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    Poverty and human suffering has always been in the world. The Salvation Army has been one of the organization that has made a difference in social welfare, urban poverty, and teaching better lifestyles. Significant information collected through Salvation Army’s annual reports, scholarly journal articles and other articles is to provide a current review on how this organization have become successful and maintain its ‘success. A historical background expresses the beginning of the Salvation…

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    world of romance and isolation, the lives of her characters, Catherine and Heathcliff, revolve around one focal point: Wuthering Heights. Every experience in this book leads back to the Earnshaw estate. In the beginning of the novel, Brontë commits a paragraph to the definition of the word “wuthering”, foreshadowing the future significance of the symbolism of this building. After Nelly Dean introduces the backstory of Heathcliff and Catherine, distinct parallels between the two individuals and…

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    Heathcliff's Motivation

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    Character motivation in Wuthering Heights The novel Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Bronte, is a story that is based off of revenge. The plot depends on the constant effects of revenge to have conflict occurring so often. The vengeance shows from the very start of the plot to the end and reoccurs every time another successful plan happens. It is so needed for Heathcliff, that the revenge continues for 2 generations. His whole life becomes based off of trying to make others feel bad, that…

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    and Hindley. Heathcliff, a mischievous man, seeks revenge on Edgar Linton after Catherine died of an illness. He also wanted to pursue revenge on Hindley and young Catherine for giving Heathcliff troubles in his life. Hindley, Catherine's brother, seeks revenge on Heathcliff for becoming the favorite child of Mr. Earnshaw. The novel takes place during the 1770s, when Nelly begins to tell her extensive story about Catherine and Heathcliff’s love and their lives apart. Brontë is showing that…

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    Henry VIII abolished those ties and consequently changed the whole country religious foundation for the sole reason that his sexual desires or quest for a male heir conflicted with the Pope. Henry VIII was displeased with his 20 years of marriage to Catherine of Aragon the Spanish Catholic queen because she did not give him what he was desperate for, a male heir. Consequently, he requested a royal divorce from the pope to marry Anne Boleyn. The pope refused Henry's request which leads to the…

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    Heathcliff Abuse

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    Heights. His undying love for Catherine Earnshaw drives the plot of the novel accompanied with his prior history of abuse lead Heathcliff to commit acts, such as abusing his own relatives and forcing a marriage between his niece and son. In Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff’s otherwise unreasonable actions are driven by his love for Catherine Earnshaw, his history of abuse, and desire for revenge upon Hindley and even Catherine. Heathcliff’s love for Catherine drives him into…

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    The Unique Story of Henry VIII and Wives King Henry VIII had six wives, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Kathryn Howard, Katherine Parr. “Henry is the second son of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York.” (Henry VIII (r. 1509-1547)) “In his youth he was athletic and highly intelligent. He speaks good French, Latin, and Spanish; he is very religious; heard three masses daily when he hunted, he is extremely fond of hunting, and never takes that diversion without tiring…

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    and Mrs. Earnshaw pass away, he soon begins to fall in love with Catherine. “But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew mere thing to laugh at.” (46) As shown here why Heathcliff fell in love with Catherine and Catherine most likely falling in love with him. Although as said earlier Heathcliff didn’t feel that he was good enough or worthy of her…

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    The differences between Hareton Earnshaw and Linton Heathcliff’s childhoods are that Hareton grew up as a lonely orphan subjected to Heathcliff’s severe abuse from an early age, whereas Linton’s loving mother raised him through his childhood in a nice, pampered lifestyle. In Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë, Hareton is more pitiable than Linton since he was raised as a pawn of Heathcliff’s revenge and his naivety of this maltreatment ruined his life. Hareton’s ignorance of Heathcliff’s…

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    Wuthering Heights takes multiple forms, and is a central value in which characters hold dear to their lives. Two characters in particular that demonstrate romantic love and how it can lead to issues such as dysfunctional relationships are Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw. The relationship that the two protagonists hold is both extremely flawed and unsustainable…

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