It is the women like Theodora and Mathilda who used their power to benefit others, Isabella who proved that women could also be vindictive and malevolent, and Eleanor and Aethelflaed who used their wit and intelligence to become effective leaders, who defined a new standard for women around the world, and inspiring future generations to push themselves to new limits, stand up for what they believe in and soar to new heights. These women fulfilled their required roles to an extent that critics and doubters would not have been able to fathom prior to their reign. The role that was asked of them was perhaps daunting at times, but they did not cower behind the fear of new territory, but instead rose to the…
After hearing Catherine mock Isabella Linton, her placid and naïve sister-in-law, for her being in love with him, Heathcliff uses this knowledge to his advantage, saying, “…thank you for telling me your sister-in-law 's secret: I swear I 'll make the most of it…” (11). Moreover, Heathcliff “makes the most of it” by devising a plan to beguile Isabella using her naïveté to fool her into believing he reciprocates her feelings for him although he despises her describing her as “that mawkish, waxen…
During the late winter months of 1801, a man named Lockwood rents an estate in the isolated moors of England. After meeting peculiar landlord Heathcliff, Lockwood asks housekeeper Nelly Dean if she knows of him. Nelly tells of being a child at Wuthering Heights, a servant with her mother. Owner Mr.Earnshaw, brings home an orphaned boy on his travels from Liverpool. Earnshaw children, Hindley and Catherine, despise the dark-skinned gypsy boy, Heathcliff. After the death of Mrs.Earnshaw,…
Though Cathy II was born on the Grange, she repeatedly crosses to Wuthering Heights because as the daughter of Catherine I and Edgar Linton, she has the capacity to travel between worlds. Hareton has spent his whole life at the Heights, but he is the son of Frances and Hindley Earnshaw, who envied and tried to emulate the Grange. Hareton is a lamb, so he can be framed, but the frame still must suit him. Catherine II is not a lamb, but she can survive both in and out of a frame depending on the…
up marrying Edgar Linton instead. When Heathcliff comes back, he is rich and powerful. Catherine still has love for him, which makes Edgar feel insecure. Hindley lets Heathcliff stay at Wuthering Heights because Hindley has gone into gambling and wants Heathcliff’s money. Catherine is then forced to choose between Heathcliff and Edgar by Edgar as tensions escalate and results in a physical altercation between Edgar and Heathcliff. Angry at being forced to make a decision, Catherine locks herself…
revolution, there were two main historical periods which I believe had a major impact on the development of French Identity, one positive, the other negative: the Hundred Years War (1337 -1453) and the Wars of Religion (1562-1598), representing respectively periods of external threat to and internal conflict in France. Examination of both periods reveals the driving force in each period of threat and conflict and the instinct of peoples, as Thiesse observes, to become more radical in beliefs and…
However, self-serving acts also provide many benefits that a selfless life could not supply. Many characters turn to reading in times where other pleasures are inaccessible. When Lockwood visits The Heights, he observes Catherine Linton “reading a book… seem[ing] absorbed in her occupation” (27; ch.3). At this moment, Catherine Linton leads a tragic life, held captive in the Heathcliff residence. Stuck in a situation without pleasant company, Catherine Linton relies in books as her only source…
willing to go to exact his revenge. (Cheetham) Heathcliff callously manipulates abuses Isabella as a means to get revenge against Edgar and obtain Thrushcross Grange. After discovering of Catherine’s illness Heathcliff blames Edgar and tells Isabella that she should be “Edgar’s proxy in suffering, till he could get hold of him”. (Bronte 125) Heathcliff became blinded by his hate and only sought to enact revenge on Edgar through any means necessary even if his vengeance meant hurting innocent…
The Ones We Love? Family; a blessing, or a curse? In the book Night, Elie Wiesel offers many significant themes, but the question, “is family a blessing or a curse,” is one of the most prevalent and begging themes in the novel. During the novel, Wiesel often questions if he should try and keep his father around, or if life would just be better without him in the picture. “‘Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my…
(I.2791), and she cannot bring herself to abandon this splendor. When Gretchen learns Faust is the gift-giver, she begins to desire him and they become romantically involved. Her passion leads her to poisoning her mother and drowning her baby. In response to her acts of murder, she receives a death sentence. In contrast, Catherine Sr. in Wuthering Heights acts wildly until she marries Edgar, where her passion for intensity reveals itself in ailment rather than action. When the passionate…