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she walks in beauty
AO3
shakespeare infamous quote, 'shall i compare thee to a summer's day?'- byron challenges this and compares to the night, easy to compare to the day
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slept with his sister, his sister impregnated by him
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AO2
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'nameless grace'- grace is a christian concept. granted forgiveness off god without sin- she is the epitome of holy
romanticism
they included elements of: sublime, pantheism, nature
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sublime= feeling of awe and also of fear when looking at how small you are in comparison to the capacity of nature
perhaps byron is in state of sublimity- she astounds him. and he uses pantheism- comparing her to religious elements, she is a higher power
revolt against industrial revolution, increasing technology. focus on the present moment which is what he is doing
AO4
they never touch, love on another level beyond physically intimate
comparisons via similes- 'like the foliage in the woods', 'like the night'
values her: innocence, purity and faith- a complete contradiction to cathy, opposes religion and not innocent
SWIB uses religion in a positive way to idolise her, WH condemns it, 'if i were in heaven, i should be extremely miserable'
mad, bad and dangerous to know. parallels heathcliff. has a soft spot for one person parallels heathcliff and cathy
AO5
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the use of blazon and pure admiration is, 'voyeuristic and unrealistic and a real goddess portrayed through cathy'. realism of women beyond unrealistic expectations. he ignores her flaws, whereas in WH he accepts cathy for her flaws/ imperfections