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studentc
10-03-2005, 03:33 PM
Im currently studying for my A levels and am doing my english literature coursework which is a comparison between two pieces of literature. I have read Vanity fair and am now stuck as to which other book/play to compare it with. i would like to be able to have strong connections with charcters and/or themes. I have read persuasion by Jane Austen but found the characters too wet and uninteresting. Pls could someone help me , all suggestions would be much appreciated x
studentc
10-03-2005, 04:10 PM
Come on please, ive got to have written my essay in a fortnights time im sure someone has some ideas
Darlin
10-03-2005, 04:19 PM
A Protrait of a Lady by Henry James perhaps?
studentc
10-03-2005, 04:23 PM
:) thanks, ill look into that. How would that connect with vanity fair?
mickeymack
10-03-2005, 04:41 PM
What about JANE EYRE or WUTHERING HEIGHTS? Both were published around the same time as VF. While I adore THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY,as it is of a later period (1881), I don't think it would make a suitable study for comparison with VF.Trollope's oeuvre would possibly be more suitable, what about one of the Barsetshire novels? Possibly not THE WARDEN, maybe BARCHESTER TOWERS? Of course the most obvious comparative author is Dickens. I would suggest DAVID COPPERFIELD or DOMBEY AND SON, both of which were near-contemporaneous with VF and would seem to lend themselves to studies of similarities and dissimilarities quite naturally. I hope this helps you in some small way! Good luck!
Darlin
10-03-2005, 04:53 PM
I agree with Mickeymack since it's been a long time since I read a Portrait. Jane Eyre would work. Both Becky and Jane are lowly, not overly beautiful governesses, moving up by marrying into the family they work for and their insights into the people around them I think are similar. They're similar and yet quite opposites.
studentc
10-03-2005, 05:00 PM
thankyou so much !! lol its typical of me to be the only one in my class to make it hard for myself but hopefully your suggestions will help me with my coursework!!
yellowfeverlime
10-03-2005, 09:51 PM
Isn't there a sequel to that or something. Wait, i'll google it!!!!!!!!!!!!
samercury
10-03-2005, 10:06 PM
I think that Jane Eyre would be a good one too.