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    References: Bibliography: 1. Brontë‚ E. (1992) Wordsworth Classics: Wuthering Heights. Hertfordshire:Wordsworth editions Limited. 2. de Beauvoir‚ S. (1949) Introduction to the Second Sex Online sources: 1. Rehnuma Bint Anis (2006) The Woman Question in the novels by the Bronte Sisters; available from: http://www.banglajol.info/index

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    Throughout the novels Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte countless comparisons of eternal love can be made. Characters within Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre overcame the constraints society had upon them‚ what appeared to be their destinies and characters were able to overcome themselves. These obstacles were lengthy struggles that characters within each novel were faced with and went through immense pain all for love. The love that characters felt for each other

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    Question: How‚ and to what effects‚ does Bronte use different settings in Wuthering Heights? In the book Wuthering Heights‚ the author‚ Bronte‚ has created three different main settings. They are Wuthering Heights‚ Thrushcross Grange and the moors. The whole story mainly took place in these three places. In Wuthering Heights‚ the atmosphere is always dark and gloomy. Also‚ it is quite uncivilised. On the other hand‚ Thrushcross Grange is bright and welcoming‚ and is full of peace and calmness

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    Vocab Figurative Language

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    14. Vocab: Afghan= A woolen blanket or shawl. Typically knitted or crocheted into strips or squares. Pg.157 13. Vocab: Triggering=To cause an event or situation to happen or to be stressful. Pg.113 7. Figurative language- The language or text that the author decided to use in this book is very significant to this book because it is showing two sides to Lia-The inside and outside. The text gives us a better understanding of what this book means. “ my stepsister Emma’’ ‘’When I was a real girl’’

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    long..." Mirrors can not look at other objects because looking is a characteristic of a living object. Mirrors can only reflect what can be viewed in the background of an area. In this instance‚ the reader learned (though interpretation of the figurative language) that the mirror reflects its ’feelings’ for the objects that it can and can not ’see.’ Without this personification‚ we would not understand the mirror’s true feelings‚ and the one would not be able to truly interpret the theme of appearance

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    Complete Summary and Analysis of Wuthering Heights by Bronte     Uploaded by claire32 on Aug 25‚ 2006 | | | Complete Summary and Analysis of "Wuthering Heights" by Bronte Throughout the novel characters are prejudged by their race‚ class‚ or education. When Heathcliff is first introduced he is described as a dark skinned boy with dark hair‚ and because of this people are prejudiced against him. He is called a ‘gypsy’ numerous times‚ and the Lintons treat him badly and send him away from

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    Death Figurative Language

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    was capable of giving death the characteristics of a human and give it a different point of view. Death as a narrator captivates the story of this little girl named Liesel by using his unique techniques of point of view‚ foreshadowing‚ and figurative language. As he describes‚ “ It’s a small story really‚ about‚ among

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    society thinks. Emerson adopts a philosophical tone in order to convince the reader to not be a follower‚ to be a leader. Emerson achieves his purpose through the use of figurative language and independent diction. Emerson starts off poetically‚ then later on in paragraph 1 when he introduces Hyperbole‚ metaphors‚ and aphorisms. Emerson uses "a

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    always be fulfilled. William Blake’s The Fly expresses the absurdity of life by analyzing the simple act of swatting a fly. The moral of the poem is understanding the insignificance of life and is expressed through the tone‚ rhyme scheme‚ and figurative language. In an instant life can be ended‚ without knowing the cause demise. The meaninglessness of life is expressed in the narrator’s analysis on his own life. The narrator is uncertain about the meaning of life believing

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    Malice and love in Wuthering Heights illuminate that early 19th century England could not accept or nurture-unbridled love causing blind rage and an almost unquenchable desire for revenge. Heathcliff is blindly in love with Catherine and is consumed with the fires of hatred and malice when he is unable to marry Catherine. His only driving force is that of revenge. Bronte’s diction in Wuthering Heights shows the undying‚ yet impossible love‚ between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine’s desire to

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