English @ SUNY Geneseo | Kathryn Capone | Activity https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/members/kac41/activity/ Activity feed for Kathryn Capone. Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:23:02 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 01c91a61c29e4354578b2afbcb6a1b3e Kathryn Capone commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14532/ Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:29:14 -0500 The 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.

]]> 0 3285be87bf71fa81f0630bbf9b148a87 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post What I Learned About Women During the Victorian Era in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14190/ Sat, 23 Nov 2019 22:37:17 -0500 Throughout 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 […]

]]> 0 5abea552ec3ac2464d56611ccaf291cd Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Similar Situations in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14116/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:09:28 -0500 The 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 […]

]]> 0 9cab1623631dc2002f806914d3d1580b Kathryn Capone edited the blog post Compassion for the Criminals in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14054/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:38:12 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 0e80296a339cf7d54d4bfd350cd72a22 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 https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/14004/ Tue, 05 Nov 2019 04:17:05 -0500 According 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 […]

]]> 0 dd5ce3596bfeec6264b1eb8ead859d45 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Revenge Is Not so Sweet in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13951/ Sat, 02 Nov 2019 19:57:03 -0500 Both 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 […]

]]> 0 3670e659ea6e6f284db613b8c30ac942 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Ghostly Presence in Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13894/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 01:30:24 -0500 The 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 […]

]]> 0 1fe7f258dc753882310228f29e69e6eb Kathryn Capone commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13821/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 19:43:10 -0500 Here, 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 […]

]]> 0 3aba38b0f7ca4244026cdd8be6dd393b Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Relationships Between Social Classes in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13797/ Sat, 19 Oct 2019 21:46:13 -0500 Evidently, 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 […]

]]> 0 82e31a3922948c0fb5fd1178b396ce92 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Relation of Religion in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13661/ Mon, 07 Oct 2019 20:08:39 -0500 While 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 […]

]]> 0 7c1edf224cf632ead37d2c738e924373 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Hypocritical Nature of Nelly in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13594/ Mon, 30 Sep 2019 01:00:07 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 b3b9fb258c5377867244e4181a35b807 Kathryn Capone commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13582/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:19:40 -0500 [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 […]

]]> 0 61c06238ea7aafacd8e8cf385cd22694 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Hareton and The Chimney Sweepers in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13536/ Sun, 22 Sep 2019 21:40:21 -0500 In 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 […]

]]> 0 8b7cc817f11f7c2c648d9c82574c8316 Kathryn Capone edited the blog post The Mistreatment of Women in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13436/ Sun, 15 Sep 2019 02:45:57 -0500 As 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 […]

]]> 0 f983a88663dde8b7c8123f9271e6c35a Kathryn Capone edited the blog post Connecting Conflicting Ideas of Nature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13314/ Mon, 09 Sep 2019 19:28:42 -0500 George 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 […]

]]> 0 1198c1cc991b2a6b31cb47a818ef3844 Kathryn Capone commented on the page, on the site Marginalia https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13297/ Sun, 08 Sep 2019 20:24:42 -0500 Martineau 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 […]

]]> 0 dac74ee2540becc5585e4d3095fa85a0 Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post What I Hope to Learn About Victorian Literature in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/activity/p/13231/ Mon, 02 Sep 2019 17:38:05 -0500 Reading 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 […]

]]> 0 ce90d08192692b39ef067eeb19e58a77 Kathryn Capone replied to the topic Favorite work of Victorian literature in the forum Nineteenth-Century Studies https://sunygeneseoenglish.org/groups/nineteenth-century-studies/forum/topic/favorite-work-of-victorian-literature/page/2/#post-1442 Thu, 29 Aug 2019 19:11:57 -0500 I don’t have one yet.

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