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    Anorexia Athletica. Self-Harm: ‘the deliberate non-suicidal injuring of one’s body.’ E.g. cutting‚ burning/scalding/branding‚ overdoses taken with the intent to simply harm rather than kill‚ bone breaking‚ punching/kicking walls or other objects‚ interfering with wound healing‚ scratching‚ biting‚ embedding objects in the skin‚ self-hitting‚ head banging‚ excessive nail biting‚ skin picking‚ and hair pulling which causes injury/bleeding. Both Eating Disorders and Self harm are done out of pity

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    Wuthering Heights Relation to Emily Bronte’s life Characterization: 1. Hindley- Bronte used the character of Hindley to represent her brother. Emily Bronte’s brother drank himself to death just as Hindley did.         2. Edgar- When Catherine died‚ Edgar became exceedingly private and quiet. Edgar represents Emily Bronte’s own father. When Bronte’s mother died‚ her father followed the same pattern that Edgar did by secluding himself and becoming very quiet.     3. Catherine- Emily Bronte

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    We are able to see in the first chapter that‚ Wuthering Heights‚ is a dark and isolated place. This is the area in which the character of Heathcliffe lives along with other members of his household. He is shown to live in a dark dwelling and it is described as being ‘the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed to stormy weather’. Due to the name ‘Wuthering’ also meaning stormy we are able to get a clear view that the area is gloomy and murky representing and almost gothic feel. It could

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    HSER 281 Self-harm Research Proposal Directed Studies: Methods Jaime Gresley-Jones Student# 111835 Faculty: Deb Wandler

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    have one. That is usually the same with those who suffer from self-harm. There are times those who do deal with self-harm do allow people to see that they struggle with it. "Self-harm can be a way of coping with problems" (HelpGuide.org pg1) Self-harm is a way that teens distract themselves from the outside world. Those who do self-harm might feel better after they hurt themselves‚ but they get an urge to hurt themselves again. Self-harm can make someone feel like they have no choice but to hurt

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    Heathcliff‚ the main character in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte‚ has no heart. He is evil to the core - so savage that his lone purpose is to ruin others. Yet at the very moment at which the reader would be expected to feel the most antipathy towards the brute -after he has destroyed his wife‚ after he has degraded the life of a potentially great man‚ and after he has watched the death of his son occur with no care nor concern‚ the reader finds himself feeling strangely sympathetic towards this

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    includes self-injury. Unable to seek help‚ victims might use self-harm to normalize their extreme emotions toward domestic violence. Children who witness domestic violence believe self-harm is helpful to put domestic violence to a halt. Self-harm can prevent the abusive parent from hurting his/her intimate partner. However‚ this method does not put an end to the domestic violence‚ but only affects the witness mentally. Another reason for children who are experiencing domestic violence to self-harm is to

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    Catherine and Heathcliff in wuthering heights in chapter seven of the novel have a rough start during the return of Catherine. During this return‚ many emotions come in play to both‚ Heathcliff and Catherine. Anger‚ disappointment‚ and confusion came to the scene as part of the negative phases in this passage. On the other hand‚ happiness‚ eagerness‚ and content are part of the positive phase. Now this situation was a misunderstanding between two minds‚ in which one has a negative state of denial

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    invention to control nature’s chaos" (Paglia‚ 1990:1). Members of this group rationalize the world by classifying things‚ using manners‚ and analyzing behaviors. Clarity‚ restraint‚ and harmony characterize the Apollonian. In Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights the circular plot shows the difficulties and the extremes of Apollonian and daemonic personalities interacting can cause and the changes that need to occur to resolve the conflict. Heathcliff and Edgar inhabit opposing ends of the spectrum and

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    escape his nature. Love‚ however‚ seems to be at the centre of his rage. From the beginning of the novel (and most likely from the beginning of Heathcliff’s life) he has suffered pain and rejection. When Mr. Earnshaw brings him to Wuthering Heights‚ he is viewed as a thing rather than a child. Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out the doors‚ while Nelly put it on the landing of the stairs hoping that it would be gone the next day. Hindley had a deep sibling rivalry for the child. Without

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