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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: 6 years, 9 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Similar Situations in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone edited the blog post Compassion for the Criminals in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

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 […]
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: 6 years, 10 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Revenge Is Not so Sweet in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Ghostly Presence in Wuthering Heights and Great Expectations in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Relationships Between Social Classes in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Relation of Religion in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post The Hypocritical Nature of Nelly in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

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 […]
Kathryn Capone wrote a new blog post Hareton and The Chimney Sweepers in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

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 […]

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