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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Class in “Reuben” in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years, 10 months agoThe class status of Reuben and his family is quite similar to that of Catherine Earnshaw in “Wuthering Heights”. Both families come from upper classes, the females especially in both families are obsessed wit […]
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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Wilde and Bronte in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years, 11 months agoAfter reading Oscar Wilde’s “The Ballad of the Reading Gaol” I couldn’t help but make connections between the narrator and to Cathy Linton. Both the narrator and Cathy are realists when it comes to love–th […]
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Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Jack and Heathcliff in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years, 11 months agoUpon reading the remainder of “Great Expectations”, I couldn’t help but to compare the Jack with Heathcliff. To start, both the Jack and Heathcliff are of a wealthy status and use that high status to their advan […]
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Sara Devoe commented on the post, Chapter 35, on the groupblog
Marginalia 4 years, 11 months agoIt’s clear that Pip is a very classic bildungsroman character–the novel is quite literally a coming of age novel centered around him. This is, as he quotes, “The first time a grave had opened up” in his rode of l […]
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Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Powerful Women in Great Expectations in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years, 11 months agoAfter reading the final chapters of “Great Expectations”, I found many connections again between this novel and “Wuthering Heights”. Part of this is I think the time period they were written. Since both novels […]
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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Mrs.Joe Gargery and Catherine Earnshaw in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 4 years, 11 months agoAs I was writing “Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens I noticed that the aggression and reversed gender roles of Pip’s older sister reminded me a lot of Catherine Earnshaw. Like Catherine, she has the abili […]
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Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Huxley and Carlyle in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 5 years agoAfter reading about Darwin, Chambers, Gosse, and Huxley, I couldn’t help but compare the philosophies of Huxley to those of Thomas Carlyle, specifically his theory of natural supernaturalism. Huxley greatly s […]
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Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post “Wuthering Heights” And Thomas Carlyle in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 5 years agoI really enjoyed finishing the novel “Wuthering Heights”. I think a few themes I thought about it towards the ending are that revolving around love, wealth, and class. For example, Heathcliff treats Catherine hor […]
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Sara Devoe commented on the post, Chapter 20, on the groupblog
Marginalia 5 years agoThis quote by Heathcliff reveals a lot about his character. For starters, he refers to his son as “property”, and this is very telling to what he thinks of his son and whether or not he truly cares about him. […]
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Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Heathcliff as “the few” in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 5 years agoChapters 17-25 of Wuthering Heights dive far into the concepts of class and wealth. There are several instances where a character is making decisions based on their desire for wealth and to increase their class […]
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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Lockwood vs. William Blake in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 5 years agoUpon reading the first two chapters of “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte, I think it can be argued that there is a connection between the societal views of Lockwood and how much they may contradict with tha […]
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Sara Devoe commented on the post, The Chimney Sweeper, on the groupblog
Marginalia 5 years, 1 month agoI found this line to demonstrate the theme of the poem very well. The poem, I think, is a jab at the working class, and is saying that although impoverished peoples can survive and put on a brave face, they are […]
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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Connections with Martineau in the group
Nineteenth-Century Studies: 5 years, 1 month agoAfter reading “Society in America” by Harriet Martineau, I noticed many similarities between her views on government and that of Carlyle’s. Although they stem from different layers, they both have very radic […]
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Sara Devoe commented on the post, Connections, on the groupblog
Nineteenth-Century Studies 5 years, 1 month agoAfter reading “Society in America” by Harriet Martineau, I noticed many similarities between her views on government and that of Carlyle’s. Although they stem from different layers, they both have very radical […]
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Sara Devoe commented on the post, What I Want to Learn About Victorian Literature, on the groupblog
Nineteenth-Century Studies 5 years, 1 month agoIn all honesty I don’t really know many books that fall in the category of Victorian Literature . I know “Jane Eyre” and “Wuthering Heights”, the classics, but I want to know more about what dictates a book to f […]
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Sara Devoe commented on the post, What I Hope to Learn About Victorian Literature, on the groupblog
Nineteenth-Century Studies 5 years, 1 month agoIn all honesty I don’t really know many books that fall in the category of Victorian Literature . I know “Jane Eyre” and “Wuthering Heights”, the classics, but I want to know more about what dictates a book to […]
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Sara Devoe replied to the topic Favorite work of Victorian literature in the forum
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