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    was a childish woman it shows just the beginning of the downward spiral that was Catherine Linton’s life. She soon became very attached to Heathcliff. "She was much too fond of Heathcliff. The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him…" (E. Bronte pg67) it was quite clear that Catherine felt very strongly for Heathcliff‚ maybe even too strongly. An adult knows that it’s good for them to have some time of their own but that is not how a child thinks‚ they think

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    ENGL 1005H Love and Hate (Winter 2014) Midterm Exam Date: Feb. 25th‚ 2014 Time: 9:00 AM (Section 09) Sarah Thickett 0551120 By then the scent of roses given off by her body had traveled a long‚ long way. All the way to town‚ where the rebel forces and the federal troops were engaged in a fierce battle. One man stood head and shoulders above the others for his valor; it was the rebel who Gertrudis had seen in the plaza in Piedras Negras the week before. A pink cloud floated toward him

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    and violence where‚ by the end of the turmoil‚ few gain happiness. Highly controversial at the time of its release in the 19th century‚ the destructive love between Heathcliff and Catherine is at the centre of conflict. The complex ideas of revenge‚ cruelty and suffering are woven in‚ the main themes portrayed through anti-hero Heathcliff. In addition‚ the eerie‚ gothic and depressing mood set by Bronte is assisted by the gloomy and foreboding landscape‚ serving as a backdrop to the devastations that

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    characters in Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is a prime example of a character with a “diseased mind” that causes him suffering. He spends the majority of his life contemplating and acting out revenge towards Hindley and the Lintons because he believes it was their fault Catherine thought it would “degrade” her to marry Heathcliff‚ even though she loved him; this is one example of his unstable mind set. In chapter 9 Nelly foreshadows the suffering of Heathcliff by saying “if you [Catherine] are his

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    Authors formulaically uses contrasting places in order to create the opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. In the novel “Wuthering Heights‚” Emily Bronte uses the settings of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange to show this. These two places represent the opposed ideas that influence the characters‚ thoughts and even the plot of the novel. When the author first introduces the Wuthering heights manor‚ it is during the ongoing of a storm. This‚ in it of itself

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    anti-romantic personalities of Heathcliff and Edgar‚ main characters who are brutal and immoral monsters‚ who eventually die in the end. The novel’s generally tedious atmosphere hardly creates a parallel to the typical romance where everything is laid out nice and neat and "near-perfect" to the reader‚ but rather takes place on the barren grasslands of England‚ where dreary weather and something else are present. Emily Brontë’s utilization of the character Heathcliff contradicts the impression

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    –Heathcliff’s dog- attacks him. Heathcliff himself doesn’t get a great introduction to Wuthering Heights‚ firstly Cathy spat in his face and Hindley constantly hit him and insulted him calling him a “vagabond” and a “gypsy” on several occasions. A prime example of violence upon Heathcliff is in chapter four Heathcliff threatens to tell on Hindley for hitting him -“if I speak of these blows‚ you will get them again with interest”-so Hindley hits him again. It almost seems as if Heathcliff wants Hindley to hit

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    the novel with a mysterious and dark atmosphere. 2. Briefly describe the dreams Mr. Lockwood has when he spends the night at Wuthering Heights. How do the dreams work in the plot to create mystery and suspense? After seeing the names “Catherine Heathcliff” and “Catherine Earnshaw” written on the wall and reading a book entitled Seventy Times Seven and the First of the Seventy-First. A Pious Discourse delivered by the Reverend Jabes Branderham in the Chapel Gimmerden Sough‚ Lockwood falls asleep and

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    the three sisters was published disguised • Love of freedom‚ earth‚ air‚ fire‚ water‚ passionate intensity in love • Wuthering Heights: December 1847. • Emily died of TV died on the sofa at 30 years old. • Wish of dying young was created in Heathcliff and Catherine. Structure and Techniques • Two narrators‚ outer and inner frame • Lockwood: Outer frame of the story. Grange and

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    How does Emily Bronte use sympathetic background in Volume One to convey tragedy? Volume One contains a jittery narrative which is a mark of Bronte’s ominous style from which tragic events occur. With this jumping between events‚ there is an obvious foreshadowing of tragedy through a combination of pathetic fallacy‚ emotional symbolism and sympathetic background. Sympathetic background is the literary device where the surroundings mirror‚ mimic or elope with the emotions of the characters in it

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