Collins is hilarious

No one can honestly take Collins seriously. This man clearly has no sense of appropriate language and sticks to what he knows without fail. He is constanly apologizing for events that have nothing to with him and likewise intervening where he is neither wanted nor needed. Additionally, he has an inability to comprehend what others are saying (especially Lizzy) and his whole demeanor, being a plump short man just adds to his hilarity. How one can detest this comical man, is beyond me. For he is an exaggeration of epic porportions that deserves a title as one of the most eccentric characters in the literature of the 1800's.

To Speculate or Not to Speculate...

Firstly let me start of by saying that speculation is a fundemantal act of all forms of research. For one will not always have the facts, and at times will be forced to make assumptions or "educated guesses". Moreover, a lack of evidence should not deter one from speculation, for all research would become stagnant if one were to only act from fact. But with this comes the caveat of being fully aware of what is speuclation and what is truly fact. Like many literary geniuses we do not have a record of their exact thoughts and beliefs and I think part of this is purposeful. For by the reader being oblivious to the author;s true intent, the literature beccomes open to different interpretations, thus the true magnificence of art. Therefore, I do not belive harding truly believes everything he himself says, but i believe the sheer ability to interpret and speculate on Austen's feelings and incentives is the main reason for his radical interpretaion.
However, I did find some truth in his statments. I do not believe Austen's single and most prominet intent was that of satire. For the caricatures are far too extreme for one to directly associate them with society itself. Both harding and I agree on this. However, I do not believe Austen was fearful or hateful of the society she lived in. Instead I believe she was greatly amused by her society and through her novel praised the eccentricities of the people of society and their needless customs and practices. The book was intend to amuse by showing the extremeties of a society. But it's all speculation.

Essay Review

After reading your comments on my essay, I have finally come to terms with the fact that fancy language and sentence strucutre does not impress. Especially when one interferes with the meaning and conveyance of one's message. This has been a problem of mine: the inability to simply and directly, without ambiguity, declare my stance on an issue. With this said, I also believe this essay was a step in the right direction for me. For I believe it was an original idea that was sufficiently examined and explained within the context of what I had read up to that point. Going on, I will endeavor to make my complex sentiments clear and succinct in order to attain maximum efficiency and meaning in my writing.

Most Important thing Ever for an ESSAY

Every single succesful essay that has ever been presented to human-kind contains an amazing conclusion. A good conclusion leaves the reader with an amazing taste that truly captures the main point of the entire essay and more importantly connects the the point of the essay to a bigger picture. I believe Essay Alfi fulfilled the art of a conclusion. For it is terse, clear and directly relates to the topic

I for Imelda, a valiant attempt

I stumbled upon this essay while I was perusing through the H through L essays. This essay caught my attention for a number of reasons. Firstly, the topic of the essay concerns the idea that elizabeth alone is the sole benificiary of Austen's character introductions, in that she is the one through which Austen tells the truth about society. And that Austen uses Elizabeth as a means of conveying what she believes to be the purpose of marriage. It is clear from the introduction that reader will be attempting to prove this purpose. But once again, as with the previous essay, I soon became disencanted by the large sections of quotes and somewhat choppy sentence structure. The transistions were neither present nor needed for their were scarcely more than a two sentences tied to together and along with this it was clear that the writer lacked the ability to create a flowing rhythm of points and explanations, and instead simply analyzes large sections of quotes, which albeit pertain to the topic. However, all this still did not deter me from favoring this essay. For I believe at its essence it is an original thought and one that would require much analysis and proof to justify. And because of this far-reaching opinion on Eliza's purpose in the novel I was drawn to it The title was not too bad either. But unfortunately, it seems as if the author may have attempted to prove to difficult of a position.

C. Mrs. Bennet: Austen's Punching Bag

I read three different essays, and this was my favorite:

1. This essay has a clear and succinct focus. It is neither too broad nor too narrow.  It is also an interesting topic and one worthy of discussion.

2. The transtitions throughout the essay are there, but I believe the quote length may be an issue, for it does take up alot of space, considering the essay in itself is not really that long

3. The same idea is maintained through the entire essay. It does not drift off topic but truly attempts to analyze Austen's perception of Mrs. Bennet with greater depth.

4. The topic sentences are purposeful and one can read the topic sentence and know what the rest of the paragraph will be about

5. In terms of actual grammar, I see no egregious errors, every sentence seems to flow well

6. Once again, the main issue I do have with this well written essay is the quote use. The quotes in themselves are usually about as long as the author's analysis in this essay. Additionally, I believe this essay could have been enhanced if it had been a little bit longer and expanded on some of the final ideas, like Mrs. Bennet's relations with Lady Catherine and Miss Bingley.

But otherwise, a well thoughtout essay with an attracting title and topic.