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Gerald took her to the County Hotel, They talked and met up again two nights later. He discovered she had no money so he let her stay at his friend’s empty apartment and gave her money to keep her going. ” I made her go to Morgan Terrace because I was sorry for her and…

“Hard Times” is a book written by Charles Dickens and is set in the fictional city of Coketown. In the book Dickens puts across his views about Victorian society through his characterisation of the individuals in the story. The two episodes I will discuss in this essay are, chapter one and chapter six when Gradgrind…

In this essay, I’ll be writing about how “The Man Who Invented Tomorrow” uses language in his novel “The Time Machine” to teach us about his incredible vision of the future. My understanding of Science Fiction is that it can be based on anyone, humans, animals etc…it can also be set anywhere, examples are schools,…

Dickens uses setting in a variety of ways in Great Expectations. He uses it as a way to mirror the feelings of a character and to expand on the characterisation towards Pip. This allows him to create an environment that the reader can empathise with. In Chapter One, we connect with Pip in a graveyard….

In this essay I will be exploring the many different ways in which Charles Dickens creates sympathy for his character of Pip; the setting of the story, the interaction with other characters, the language used, the mood created and the effect given. I will also be reflecting on Dickens’ life and drawing comparisons with that…

In the following essay, I will be examining the way in which George Eliot has portrayed the theme of money in Silas Marner and its consequent effect on the characters, the relationship between them, and the plot. George Eliot herself described Silas Marner as a story of old fashioned village life and as such, it…

Silas Marner was written by George Eliot in 1861, it is a novel about a man that used to live in the town of Ravaloe. He is a weaver that moved out of the village when he was wrongly accused of witchcraft and theft. The villagers thought that he had special powers, but in fact…

In the story Silas Marner written by George Elliot in 1861 looks at the themes of justice and parenting. She shows us how Silas Marner starts off a prominent member of the community in Lantern Yard. Then he gets accused of stealing from the dying man. It was actually his best friend that stole the…

I see a morality tale as a story or fable that is designed and constructed purely in order to put across a strong moral message, which is cleverly woven into a story which would appeal to readers. This story may be a representation of real life like Silas Marner, or instead, just metaphors for life…

George Eliot wrote that her story of Silas Marner “sets in a strong light the remedial influences of pure, natural human relations”. Show how Silas’ character changes and develops in the course of the book. Silas Marner was a weaver who through certain events during his life, became alienated and dehumanised from the rest of…