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Kathryn Capone commented on the post, Chapter 53, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 3 months agoThe Sluice-house is described in a sinister and mysterious manner. By Pip putting himself in this anxiety-inducing situation, he is proving how he is willing to put himself in a place of danger for Provis to protect him.
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post What I Learned About Women During the Victorian Era in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 3 months agoThroughout this semester, I learned a lot of interesting things about Victorian literature. One thing that I found to be the most compelling is the way female authors wrote about women and women’s issues at the […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Similar Situations in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 4 months agoThe situation of Judith Quixano from Reuben Sachs being raised in a wealthier family is similar to Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. As her family gets larger, they grow poorer, so they send their eldest daughter […]
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Kathryn Capone edited the blog post Compassion for the Criminals in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 4 months agoIn Oscar Wilde’s letter, “De Profundis,” it was disheartening to read of people’s reaction to seeing him handcuffed in his convict’s uniform. Evidently, he recalls the experience and describes, “I had to stand on […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Capital Punishment in the Victorian Era and Dickens’ View on Public Executions and Solitary Confinement in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 4 months agoAccording to “Common Misperceptions: The Press and Victorian Views of Crime” by Christopher Casey, Britain’s criminal law had been the subject of intense criticism for its inequities. It underwent a reform throu […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Revenge Is Not so Sweet in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 4 months agoBoth Miss Havisham from Great Expectations and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights conspire their own plans for revenge on certain people in their lives because of their past traumas. Heathcliff plans to take […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Ghostly Presence in Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 4 months agoThe presence of ghosts and the unknown was prominent in Wuthering Heights. Evidently, Heathcliff claimed to have numerous encounters with the ghost of Catherine and believed her to really be haunting him, which […]
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Kathryn Capone commented on the post, Chapter 4, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 5 months agoHere, Pip is feeling very guilty about stealing from his sister’s pantry for the criminal. Evidently, he condemns himself and views what he did as a negative and terrible thing. However, he has to feel some kind […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Relationships Between Social Classes in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 5 months agoEvidently, the situation of a lower class orphan boy having feelings for an upper class female occurs in both Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Notably, Heathcliff and […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Relation of Religion in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 5 months agoWhile reading Gosse’s Father and Son, I noticed that Gosse’s father reminded me of Joseph from Wuthering Heights. Both of these people affiliate themselves with religion and Christianity and express their […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Hypocritical Nature of Nelly in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 5 months agoIn the poem, “Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point,” the narrator mentions how there are many black things in the world that God created, yet for some reason, the people are seen as lesser or scarier than white […]
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Kathryn Capone commented on the post, Chapter 29, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 5 months ago[I was on the point of attaining my object, when it seemed that I heard a sigh from some one above, close at the edge of the grave, and bending down. “If I can only get this off,” I muttered, “I wish they may sh […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Hareton and The Chimney Sweepers in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoIn Wuthering Heights, Hareton’s new position after his father dies is now a worker. To live in his own home, he is now forced to do what is asked of him by Heathcliff. He is now described as a “servant.” Along […]
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Kathryn Capone edited the blog post The Mistreatment of Women in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoAs I read Wuthering Heights, the treatment of women at the time becomes very apparent. Mr. Heathcliff treats his daughter-in-law rudely and demands her to make tea for Mr. Lockwood, and she’s just expected to […]
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Kathryn Capone edited the blog post Connecting Conflicting Ideas of Nature in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoGeorge Eliot’s essay, “Margaret Fuller and Mary Wollstonecraft,” provides an interesting account on how we define the word “nature.” She uses this term in a descriptive sense. For instance, she depicts how Fulle […]
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Kathryn Capone commented on the post, Martineau, Society in America, on the groupblog
Marginalia 3 years, 6 months agoMartineau thus far has made a very strong case as to why the government is being hypocritical. She reminds the reader that the government is supposed to be for the people and its power is to be executed with the […]
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Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post What I Hope to Learn About Victorian Literature in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 3 years, 6 months agoReading is one of my favorite pastimes. However, I don’t usually find myself picking up a book within the Victorian literature genre; this isn’t because I don’t think they’d be good reads, but because I current […]
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Kathryn Capone replied to the topic Favorite work of Victorian literature in the forum
Nineteenth-Century Studies 3 years, 6 months agoI don’t have one yet.
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