Kai's English Journal

Emily Brontë uses both Heathcliff’s actions and the main narrator’s [Nelly] to depict the protagonist as a “man’s shape animated by demon life”. upon her revealing how Heathcliff came to inhabit Wuthering Heights, Nelly states that it appeared as if he… Continue Reading →

Anne and Charlotte Brontë both make use of symbols through their novels, Agnes Grey and Jane Eyre (respectively) as didactic works to illustrate the Victorian Society about the (then) current way in which women were viewed and treated. The conflict… Continue Reading →

This essay discusses how Emily Brontë uses the characters of Cathy and Catherine to comment on the social attitudes towards women in Victorian England. Brontë uses Catherine as somewhat of a cautionary figure, who largely, but not wholly, conforms to society’s… Continue Reading →

Firstly; Catherine’s conversation with Ellen Dean (Nelly) shows a perfect example of how social attitudes would affect the women of the time. In Chapter 9 Catherine (then) Earnshaw forces Nelly into a conversation about her recent decision to marry Edgar… Continue Reading →

Through the characters Catherine Linton and Cathy Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights the author, Emil Brontë, draws attention to the restrictions on women of Victorian England and the repercussions they had; and also goes on to questions the image society had… Continue Reading →

Both the characters and the narrator speak of women as possessions – “There was no recovering Miss Taylor”. a reflection of society’s view on women in the 18th & 19th centuries. “Miss Taylor had begun to influence his schemes” –… Continue Reading →

I am now reading Emma, by Jane Austen

I have just finished Wuthering Heights. Significant events/ characters Catherine Heathcliff – stands up to Heathcliff when he refuses to let her and Mrs Dean leave The Heights. “‘We will go!’ she repeated, exerting her utmost efforts to cause the… Continue Reading →

The young Cathy Linton has just visited Wuthering Heights. Feminist attributes in the book: – Catherine Linton’s (formerly Earnshaw) fierce and unrelenting nature. – Cathy Heathcliff’s (formerly Linton) independence and strength to stand up to Heathcliff. – “I’ll put my… Continue Reading →

The chapter begins with Joe, Clarissa and Jocelyn, Professor Kale, waiting in the police station on Bow Street, in the aftermath of the shooting. This is the second time Joe’s had to wait in a police station that day. Bow… Continue Reading →