A theme

societal pressure

6 fragments in which it recurs.

1 Family Dynamics Pride and Prejudice

Bennet, as the carriage drove up to the door; her husband looked impenetrably grave; her daughters, alarmed, anxious, uneasy. Lydia’s voice was heard in the vestibule; t…
2 Crowded Carriages The War of the Worlds

All the railway lines north of the Thames and the South-Eastern people at Cannon Street had been warned by midnight on Sunday, and trains were being filled. People were …
3 Hope and Despair Frankenstein

I never saw any woman who excited, as Elizabeth does, my warmest admiration and affection. My future hopes and prospects are entirely bound up in the expectation of our …
4 Marriage Rejection Pride and Prejudice

“Very well--and this offer of marriage you have refused?” “I have, sir.” “Very well.
5 Internal Conflict Frankenstein

Interpret my words with candour and answer me, I conjure you, with confidence and sincerity.” I listened to my father in silence and remained for some time incapable of …
6 Familial Conflict Pride and Prejudice

Darcy should hear the first raptures of her joy, than the first vehemence of her disapprobation. Darcy rise also and follow him, and her agitation on seeing it was extre…