I enjoyed very much this morning talking to you about one of my alltime favourite poems “Resolution and Independence” in which William Wordsworth celebrates the way his experience of life was profoundly challenged by meeting with a really old Leech Gatherer. This man had the “Resolution and Independence” which Wordsworth himself felt lacking in his…
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Heathcliffe: Daemon or Demon – Withering Frights
Daemon = a divinity or supernatural being of a nature between gods and humans. Demon = an evil spirit or devil, especially one thought to possess a person or act as a tormentor in hell. Which of these words most aptly describes Heathcliff in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights? Heathcliff is a foundling who is cared for by old…
