... Emma's perceptions and when we are to see through them. Nor do we know how harshly Austen expects us to judge Emma's behavior. Though it creates problems of interpretation for the reader, this narrative strategy makes Emma a richly multidimensional character. Emma does not have one specific foil, but the implicit distinctions made between her and the other women in the novel offer ... the most active role that women are permitted to play in Emma's world. Self-Interest as a Cause of Blindness - The novel offers sharply critical illustrations of the ways in which personal biases or desire...

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... by refusing to tell his tale in chronological order. By fracturing the sequence of the stories he tells and interjecting them with chains of associated ideas, memories, and anecdotes, Tristram allows thematic significance to emerge out of surprising juxtapositions between seemingly unrelated events. Tristram dotes on these aforementioned elements; ... to go on leisurely, writing and publishing two volumes of my life every year- (Sterne 35). Sterne cleverly separates himself from Tristram, in the narrative, by occasionally questioning Tristram's actions and opinions; thus, the title of t...

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... and Stephen's first sexual experience with the Dublin prostitute closely resemble actual events in Joyce's life. In addition to drawing heavily on Joyce's personal life, the novel also makes a number of references to the politics and religion of early-twentieth-century Ireland: the majority of Irish, including ... prostitute, unleashes a storm of guilt and shame in Stephen, as he tries to reconcile his physical desires with the stern Catholic morality of his surroundings. For a while, he ignores his religious upbringing, throwing himself with debautched abandon into a variety of sins - ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate