... offered Jason a job at his bank, but rescinded that offer when he divorced Caddy. This retraction left Jason no choice but to work at the local farm-supply store. Though Mrs. Compson hopes Jason will own the store one day, Jason is bitter about having lost his bank job and being forced to work in the farm-supply store. Ironically, the ... loveless Jason is the only one of the Compson children who receives Mrs. Compson's affection. Jason does not have the ability to accept, enjoy, or return this love. Jason rejects not only household love, but romantic love as well. He hates all women .....

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... thus questioning him against his will." This shows that he isn't what most thinks of as a conventional hero, once again playing into the Byronic hero roll. Before this meeting, Mrs. Fairfax describes Rochester as, "rather peculiar, perhaps: he has traveled a great deal, and seen a great deal of the world, I should think. I dare say he is clever," (89). Since the ... , Branwell succumbs to this. Branwell got a tutoring job with a family, named the Robinson's, and he was fired shortly after for having an affair with Mrs. Robinson. After Mr. Robinson died a few years later, Branwell propose...

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... not know how to respond to him. Heathcliff is often called "it". Nelly said that ". . . it only stared round, and repeated. . . some gibberish that nobody could understand...Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out of doors. . ." (Brontë 47) He is criticized for the way he looks and talks, as it is different from the way ... ...

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... the suppressive nature of their upbringing. The protagonists of "Wuthering Heights," Heathcliff and Cathy, both endure a childhood in which they are largely deprived of maternal and paternal figures due to Mrs. Earnshaw's death, which happened in less than two years' and the loss of Mr. Earnshaw's that soon follows. As a result, both Heathcliff and Cathy lack the opportunity to form a primary ... ...

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... contrast, Heathcliff is described by Lockwood in the first chapter of the novel as a "dark-skinned gypsy (5) with "obsidian black hair" and black eyes" [that] withdraw suspiciously under his brows (3). Mrs. Dean later depicts Healthcliff as "wild, " "rough as a saw-edge and hard as a whinstone" (35). The use of the word obsidian, a volcanic rock, well represents Heathcliff because he is hot ... ...

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... love and happiness was only reached within the few moments of reality spent at their rocky castle in the moors. Wuthering Heights was the estate that belonged to Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw along with their two children Hindley and Catherine, and the dappled and sullen waif given the name Heathcliff. From the beginning of the novel the house alone gives off ... ...

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... Heathcliff from Liverpool as a gift for his children, "[Y]ou must e"en take it as a gift of God, though it's as dark almost as if it came from the devil"(40). Mrs. Earnshaw was very angry, and she and the children wanted him to get rid of it. This is how he enters Wuthering Heights and joined his new family. After the ... ...

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... rabbit pelts as pets and misidentifies the woman as Heathcliff's wife. "My amiable lady!" he interrupted, with an almost diabolical sneer on his face. "Where is she -- my amiable lady?" "Mrs. Heathcliff, your wife, I mean." "Well, yes -- Oh! you would intimate that her spirit has taken the post of ministering angel, and guards the fortunes of Wuthering Heights, even when her ... ...

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... Hindley. Mr. Earnshaw's distinct feelings toward the two boys he raises is also revealed through what he actually says about each child. When he first brings Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights, Mrs. Earnshaw does not like his presence and requests explanations from her husband. Mr. Earnshaw briefly explains how he has found the street kid, always trying to make his family feel ... ...

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... Emily Bronte's novel, Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff, the man who Wuthering Heights revolves around, was taken in by Mr. Earnshaw after returning from a trip. However, he was never truly welcomed by Mrs. Earnshaw and their son, Hindley; only daughter Catherine enjoyed Heathcliff's presence. While Hindley treated Heathcliff horribly, he and Catherine grew very close. When Hindley teased Heathcliff about his long hair ... ...

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