Yorkshire Essays

  • History Of The Yorkshire Terrier

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    Lively and inquisitive, the Yorkshire terrier emits an aura filled with energy and positivity loved by many. A Yorkie’s playfulness can sometimes be obvious when they chase around birds and butterflies but, can be territorial with strangers by barking with a high-pitched voice. The attitude and behavior of a Yorkie depend on the actions of the owner. The Yorkie History The Yorkshire terrier originated in a county in Northern England called Yorkshire. Scottish workers came to the country to work

  • "Christopher'' My mother and father shouted from down stairs.

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    "Christopher'' My mother and father shouted from down stairs. I jumped out of my bed and peered at my alarm clock. I was just bale to see it as I the darkness of the winter mornings had taken over my room. "Christopher" this time it was shouted louder. "I am up" I shouted back not quite as loud as I may have got in trouble. I could not be bothered to have a shower this morning so I just slipped on my clothes and headed for down stairs. As I was walking I had felt something rough pass

  • Emily Bronte Bibliography

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    "Emily Jane Bronte was born at Thornton in Yorkshire on 30 July 1818, the fifth of six children of Patrick and Maria Bronte (nee Branwell). Two years later, her father was appointed perpetual curate of Haworth, a small, isolated hill village surrounded by moors. Her mother died shortly after her third birthday and she and her sisters and brother were brought up by their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell. Apart from a few short periods, she remained in Haworth. Her only close friendships were those with her

  • The Story of Lovers in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

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    The Story of Lovers in Wuthering Heights Set in England on the Yorkshire Moors in the 19th century, Emily Brontë¹s novel Wuthering Heights is the story of lovers who try to withstand the separation of social classes and keep their love alive. The main characters, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff grew up on a middle class English countryside cottage called Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff was the servant and Catherine the daughter of the owner of Wuthering Heights. As children, Heathcliff and Catherine

  • Edward James Hughes

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    awarded the title of the nation's Poet Laureate. He came into prominence in the late fifties and early sixties, having earned a reputation of a prolific, original and skilful poet, which he maintained to the present day. Ted Hughes was born in 1930 in Yorkshire into a family of a carpenter. After graduating from Grammar School he went up to Cambridge to study English, but later changed to Archaeology and Anthropology. At Cambridge he met Sylvia Plath, whom he married in 1956. His first collection of poems

  • Paul the apostle

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    initiated the first translation of the Bible into the English language and is considered the main precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Wycliff was born at Ipreswell, Yorkshire, England, between 1320 and 1330. He died at Lutterworth December 31, 1384. John Wycliff’s family was of early Saxon origin, long settled in Yorkshire. In his day the family was a large one, covering a considerable territory. 1324 is the year usually given for Wycliff's birth. Wycliff probably received his early education

  • England's Elizabeth II

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    concentrated on the topic of parenting. She later turned her focus to British history, and became recognized for her talent as a biographer. She was awarded the James Tait Memorial Prize for best biography in 1964 for Victoria R.I. Longford claimed the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award twice with Wellington,1969, and The Royal House of Windsor, Winston Churchill in 1974. It is with this same thoroughness and true human interest that she captures the life of England's reigning monarch in The Queen; The

  • Jody Adams' Passion for Food

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    Jody Adams' passion for food began at her family's dinner table. Her mother relied on traditional New England staples during the holidays, such as standing rib roast with Yorkshire pudding at Christmas and baked salmon with peas on the Fourth of July. But, for other special celebrations her mother would make soufflés, curries, gnocchi Jody inherited her mother's fondness for cooking, but it wasn't until she went to Brown University that her interest in food took a professional turn. "I had a part-time

  • Paul Laurence Dunbar Compare And Contrast

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    Poet Emily Brontë was born in Thornton in Yorkshire, England, on July 30, 1818, in the romantic period. She was the third child born out of six kids to Patrick and Maria Branwell Brontë. Her father Patrick use to be a teacher but became a minister after their mother pasted away from tuberculosis. Brontë grow up in the Haworth in the bleak West Riding of Yorkshire were she and her siblings learn to read and write. When she finally want to school Brontë could not stand to be in large crowds of people

