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Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Most interesting thing I’ve learned in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

What a question! So much.

I feel like I have learned so many interesting things. I think Prof Schacht did a great job in selecting the texts for this semester. It made for interesting reads as we could tie […]
Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Class and Love (also through faces?) in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

One thing, that I didn’t connect to anything lol, in particular that stuck out to me in reading Reuben Sach is the tremendous detail in this novel. The details make the novel so interesting and conveys a sense of […]
Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Morality in the Victorian Era in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

While reading Oscar Wilde, De Profundis. One quote really stuck out to me. “Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that […]
Domenica Piccoli edited the blog post Relationship Deja Vu in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

The parallels between Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations continuously jump out at me as we continue to read this novel. Relationships in the Victorian Era have a weird dynamic, especially when we see a […]
Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Honesty VS Dishonesty in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

One thing that struck my interest with the chapters for this weeks reading was the idea of honesty. The theme of honesty overall is very prevalent throughout Great Expectations. It is evident that Joes goodness […]
Domenica Piccoli edited the blog post Parallels between Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

The first thing I noticed about Great Expectations was how Dickens portrays the social structure and romance of the victorian era. I saw a lot of parallels to characters from Wuthering Heights with the […]
Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Dependency in Victorian Lit in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

In “On The Origin of Species by Natural Selection,” one part stuck out to me particularly : “THE TERM, STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE, USED IN A LARGE SENSE.I should premise that I use this term in a large and metap […]
Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Normalities in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

Wuthering Heights was a book I thoroughly enjoyed reading. In the last chapters, I found myself questioning a few of the characters. I almost looked at the ending as how Heathcliff’s everlasting wish for his l […]
Domenica Piccoli wrote a new blog post Sympathy for Children in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

While continuing to read Wuthering Heights, I can’t help but feel sympathy for the children. In The Cry of the Children, freedom is spoken about in regard to children and animals, how animals had more freedom t […]
Domenica Piccoli edited the blog post Contrasting Stereotypes of the 18th Century in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

Catherine Earnshaw is one character who I am so intrigued by. She has this independence quality to her which defies certain aspects of Victorian stereotypes during the 18th century. Interestingly enough, […]

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