Life Essays

Great Expectations was a best seller in its time and is one of the novels that Charles Dickens is most famous for. It is said that Great Expectations reflected on parts of his childhood but was denied as being autobiographical. At the age of twelve, Dickens had to leave his …

O’ Casey’s play was set in 1920 in the working class tenements of Dublin, during the Irish civil period, and shows just how important the role of the woman is in a family. Men were considered more superior than women. The men had to support their families as they were …

In the poem “I Am Not That Woman” the writer Kishwar Naheed expresses her opinion and knowledge on how woman in her culture are treated. Throughout the motion of this poem the writer seems to be trying to send a message to all men – in particular men from her …

n the poems Sonnet 130, Havisham, Kid and On my first Sonne, the key rheme of love is explored. Traditionally, love in poems is romantic but other interpretations of love theme are also explored, such as parent and child, idolised love, friendship and sibling love. In these poems, other emotions …

The theme of the story may have been influenced by Dickens’s own involvement in the Staple Hurst rail crash on the 9th of June 1865. While passing over a viaduct in Kent, the train on which he was traveling jumped a gap in the line, causing the central and rear …

GEM was established at the end of 1997 as a joint initiative by scholars in entrepreneurship from Babson College (U.S.) and the London Business School (UK). The project was designed to provide a framework for conducting long-range studies, multinational in scope, which would involve scholars in entrepreneurship from leading research …

Ritzer defines McDonaldisation as “the process, which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world.” (G. Ritzer, 2002. Pg 7). McDonaldisation is a development of Fordism, Taylorism and Weber. Fordism produced production …

My aim is to compare and contrast the methods London Fancy Box uses to increase productivity. I will first focus on the main ways that are more obvious and the advantages and disadvantages of them. Then I will go into more detail and look at the smaller things. Finally, I …

In this essay I am going to study chapters 1 – 3 and discuss how the author’s choice of setting helps us to understand what is happening in the novel, understand and appreciate the characters, learn more about 19th century life, understand the writers purpose and to appreciate the writers …

Having perused Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, I intend to analyse various extracts form the novel. I strive to discuss the attributes of three significant characters, describe how and why their behaviour differs form one another, and examine their overall effect on Pip, the protagonist. The individuals I shall be scrutinising …