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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 49, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months agoPip states that he “alighted at the Halfway House, and breakfasted there, and walked the rest of the distance.” (Chapter 49, Paragraph 1) His stay there led him to witness Miss Havisham go up in flames in her hou […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 48, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months agoPip states that “we went to Gerrard Street, all three together, in a hackney-coach: And, as soon as we got there, dinner was served.” (Ch 48, paragraph 13) While at dinner, Pip realizes that Molly is the per […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 47, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months agoWhile on a boat, Pip “came ashore at the wharf at dusk. [He] had pulled down as far as Greenwich with the ebb tide, and had turned with the tide.” (chapter 47, paragraph 6) Once arriving in Greenwich, he goes to […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 45, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months ago[The Castle battlements arose upon my view at eight o’clock.]
Once Pip enters the Castle, he is greeted by Wemmick. If Pip had not visited, Wemmick would not have told him that Compeyson was trying to pursue M […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 43, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months agoVisiting Miss Havisham and Estella for the last time is a big turning point in Pip’s life. Once the maids informed him that Estella had traveled “to Satis House, as usual,” Pip decides to go there to see them.
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 44, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months ago[ Leave a comment on paragraph 73 0 It was past midnight when I crossed London Bridge]
In Pip’s quest to see Miss Havisham and Estella one last time, London Bridge serves as his gateway to see them.
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 41, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 10 months agoEssex Street
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Clare Corbett edited the blog post The Prison System: The Most Interesting Topic I Learned About The Semester in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 10 months agoWhen this class first began in August, I knew very little about Victorian literature and I was unsure of what to expect. However, as the class progressed, I learned more than I was anticipating. Some of my […]
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Clare Corbett edited the blog post Judaism During the Victorian Era in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 10 months agoWhile reading Reuben Sachs, a passage about religion stood out to me. On page 24, it states that Lee-Harrison “joined a set of mystics, and lived for three months on a mountain, somewhere in Asia Minor. Now he […]
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Clare Corbett wrote a new blog post Prison Conditions During The Victorian Era in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 10 months agoWhile reading The Ballad of Reading Gaol, the part in which Oscar Wilde discussed the conditions of prison struck me. He questions how one man could place another man in such an awful setting. His true feelings […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 59, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 11 months ago[The figure showed itself aware of me, as I advanced. It had been moving towards me, but it stood still. As I drew nearer, I saw it to be the figure of a woman. As I drew nearer yet, it was about to turn away, […]
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Clare Corbett edited the blog post The Relationship Between Social Ranking and Love in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 11 months agoWhile reading Great Expectations, Pip’s concern with his social standing stood out to me because he decided that he could not love Estella and have a high social ranking. In chapter 43, Pip asks himself “why […]
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Clare Corbett wrote a new blog post Strong Female Characters In Victorian Literature in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 11 months agoWhile reading Great Expectations, Estella’s description stood out to me. In line 15 of chapter 22, she is described as being “brought up by Miss Havisham to wreak revenge on all the male sex.” Due to heartbreak f […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 4, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 11 months ago[I fully expected to find a Constable in the kitchen, waiting to take me up.]
It’s interesting that even though Pip helped feed the convict, he feels so much guilt at the same time because of the man’s criminal […]
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Clare Corbett wrote a new blog post Orphans During the Victorian Age in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 11 months agoUpon reading Great Expectations, Pip’s character stood out to me because he reminded me of Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Both Pip and Heathcliff were orphaned as young children, which caused them to face […]
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Clare Corbett edited the blog post The Concept of Religion During the Victorian Era in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 12 months agoAs seen in many of the pieces we have read this semester, religion was a large part of the Victorian Era. The father in Father and Son based many of his beliefs on science and realized that “there had been […]
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Clare Corbett wrote a new blog post The Concept of Masters in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years agoAs I was reading the remaining chapters of Wuthering Heights, the term “master” kept reappearing. In Chapter 30, the master tells Zillah to “walk out of the room” and “let [him] never hear a word more about h […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 27, on the groupblog
Marginalia 4 years ago[I shall be your father, to-morrow—all the father you’ll have in a few days—and you shall have plenty of that. You can bear plenty; you’re no weakling: you shall have a daily taste, if I catch such a devil of […]
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Clare Corbett commented on the post, Chapter 18, on the groupblog
Marginalia 4 years ago[If a servant chanced to vex her, it was always—‘I shall tell papa!’ And if he reproved her, even by a look, you would have thought it a heart-breaking business]
This comment about Cathy represents the class […]
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Clare Corbett wrote a new blog post Heathcliff’s Relation to Lower-Class Victorian Children in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years agoWhile reading chapter 17 of Wuthering Heights, a passage describing Heathcliff stood out to me. The narrator states that he had “been a stranger in the house from last Sunday till to-day. Whether the angels […]
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