Hareton Earnshaw

Everyone has moments in their life when they feel particularly down and sad, which people may confuse with depression. Depression, though, is a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad, hopeless, and worthless. These effects lead the person to believe that they are unimportant and that they are incapable of living a normal life. The difference between feeling sad and being in a state of depression sparks major differences physically and mentally. In Wuthering Heights by Emily…

Throughout history, revenge has stood out as an instinctual action that persuades a corrupt mind, often leading to a person committing criminal acts. Commonly seen in literature, revenge has driven an abundance of stories such as Hamlet, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Wuthering Heights. In the case of Wuthering Heights, there are a myriad of major themes, but revenge seems to be preeminent in leading the characters to their fates. Bronte shows us through the character, Heathcliff, that the…

In our reality, storms are violent, turbulent and windy collections of forceful power. In writing, they are a strong and substantial metaphor for a feeling or situation with all the destructing and dominant force of a storm. In Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” there are many different aspects of stormy weather packed into the novel, each one specifically expressing something explicit to its subject. These stormy metaphors and similes show that Dostoevsky shows the somber chaotic…

Hamlet is a revenge tragedy play written by Williams Shakespeare. The play is all about revenge; many characters are seeking revenge of other characters with different reason and motives. In every revenge tragedy, there should be a ghost that asks for revenge. The three major themes that most of the characters are involved in are revenge, madness and spying. The three themes are related to each other, while revenge was the reason behind madness and madness was the reason behind spying. To make…

In William Shakespeare’s famous play “Macbeth,” Macbeth uses three main rhetorical strategies to help him make persuasive arguments. First, he understands his audience, which is especially clear when he convinces the murderers to kill Banquo. Macbeth also uses logos, or the appeal to logic, to help justify his decisions in his own head and to his wife Lady Macbeth. This can most clearly be seen when he attempts to justify why killing Banquo and Fleance is a good idea. Finally, Macbeth utilizes…

One’s cravings for love can cause them to act out of their character and perform rash and violent acts. The loss of a true love can drive a person mad, leave them empty, and even make them go to violent ends to ease the pain they feel. Toni Morrison explores these concepts in her novel, Song of Solomon. Through the actions of her characters, Morrison analyzes the extremes that a person will go to when they have experienced a deficit of love and affection. Morrison personifies this concept in…

Jane Eyre by charlotte Bronte corresponds to the literary genre called Bildungsroman. It relates to the educative events of the journey life takes from childhood to adulthood. The passage studied in this essay is also classed as Gothic genre which features supernatural element like the voice of Mr Rochester Jane recalls clearly hearing out of an unlikely place. In this novel we see Jane growing up in adversary environments passing through a lot of obstacles which she must surmount to survive.…

Discuss the problem of love in Wuthering Heights and how it fits with relevant elements of Victorian literature. The individuals in Wuthering Heights were caught up in a rummage of obsessive passionate and domestic affairs, uncounted plenty brutal in traits. The characters in Wuthering Heights were caught between a love and hate within the Victorian literature. Given a sense that empathy of this unusual book is certainly looking great when it comes to undeniable friendship. Straight from…

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 revenge is not the key to find success in life. Heathcliff wants to get…

novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, only about two dysfunctional families and their two houses. Through only the two families, of one being the Earnshaws and the other being the Lintons, Bronte is able to exemplify many different themes throughout this novel. Ever since Mr. Earnshaw brought home Heathcliff to be raised as another child, the Earnshaws became a broken family and shows how a family should not act on any standards. “Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated…