In his book, The Portrait of a Lady, Henry James repeatedly uses the technique of foreshadowing to hint at the tragic fate in store for Isabel towards the end of the book. This fate is created by Isabel's unrelenting drive for independence, a key theme of this novel. Using foreshadowing, Jam...

Sometime between 1499 and 1507, somewhere in England, there was born a baby girl. This girl was thought to be so small and insignificant, that no one bothered to record the date, place, or details of her birth. It wasn't until she was twelve that anything at all was recorded about her, actual...

Arnold Kettle's argument that "The Portrait of a Lady, [by Henry James], is a novel is about destiny" is a recurring aspect of the novel. According to the dictionary, destiny means, "the predetermined or inevitable course of events considered beyond power or control of people&qu...

Henry James, the author of The Europeans, portrays Gertrude Wentworth as an innocent woman who yearns to lash out and be rambunctious. When Gertrude is first introduced, most of the characteristics are physical. Gertrude is about twenty-two in age, bareheaded, tall, pale, thin, and awkward. It is ...

Culture Shock: Eloquent European Luxury to Simple New England life Throughout Henry James' The Europeans, the interaction of individuals who possess vast cultural and social differences creates powerful themes of social order, conformity, tolerance, and love. The admiration of a foreign nob...

Lady Elizabeth Tanfield Cary, Viscountess Falkland Author Paper Due: June 10, 2001 Elizabeth (Tanfield) Cary is an important literary figure worthy of study in the 21st century because she was a rebel with a cause for women's rights, especially within marriage; because she became...

Love Predicts Their Future When comparing and contrasting the protagonists of the two short stories, "Eveline" by James Joyce and "The Horse Dealer's Daughter" by D.H. Lawrence, one sees that the two protagonists of these stories are desperate to find true love and genuine....

"[Homosexuality] is an abomination." These few words were spoken more than two thousand years ago by Moses, who was conveying the ordinances of the Lord God. Today they are still the conviction of millions, including myself. Nevertheless, even though we may feel strongly against carnal...