I strongly believe that Catherine did not hold the same love that Heathcliff held for her. It was not true nor sincere. Heathcliff holds a deep love for Catherine that would never end and where no one else will do. However, as does Catherine with Heathcliff, the love was more superficial where she did not generally love Heathcliff. After Catherine dies just after giving birth to Cathy, Cathy learns to love the correct way; enforcing Brontë's method of true love. Where as Catherine chooses to be with Edgar due to his financial health, good looks, and social class; while Cathy chooses to actually spend time with Hareton in order to understand and realized the love she held for him. If you are truly in love, death cannot separate you spiritually. While Lockwood’s unexpected stay at the Heights, he had witnessed a ghost luring near his bedside window, crying and screaming for Lockwood to “let [her] in!”. Once Heathcliff is notified of the strange ghost instead his house, he is not terrified nor hesitant. Heathcliff simply sits by the window and cries out to the voice, “come in! Come in! Cathy, do come. Oh do-once more! Oh! My heart's darling, hear me this time-Catherine, at last!” Just a glimpse of Catherine would trigger the long-suffering Heathcliff, who believes in communication beyond the grave.  Heathcliff feels Catherine's reach beyond the grave, which holds out the promise that their love doesn't have to die. Rather than being stunned, Heathcliff is begging and encouraging the voice, referred to as Cathy, to enter his home. He is far from afraid of ghosts and has clearly spent a lot of time trying to get Catherine to haunt him. Being in her ghostly presence would mean anything to Heathcliff. As Catherine got the chance to be with Heathcliff for better or for worse, she chose Edgar. If Heathcliff was not brought down into such low standards, perhaps things could had been different. Several individuals view Heathcliff as an outcast and less worthy. However, “if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, [Catherine] shouldn't have thought of [marrying Edgar].” With the conditions of how things are currently, Catherine believes marrying Heathcliff “would degrade [her].” No matter what their “souls are made of, his and [hers] are the same…” (9). Catherine refuses to marry Heathcliff due to the way society views him. Ever since Heathcliff was a young boy, he was constantly put down and called outrageous name, lots of hatred was thrown at him. Due to this, if Catherine marries Heathcliff, she will not be looked at with as much respect as previously, it will indeed wreck her reputation although she does care and love Heathcliff greatly, for she sees herself in him. As for Cathy, she was suppose to be marrying Linto in order for Heathcliff I gain wealth and land. Howeber, she went against the odd so and decided to marry Hareton after spending a great amount of time with him and truly getting to know him.

Alright, I probably have this completely wrong but I'm not the best with poetry so please bare with me.

 

When I first took a look at the title, embarrassingly enough, I actually had no clue what the poem would be about. The words base and detail did not really stand out to me nor spark my essay. Possibility, no, mainly because I literally had no military knowledge. However, after repeatedly reading through the poem it sort of began to make sense to me. I soon realized it was a poem of war. The "base" in the title may refer to the military base and the writer gives details of this. Of course I got the sense of it when I began reading towards the end of the poem and the word "war" allowed me to fully comprehend. Sassoon uses a sarcastic tone, visual imagery, as well as irony to convey the speakers attitude throughout the poem. In the beginning of the poem, the reader is introduced with an image: "bald and short of breath". I'm not sure about you guys but that automatically gives me an image of a large old man sitting on the couch eating dozens of donuts. This image represents the group of officers in the military base. Furthermore, the speaker then refers to them as 'heroes' and the speaker would enter the scene with "puffy petulant face, guzzling and gulping in the best hotel". I took this line as what he actually dislikes about the officers. The reader can identify a sarcastic tone in the readers poem, being that the writer does not necessarily view them as heroes, but yet they are considered to be heroes due to their high position. Because of this, the officers are given amazing treatment, "guzzling and gulping in the best hotel." All the officers do is eat and act as of they are doing so much but nobody realizes and gives them all the credit for things they did not do. When others begin calling out heroes those large men are first to get credited. After a real solider had passed those large men, including the speaker, would be able to do the honors and claim that "I used to know his father well". But, in reality, the speaker did not but they would still get the honor to do so regardless because they're well respected. On the other hand, those who did know more than enough about the fallen angel did not get to speak and do the honors, but instead, listen to someone who was more respected with not even the slightest idea of who the man in the casket is. Once the war is over, the large bald men would go home safely. The speaker also mentions "safely home and die". Perhaps this means that the large men die in bed due to their laziness or size. Also, it could more likely refer to the fact that those men do not have to face the war because they are cuddle up in their hotel so if they were to pass away it would be snuggled up in bed, peacefully, rather than dying due to a bullet through the head-like the "real" heroes of war.

 

Before all else, I believe we all can agree that the antagonist, Iago, without a doubt has inflected numerous amount of problems among his peers with his deceiving, manipulating, and cruel acts. The position he held had lead the individuals to believe that he is well respected and honest. Not to mention, the great Othello has put a lot of hope and confidence in Iago. The lies Iago told to keep his mischievous plan in place and people believing and reacting towards the lies was not Othello's fault. Iago is to blame, for he is not who he seems. Iago acts a certain way to one person and a different towards another. He purposely destroyed the life of Othello along with the people he cares for due to the fact that he did not receive the lieutenant position as well as a light rumor that Othello had made love with Emilia. As for Othello, although he did react in an impulsive manner, it was out of love and not to mention Iago did encourage and evoke it. Othello was in deep love with Desdemona, but the way Iago plotted and deceived, it was clear to why Othello reacted in such drastic matters. Othello puts a great amount of trust in Iago and never questions his loyalty. Not to mention, when Othello did slightly question Iago, Iago had came up with the devious plan in order to show Othello the proof he was desperately looking for. Manipulative as Iago is, he made Cassio believe that he was referring to his lover, Bianca, while Othello believed he was speaking in terms of Desdemona. With all that occurring, I do believe Othello could have simply confronted Desdemona, but he did not. When he has proposed to her, it should had been a promise, he trusts her and wants to be with her forever, for better or for worse. I believe this proves the amount of trust and loyalty held upon Iago. Yes, Othello should not had put that much trust into him and should had believed his wife, but with the position Iago held in Othello's life, it was almost clear to see why he had trusted him. Once again, Iago is most to blame for this tragedy because he not only ruined a true love but was also the reason behind several deaths in the play. Iago did  suggest the only solution was the death of Cassio's as well as Desdemona's, Imagine if he had encouraged Othello to communicate or ignore the situation, despite the little trust he had for Desdemona, he would obey. Othello probably would had obey because he believes that Iago only wants the best for him and to help lead him in the right path, be his right hand man. Iago is a very persuasive character and has gotten Othello to believe and follow through in many of his situations.  With Iago's character he not only betrayed and caused the death of  Othello but several others as well.