Social Sensitivity
Crane’s novels reflect his basic beliefs about humanity. The chronic misery of the poor aroused his sympathy, as did the plight of common soldiers in […]
Month: January 2009
Ideas and Topics for Papers
VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Crane said that he learned from the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that certain colors affect human feelings. What […]
Related Titles and Adaptations
Crane’s novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets depicts the embattled lives of people surviving in the New York inner city and the brutalizing effects […]
About the Author
Daphne du Maurier was born May 13, 1907, in London, England. Her grandfather, George du Maurier, wrote the popular novel Trilby (1894). Her parents, Gerald […]
Themes and Characters
In Rebecca, du Maurier explores the relationship between past and present. For Maxim and his second wife, the past and the present are inextricably linked. […]
Literary Qualities
Du Maurier excels at first-person narration. Rebecca is written from the point of view of Maxim’s second wife, whose name is never revealed. This deliberate […]
Social Sensitivity
Rebecca gradually presents the facts and the conflicts that are central to the plot. By basing the story in the Gothic tradition, the novel is […]
Ideas and Topics for Papers
VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Mrs. Van Hopper has briefed the young narrator on the history of Manderley and its owner, Maxim de Winter. With […]