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Sara Devoe edited the blog post Class in “Reuben” in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

The 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 […]
Sara Devoe edited the blog post Wilde and Bronte in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 9 months ago

After 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 […]
Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Jack and Heathcliff in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

Upon 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 […]
Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Powerful Women in Great Expectations in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

After 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 […]
Sara Devoe edited the blog post Mrs.Joe Gargery and Catherine Earnshaw in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 10 months ago

As 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 […]
Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Huxley and Carlyle in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

After 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 […]
Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post “Wuthering Heights” And Thomas Carlyle in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

I 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 […]
Sara Devoe wrote a new blog post Heathcliff as “the few” in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

Chapters 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 […]
Sara Devoe edited the blog post Lockwood vs. William Blake in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 11 months ago

Upon 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 […]
Sara Devoe edited the blog post Connections with Martineau in the group Nineteenth-Century Studies: 6 years, 12 months ago

After 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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