In both, Wharton's novel "The Age of Innocence" and Sinclair's "The Jungle," society has a direct effect on the characters. I am going to discuss the effects society has on a soci...

In the book, The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton, the characters are extremely interesting in how they choose to present themselves. There is one social group in which they are all rich upper class Americans, with an aura of snobbishness surrounding them. Then there is one woman who ran with ...

The Playwright's Company: Saving the Art on Broadway The period in history from the Depression up until the beginnings of World War II were financially bleak for Broadway Theatre. The number of productions being produced were also down. Producers were going bankrupt left and rig...

Prominent Women in American Psychology "The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shown by man's attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can woman (Darwin)." Darwin's professional assumption of the intelligence of wome...