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Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post What I enjoyed and learned about Victorian Literature in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoSince I am fairly new to the English major, before taking this class I had only ever taken one other English class; New Zealand Literature. Initially I was a little nervous that I would feel out of place in a 300 […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Victorian Expectations for Women in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoWhile reading Reuben Sachs I came across one quote in particular that stuck out to me, “This woman, with her beauty, her intelligence, her power of feeling, saw herself merely as one of a vast crowd of girls awa […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Prison Life Comparrison in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoIn The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde, the horrible prison conditions described really reminded me of how Newgate Prison was depicted in Great Expectations. In chapter 32 of the novel the prison is d […]
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Hannah Bentivegna commented on the post, Chapter 59, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 6 months agoEstella admits to thinking about Pip even though they haven’t seen each other in years. It seems as though Estella regrets her treatment of Pip when they were younger. Is this Estella finally telling Pip he holds […]
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Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post Pip vs Heathcliff: Love or Obsession? in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoI feel as though the more I read of Great Expectations the more similarities I see between the main character Pip and the main character of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff. While reading chapter 44 from this w […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Pip and Heathcliff: Men Who Will Do Anything for the Woman They Love in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 7 months agoIn chapter 22 of Great Expectations, Pip asks Herbert teach him how to be a proper gentlemen. Pip is desperate to impress Estella, even though the two had always played together and enjoy each other’s company, Es […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Boys To Men in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 7 months agoWhile reading the beginning of Great Expectations I couldn’t help but see the similarities between main character Pip and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Both men were orphaned at a young age and due to thi […]
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Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post The Withering Characters in Wuthering Heights in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 7 months agoIn Charles Darwin’s, On the Origin of Species By Natural Selection, it states; “…a plant on the edge of a desert is said to struggle for life against the drought, though more properly it should be said to be depe […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Cycle of Abuse in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 8 months agoI really enjoyed reading the novel Wuthering Heights as I’ve never read something quite like it. While reading the last few chapters I couldn’t help but question a lot of the characters motives throughout the […]
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Hannah Bentivegna commented on the post, Chapter 29, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 8 months agoThis was a big moment for Cathy as she took a stand against Heathcliff’s attempts to control her and his son Linton. It’s Cathy’s love for Linton that gives her strength in this moment. Love made Cathy strong […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Carefree, No Moor in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 8 months agoAfter reading these next few chapters In Wuthering Heights I was intrigued thinking about the relationships between the different characters. As we read earlier on in the novel, when Catherine an […]
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Hannah Bentivegna commented on the post, Chapter 13, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 8 months agoWill Isabella embrace and use this new found power in the future or continue to hide beneath the shadow of Heathcliff and Edgar’s influence?
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Hannah Bentivegna commented on the post, Chapter 13, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 8 months agoI found this part of the chapter very compelling because when Isabella gains control of the knife, she feels this sense of overwhelming power. It’s in this instense that she feels secure and in a way, independent. […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Social Status and Poverty in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 8 months agoAfter reading the first chapters of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte, I couldn’t help but notice the obvious underlying racial tension that arise due to social status. It’s obvious that Lockwood feels superio […]
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Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post In Text Reading Connections in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 8 months agoThis week’s reading of Harriet Martineau’s Society in America really fascinated me as I was interested to hear about the roles of women or lack there of in society. I really like how Martineau started out by re […]
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Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post What I hope to learn about Victorian Literature this semester in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 8 months agoMy past experiences with Victorian Literature are almost non existent although I am happy to say that after this semester that will all change. When first reading the description of this course I was most […]
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Hannah Bentivegna replied to the topic Favorite work of Victorian literature in the forum
Nineteenth-Century Studies 3 years, 9 months agoI’m not sure if I have a favorite work of Victorian Literature but as a child I always enjoyed reading A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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