need for each individual to avoid conformity. Although many novels’ principal goal wasn’t to advocate individualism, we see copious amounts of characters with the underlying theme of individualism. In Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations, Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, and
The Descent of Man (Reader, P.486-496) that the canine tooth “no longer serves man as a special weapon for tearing his enemies or prey,” but he “reveal [s], by sneering, the line of his descent. For though he no longer intends, nor has the power to use these teeth as weapons, he will unconsciously retract his snarling muscles.” (Reader, p.492) Clearly, the reference to ‘strong white teeth’ is an indication of Edna’s new sexual revelation as she tells her lover Robert that the “whole island seems changed
others. The hurt that Hindley feels is clearly understood, but sympathy for Hindley is only temporary because it is still his own fault for his predicaments. Hindley’s loss of Wuthering Heights to Heathcliff and his mysterious death reflect how revenge does not make anything better, only worse. The child, treated unfairly, can only bide its time, accumulating a store of vengeful fantasies and desires for
others. The hurt that Hindley feels is clearly understood, but sympathy for Hindley is only temporary because it is still his own fault for his predicaments. Hindley’s loss of Wuthering Heights to Heathcliff and his mysterious death reflect how revenge does not make anything better, only worse. The child, treated unfairly, can only bide its time, accumulating a store of vengeful fantasies and desires for