-class characters in the novel. Narrative voice and perspective are important in every novel...

FrankensteinNorth and South

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The Distinctive Features of Victorian Literature

3 Pages 1357 Words

Literature in the Victorian era is a response to the economic, political and social changes that have accrued in that period. Each of literature is only a difference in how faithful the record is, and in what point of view is the reaction and what values are advocated. The diversity of Victorian literature–exception of play area—indicates that Victorians enthusiastically reacted...

North and SouthVictorian Era

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Conquering Victorian Doctrine in Hardy and Gaskell's Heroines

2 Pages 1086 Words

The authors, Thomas Hardy in ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’ (TOTD) and Elizabeth Gaskell in ‘North and South’ (NAS) convey their female protagonists as independent women who brim with confidence and reject the expectations of Victorian womanhood. Interestingly, in TOTD, Hardy does not convey Tess as a saintly paragon nor in NAS does Gaskell include experiences of serendipity in Margaret’s life...

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The Civil War: Conflict Between The North And The South

3 Pages 1289 Words

The Civil War was a devastating conflict between the North and the South. The Union was a tight alliance of states, while the Confederacy was the group of Southern states that broke away from the Union and declared independence, thus rebelling and causing war with the Union. “The Confederate War” encapsulates this conflict by representing both sides, and the Confederacy...

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