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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, 10 months ago

Since 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Victorian Expectations for Women in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 10 months ago

While 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Prison Life Comparrison in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 10 months ago

In 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post Pip vs Heathcliff: Love or Obsession? in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 11 months ago

I 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 […]
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, 11 months ago

In 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Boys To Men in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 11 months ago

While 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna wrote a new blog post The Withering Characters in Wuthering Heights in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 12 months ago

In 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Cycle of Abuse in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years ago

I 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Carefree, No Moor in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years ago

After 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 […]
Hannah Bentivegna edited the blog post Social Status and Poverty in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years ago

After 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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