Morningside Heights

In the novel Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is affected culturally because of his rank. He was adopted into the Earnshaw family as an orphan, and his adoptive brother, hindley immediately takes a disliking to him because he was an orphan. Because Heathcliff is constantly treated as though he is inferior by Hindley he begins to 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…

Wuthering Heights , by Emily Bronte, is a 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…

The book Chains By Laurie Halse Anderson, is about a slave, Isabel. Throughout the whole story she was “...chained between two nations,” as she often said. ‘Chains’ describes her circumstances best because she was always stuck between the Loyalist and the Patriots. Isabel was often told pros and cons about the Loyalist and the Patriots so she was always weavering sides. But finally, at the end of the story she chose her side, the patriots. Isabel used the word ‘chains’ to describe her…

- Catherine’s bed has almost come to symbolize a coffin. It is associated at the beginning with Lockwood and Catherine’s ghost and now is the setting of Heathcliff’s death. This very morbid place was also a symbol of Catherine to Heathcliff while he was still living. It was a very holy place to him and it is fitting that he may finally be at peace there. -Since Catherine Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff has changed, as become evident through his empathy here. He has a scornful attitude towards…

Syria may not be the most known country, but over the last couple of years it has received a lot of attention around the world. Presumably unknown to the vast majority, there has been countless human rights violations occurring within Syria over the span of the last four years. Three violations that spark up concern to Syrian citizens would be the immeasurable murders executed by armed forces in the war, the rebel and ISIS factions recruiting children to be soldiers, and the millions of people…

Or what if the person you are interviewing is tall? On a conscious level, I’m sure that all of us don’t think that we treat tall people any differently from short people. But there’s plenty of evidence to suggest that height–particularly in men–does trigger a certain set of very positive, unconscious associations. I polled about half of the companies on the Fortune 500 list–the largest corporations in the United States–asking each company questions about its CEO. The heads of big companies are,…

The Fantasy stories of Emily Brontë Who would have ever thought that from making up stories and creating fantasy worlds could become something big in the present even if sometimes we don’t get to experience the gift we left behind. As I read about the life of Emily Brontë, that she lived a quiet life along with her siblings it reminded me of how I live my life. As little children imagination is a big motive, for creating made up stories and fantasizing about the present and future life once we…

Mute swans are large white birds with a orange colored bill and a black tipped nose. These birds measure up to 144-158 centimeters with a wingspan of 2-2.5 meters. Males and females differ in size; the male is larger than a female (Ivory). These types of swans are the most common type of swans in the wild. On occasion, their head or neck can be stained brown from mud or the water that they're in because of iron (Ivory). Their feet are a pinkish color with grey legs. A mute swans diet consists of…

Despite the lack of a traditional hero in Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights, the character Heathcliff presents many of the qualities of a hero; however, his thirst for revenge marks him as a tragic hero. One of the qualities that marks Heathcliff as a hero is his strength. When Heathcliff is first found, it is said that he was “starving, and houseless, and as good as dumb” (Brontë, 36). Despite being in such a sickly state, Heathcliff is able to withstand the household’s hate and Hindley…

Injustice is represented and shown in many ways throughout many novels. But the particular novel, Wuthering Heights, represents a lot of injustice especially with the character Heathcliff. First he was treated badly, then he was getting revenge to gain what he wanted but then his life loses meaning once the person he loved wasn’t there for him. Heathcliff’s understanding of injustice is to be treated badly throughout his childhood by what the master of the house would call his “siblings.”…