Wednesday, September 15, 2010

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.

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