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    The Inner Self in The Awakening, Wuthering Heights, and Fences        Does turmoil in people promote chaos in the world, or does chaos in the world create turmoil in people? To uncover a single answer to such a question is impossible. Therefore, those who seek a solution find themselves at a stalemate, and the query posed becomes rhetorical. Nevertheless, it initiates another inquiry worth thought and reflection: since the chaotic world is already well established, whether or not a product

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    oppose patriarchal constructs respectively. Catherine and Cathy II are portrayed as examples of both how giving power to patriarchal demands leads to misery and pain in contrast to how resisting patriarchal demands will lead to hope and joy. Firstly, the underlying theme of freedom illuminates how the women are influenced to make such critical decisions regarding their respective futures. Secondly, the concept of upbringing illustrates how childhood,

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    Wuthering Heights is a perfect example of how both denying and fulfilling a desire can lead to danger. Desire is a fascinating concept because it encompasses a multitude of things in life. You can desire someone in the sense of loving them or wanting to be with them. You can also desire to do good in the world or have a desire for a specific job. It is by no means a simple subject to talk about, especially accompanied by danger, an equally complex idea. The idea of danger can be physically, mentally

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    dark-skinned Cruel: Because he uses his son to get vengeance against young Catherine Catherine: Is Hindley sister and Mr. & Ms. Earnshaw daughter Mean: because knowing she loved Heatchliff she married someone else Hindley: Catherine brother and Mr. & Ms. Earnshaw son Mean: Because when his father dies he takes away Heatchliff education away Frances: Hindleys wife and Hareton’s mom Edgar Linton: Catherine’s Husband Handsome: Catherine described him as handsome Mr. Lockwood: a tenant Nelly: is the narrator

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    dark-skinned Cruel: Because he uses his son to get vengeance against young Catherine Catherine: Is Hindley sister and Mr. & Ms. Earnshaw daughter Mean: because knowing she loved Heatchliff she married someone else Hindley: Catherine brother and Mr. & Ms. Earnshaw son Mean: Because when his father dies he takes away Heatchliff education away Frances: Hindleys wife and Hareton’s mom Edgar Linton: Catherine’s Husband Handsome: Catherine described him as handsome Mr. Lockwood: a tenant Nelly: is the narrator

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    Wuthering Heights is physical violence. Many of the characters are violent towards one another. One of the most violent characters would be Catherine Linton, who was very fond of physically harming others, “wicked aunt Cathy,’ which drew her fury on to his unlucky head: she seized his shoulders, and shook him till the poor child was waxed livid…” Catherine Linton would physically harm others if she did not get what she desired. Bronte’s imagery of Cathy shaking young Hareton is very powerful, it

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    I have often noticed that the romanticized relationship of Catherine and Heathcliff is usually the center point of discussions and film adaptions of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. While their tempestuous relationship certainly has its attractions, their self-destructive love is disastrous. Consequently, Catherine and Heathcliff’s dysfunctional relationship not only leads to their own demise but causes everyone else around them to suffer. However, I find that the often neglected relationship of

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    Anne Boleyn is a figure that continues to fascinate us centuries after she met her end on the scaffold. The story goes that King Henry struggles with his conscience when it becomes clear that his wife Catherine will not give him a male heir. He meets Anne and falls in love, and as a consequence breaks with Rome and the Holy Roman Catholic Church to marry her. When she too fails to produce the elusive son he desires he has her executed. The second wife of Henry VIII, Anne’s is a biography that many

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    Henry VIII: The Narcissistic King Essay

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    only surpassed by his infatuation with producing a male heir. Although she had been a model queen in many respects, Catherine had not produced a male heir and this was of the utmost importance to Henry. To him, it was unthinkable that the throne could fall peacefully to a girl. He eventually looked to another woman to satisfy this desire, but first he needed to get rid of Catherine. The only way for Henry to receive an annulment was to secure a papal dispensation. In order to achieve this Henry

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    BRONTË USES IMAGERY EFFECTIVELY TO EMPHASISE THE CHARACTERS OF HEATHCLIFF, CATHERINE AND LINTON AND THEIR COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NOVEL. DISCUSS THIS STATEMENT ---------------------- In the novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, symbolism is used continuously throughout, making it a brilliant

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