Catherine Booth

regarding his illegitimate marriage to Catherine, all of which will be explained in this evaluation. Henry married Catherine of Aragon in 1509 though he soon…

In the novel Great Expectations the author presents many different forms of love and different approaches to love through various characters such as Estella who communicates distant love to Pip, Miss Havisham who displays selfish love and as well as Pip who learns what love is and how to love throughout the novel. Great Expectations reveals a sort of coincidental relationship. Characters relations and behaviour link from one character to another for example, Estella’s withheld love is a result…

Sylvia Plath makes it clear in her poem, “Daddy” that her father was a male-dominating, evil individual. Just because she and her father were bound together by blood, doesn’t mean that she doesn’t want to escape his overpowering grasp. Sylvia Plath put a playful twist on the cold-blooded relationship she and her father had during life and death. By writing this poem in such a wicked tone, Plath makes it notable that she was unhappy and dreaded being or thinking of her father. Through metaphors,…

In the poems “Medusa” by Duffy and “The Laboratory” by Browning both authors explore the theme of jealousy and its destructive nature on people and society as a whole. In Duffy’s poem “Medusa” she critiques society on its treatment towards women, demonstrating how those without beauty are only corrupted with jealousy and how this behavior has survived through the ages. While Duffy focuses on the impacts of jealousy on the individual Browning looks towards its impacts on society, and its power to…

Niccolo Machiavelli influences rulers and leaders throughout history such as Otto Von Bismarck, King Henry VIII, and Adolf Hitler. In Machiavelli's book The Prince he gives political advice on how to ruler and govern their land and to gain power. He says it's better to be cruel than merciful and that it's better to be stingy than generous. Bismarck, Henry VIII, and Hitler follow his advice on how to be a good ruler. Niccolo Machiavelli was a diplomat and writer who was born on May 3, 1469 and…

Catherine conducts a not so secret conversation which allows Heathcliff to hear her confession of love for him, forcing him to leave the life he knows behind him. Porphyria’s lover partakes in transforming Porphyria fully as a person and takes her ability…

can have in someone's life. Heathcliff’s character motivation to get revenge on Edgar and Catherine Linton for wronging him is apparent throughout the novel. Catherine was clearly in love with Heathcliff, but confided in Nelly that she wanted to marry Edgar due to his higher social status. Obviously, this angered Heathcliff and he spent his entire life getting revenge on them for this. He says to Catherine as she is knocking on death's door “‘I have not one word of comfort for you. You…

Queen Elizabeth I Imagine if as a child, your birth was the most disappointing thing of your father’s life, your mother got executed and you had to live with your stepmother and her husband. This all happened to Queen Elizabeth I in her life and a lot more. She grew up in a very difficult family and she ended up living with her stepmother after her father and mother died. Her father wanted a son instead of a daughter so she was a huge dissapointment. Queen Elizabeth I shows her importance in her…

develop a longing for revenge and inevitably goes insane, this illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole by highlighting one of the overarching themes, revenge. When Heathcliff is first brought to Wuthering Heights, he is immediately drawn to Catherine, and the two become very close. Hindley however clearly loathes him, and moves off to college mainly because of his resentment towards Heathcliff. When Hindley returns…

novel of love, deceit, and revenge. Catherine Earnshaw loves Heathcliff, but marries Edgar Linton instead. The story’s narrator Ellen Dean, a housemaid, describes Catherine as dramatic and manipulative. She believes Catherine uses her emotions as a ploy to get her way. Catherine's husband Edgar would disagree. In his eyes Catherine uses her intellect and emotions to prove a point, but these emotions at times do alarm him. Both Ellen and Edgar believe Catherine is manipulative, but each views her…