3 Page 3 Page 1 of 8 SECTION I THE SINGLE TEXT (60 marks) Candidates must answer one question from this section (A – E). A WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Emily Brontë (i) “Catherine Earnshaw is a character readers can both like and dislike.” Discuss this statement‚ supporting your answer with suitable reference to Wuthering Heights. OR (ii) “Brontë makes effective use of two contrasting worlds‚ Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.” Write a response to this statement‚ supporting your answer with
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Journey of Death and Immortality The theme of death and immortality has been approached in many different ways by poets. Emily Dickinson is one of the numerous poets who use death and immortality as the theme of several of her poems. David Baker writes‚ “Emily Dickinson is gloriously at home with death‚ her weirdly familiar afterlife‚ and the language of that other world” (Baker 2005). In her poem "Because I could not stop for Death‚" she portrays death as a kind gentleman who comes to
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In the lyrical poem‚ “Because I could not stop for death” written by Emily Dickinson‚ the speaker is communicating from beyond the grave‚ unfolding her trip with Death‚ personified‚ from life to afterlife. The poem speaks on weighty subjects such as death‚ time and eternity. Emily Dickson is known to have a talent in writing and exploring poems on death. In the poem “Because I could not stop for death”‚ Emily Dickson had death take the form of man. From my childhood I saw death as a reaper with black
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“Because I could not stop for death is one of the many poems written by Emily Dickinson in the Realism Era. (1855-1870) The realism era brought ideas of facing the harsh realities of life and the common people contributing ideas to society. Emily Dickinson was on particular writer who‚ in this poem‚ reflects the ideas and concepts of death. In the poem‚ she writes about taking a carriage ride with death. this is presumably meant to symbolize someone who is dead‚ “traveling” with death. In the writing
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flower. Because I could not stop for death- by Emily Dickinson is a narrative poem about a woman’s life passing by as she dies on Death’s carriage. During the narrator’s journey‚ she experiences her life passing through her eyes‚ but in the end she realizes that while life does oppose death‚ it is only in death that one may experience an eternal existence since nothing exists after death. Influenced by the many negative and eminent experiences‚ Emily Dickinson’s writing sheds light upon the inner
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circles” (“Famous”). Bronte was one of the most well known writers of Victorian Age. From novels to poetry‚ Bronte did it all. However before Bronte could reach this success‚ she had to endure a tough childhood and adult life. Charlotte Bronte’s writing was a form of expression for the tragic events she experienced in her life as shown in one of her poems “On the Death of Anne Bronte.” Bronte was born in 1816 in Hartshead‚ England (“Famous”). Her parents were Reverend Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell
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Emily Dickinson is famous for writing poems about death. It seems ironic that she became famous after her death. It is important to understand why death was a central topic‚ this is what inspired her poetry. During the romantic period‚ there was a lack of advanced medicine. Whatever the case‚ she saw death as being inevitable in life. To fully understand how Emily treated death‚ two of her poems distinguish these aspects. In her poems‚ she treats death as being a person‚ kind gentleman‚ and also
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this theme. Death is never a good thing to go through but everybody go through it. Emily Dickinson‚ author of Because I Could Not Stop for Death and Christina Rossetti‚ author of After Death are two poets who wrote about death. Because I Could Not Stop for Death was very reflective and calm as After death is criticizing men and possibility of living after you die. Because I Could Not Stop for Death‚ by Emily Dickinson‚ is a poem about a woman going through death. The name of this poem would
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“It Was not Death‚ for I Stop Up’’ “It was not death‚ for I stop up’’ is a poem by Emily Dickinson‚ where she describes what it is like to suffer from depression. Through the use of literary devices such as similes‚ metaphors‚ juxtapositions‚ imagery‚ alliteration‚ etc. she tries to express and portray the chaotic circumstances of her emotions. In the first stanza‚ she describes her state of mind. She is alive‚ and she acknowledges it‚ even though she feels as if she was dead. She also describes
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and death are two parts of the human existence that no one can avoid forever.In a sense‚ life and death are of the same importance. Like a story‚ the intro to your life is just as important as the ending.In the poem Nobody know this little Rose by Emily Dickinson ‚compares the differences between life and death.In the lines “Nobody knows this little Rose/It might a pilgrim be/ Did I not take it from the ways/ And lift it up to thee./Only a Bee will miss it/Only a Butterfly‚”(Dickinson lines 1-6) talks
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