... about: what is easily available tends to be what is being taught and written about; what is written tends to be what one is teaching and others are writing about- . Arnold incites us to uncover, "the best that is known and thought-, which is what the institution seeks to fulfil in the canon. Wuthering Heights is widely held to be a canonic text, since it has had ... through cynical overtones about the progress of modern society. For example, the mood organ, the characters dial to be given a mood because technology has advanced so far that we don't even think for ourselves, and our pets ...

• Word Count: 2215
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Realism. Being the opening paragraphs giving too much away at once would be counter-productive and so the fog acts as a barrier, as it does in the narrative itself, to the reader's vision, there is something to be seen, but not yet, and this links to the characters further on in the novel. The word choice is very particular with Dickens each adjective is chosen ... to add to the solemn attitude the novel is to take, and that the title suggests, the pensioners are 'wheezing', the skipper is 'wrathful ... inspired by) were titled with the names of houses, places, think The Cast...

• Word Count: 1875
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate