example‚ Emma Woodhouse‚ Fanny Price‚ Catherine Morland‚ Anne Elliot‚ and Elizabeth Bennett of Pride and Prejudice. Her combination of irony‚ humour‚ and sophisticated observations of the social and cultural machinations between the classes‚ epitomise the often absurd problems of inheritance‚ courtship‚ morals‚ and marriage in Regency England. The theme of class in particular‚ is represented in most of Austen’s novels‚ through these said characters. Lady Catherine de Bourgh ‚ one of the most memorable
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Female Characters in Wuthering Heights In Wuthering Heights‚ Catherine can be placed in the genealogy of Gothic heroines‚ and the fact that the novel has been seen as an example of the Female Gothic is further evidence that the Gothic has a far-reaching influence on Wuthering Heights. It is also noticeable that Isabella and Cathy Linton resemble Gothic heroines. I do not intend to discuss these female characters as persecuted heroines. Rather‚ what I would like to see in this paper is how Emily Brontë
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a time line of history. Going back to our ancient history‚ the word was found primarily in literature. The word hero or heroine trails back many years ago‚ derived from the ancient Greeks. The Webster dictionary defines Ahero@ as a Amythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability@. Where and how do we see the word hero or heroine used today? I=ve heard the word used since elementary school on the playground. Kids would praise each other as Atheir
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the novel. This theme plays into a recurring literary theme of the war between passion and responsibility‚ seen specifically within Brontë’s character Heathcliff. In this case‚ Heathcliff’s passion is his overwhelming desire for revenge on the Earnshaw and Linton families in order to gain what he believes is rightfully his. With his mind solely focused on seeking vengeance on those who have hurt him‚ Heathcliff is unable to maintain the responsibilities of an adult‚ a father‚ or even a human being
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Explore and analyse the comments on physical appearance‚ what significance does physiognomy have in Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre? At a time when rapid industrialization and urbanization threatened to obscure individuality and blur the boundaries between the public and private spheres‚ Victorian society became increasingly concerned with appearances as a way of distinguishing one person from another. Physiognomy is the art of determining character or personal characteristics from the form or features
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IIUC STUDIES ISSN 1813-7733 Vol. – 3‚ December 2006 (p 19-30) The Woman Question in the novels by the Bronte Sisters Rehnuma Bint Anis∗ Abstract: The Victorian period lasted more than half a century. During this time England changed radically in almost all respects. One of these was the rising consciousness of women about their rights and potentials. Soon‚ the social awareness was transmitted to literature. In retrospect we find that many women writers emerged at this critical juncture in history
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Bronte’s use of violence forces the reader to understand the strength of feeling in her characters’. Using Wuthering Heights page 118 as your starting point‚ from ‘She rung the bell till it broke with a twang:’ to the end of the chapter‚ explore the use and portrayal of violence. Violence is an essential theme in this novel and is vital to the character’s personalities‚ that they use it to express their feelings. From reading this section it is evident that Bronte particularly focuses on punctuation
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Feminism in Jane Austen "I often wonder how you can find time for what you do‚ in addition to the care of the house; and how good Mrs. West could have written such books and collected so many hard works‚ with all her family cares‚ is still more a matter of astonishment! Composition seems to me impossible with a head full of joints of mutton and doses of rhubarb." -- Jane Austen‚ letter of September 8 1816 to Cassandra "I will only add in justice to men‚ that though to the larger and more trifling
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postmodern appropriation‚ The Company Of Wolves‚ supplants traditional archetypes in order to promote a challenge of gender roles and newfound perception of sexuality as natural and positive. Catherine Orenstein seconds this evolving appropriation in “Storytellers from the women’s perspective and beyond reclaimed the heroine… Recasting the women as brace and resourceful.” Carter begins to undermine the general perception of men as sexual predators during the opening anecdotes‚ evident in the
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