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A 12 page paper which examines how the text begins as a realist novel but ultimately ends like a fairytale. No additional sources are used.
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and is usually written in a first-person narrative, which serves as the protagonists voice speaking directly to the readers. For British authors beginning with Jane Austen, the realist novel
proved to be a particularly popular form of creative expression. In most realist novels as in life, the protagonists goal is to achieve lasting love and happiness. However,
during Englands Victorian Age, these were the exclusive properties of only a precious few, who had been born into aristocratic families of lofty status. In this time period, class
was everything and those rigid socioeconomic barriers impose limits on individual choices and are often insurmountable obstacles in the human quest for contentment. While the titled lords and ladies
entertained on their lavish estates, the lower classes were mired in squalor and unspeakable poverty. Learning institutions were also influenced by class constraints and living conditions in the so-called
charity schools for orphans can only be described as appalling. In addition to social aspects, there were religious and psychological elements frequently featured in realist novels as well.
With increasing frequency during the nineteenth century, the Christian religion was used as a justification for prejudice and hypocrisy; in other words, it wasnt always practicing what it preached.
There was also a stigma attached to mental illness that touched not only the sufferers but also their families. Society at the time, despite its outward appearance of sophistication,
was ill-prepared to deal with psychological maladies like madness or insanity so the ailment as well as its victims were hidden away from public view in a classic case of
denial. The realist novels of Charles Dickens showed this seamier side of British life, and in 1847, Charlotte Bront? memorably depicted it in Jane Eyre, which is presented as
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