Category Archives: Pamela Regis

Discussion Questions for The Sheik CHs 1-4

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. In the early chapters of The Sheik, Diana Mayo is repeatedly characterized for her boyish characteristics and her asexuality: “She was only of medium height and very slender, standing erect with the easy, vigorous carriage of an athletic boy” (9). … Continue reading →

Posted in E. M. Hull, Female Chastity, Gender, Pamela Regis, Rape, sex, The New Woman, The Sheik | 5 Comments

Discussion Questions for Rebecca CHs 1 – 6

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. Many critics claim that Jane Eyre created a new genre: the feminist fairytale (86), a genre that combines the Cinderella myth with a feminist tract, but romance novel scholar Pamela Regis argues that this is just a “backhanded naming of the romance … Continue reading →

Posted in Betrothal, Charlotte Bronte, Daphne Du Maurier, Fairy Tale, Feminism, Jane Eyre, Pamela Regis, Rebecca | 3 Comments

Discussion Questions for Pride and Prejudice, CHs 1 – 14

Posted on September 3, 2011 by Dr. Jessica Matthews

1. “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This opening line of Pride and Prejudice is one of the most famous first lines in … Continue reading →

Posted in Character Analysis, Figure of Speech, Pamela Regis, Pride and Prejudice | 1 Comment