  • Violence In Wuthering Heights Research Paper

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    Violence. In this paper, I will discuss the theme of the violence on Wuthering Heights. The novel takes place in England around 1760. the narrator, a gentleman named Lockwood. Lockwood rents a fine house and park called Thrush cross Grange in Yorkshire, and gradually learns more and more about the histories of two local families. This is what he learns from a housekeeper, Ellen Dean, who had been with one of the two

  • Determining the Importance of Tourism on the Settlement of Haworth

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    Determining the Importance of Tourism on the Settlement of Haworth Aim: To Determine the Importance of tourism on the settlement of Haworth. [IMAGE] Haworthis a small village not far from Bradfordin West Yorkshire. Situated above the WorthValleyamid the bleak Pennine moors, Haworthis internationally famous for its connection with the Bronte sisters. Haworthis one of the main attractions in Yorkshireand has been for some time. In the past 20 years it has attracted about one million visitors

  • Heathcliff Quotes

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    Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte) Book Cards Wuthering Heights was published around 1847. During this time period, many events were occurring. For example, in New Zealand, war broke out between the New Zealand government and the Maori (Polynesian people who live in New Zealand). This very well could have inspired Emily to write this book. The way she portrays love and hate could have been caused by her upbringing or growing up in a world of war and hate. She was born in Thornton on July

  • Charlotte Bronte's Childhood Influences to Become a Writer

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    Charlotte Bronte's Childhood Influences to Become a Writer Charlotte was born to in 1816 in Yorkshire to Patrick Bronte and his wife. She was one of six children, an averaged size family in those days. The family were moved to Haworth (a small village in the west Yorkshire moors) in 1820. Sadly a year later Mrs Bronte died leaving the six children in her sisters care. Charlotte had to cope with the death of a mother when she was very young and the death of her two elder sisters a few years

  • J. R. R. Tolkien

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    couple had four children together, John, Michael, Christopher, and Priscilla. Tolkien’s children had a great impact on his writings. One of the best instances of this is in his book Roverandom. In 1925, while on vacation with his family on the Yorkshire coast, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his favorite toy, a little lead dog he was reluctant to put down even to play on the beach. To console and distract him J. R. R. improvised a story, the story of Rover, a real dog magically transformed into

  • Henry Moore

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    that Modernist sculpture was, after all, surprisingly adaptable to official needs. In this sense, Moore was the contemporary equivalent of the great Neo Classical sculptors such as Canova and Thorwaldsen. Moore was born in July 1898 in Castleford, Yorkshire, the seventh child of a mine manager who had worked at the pit face. Both parents were strong and supportive personalities, and Moore's childhood was a happy one. He became a student teacher in 1915, and by 1916 was teaching in the local elementary

  • British Chartism

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    order to improve social conditions in industrial Great Britain. It arose from the popular discontent following the Reform Act of 1832, which gave very little importance to large, industrial boroughs in parliament. Movements of mass discontent in Yorkshire and Lancashire caused by industrial exploitation and economic depression had already taken place. In 1838, the cabinet-maker William Lovett and the tailor Francis Place wrote the “People’s Charter';. It is best known for its “Six

  • The Characters of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights

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    after the start of the story, that Nelly Dean is the protagonist. She appears more than happy to stir the conflict, which goes a long way in keeping the story interesting and moving right along. Wuthering Heights is set in the "remote moors of Yorkshire" (680), on that "bleak hill-top" where "the earth was hard with a black frost" (686). Almost all the characters in this story have a very frosty, antagonistic side to them and Nelly introduces us to Catherine and Hindley, when they were children

  • The Medieval Church, The Book of Margery Kempe and Everyman

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    manuscript was not “discovered” until 1934, it shows evidence of having been read and studied much before this time. Annotations by four additional hands, probably “monks associated with the important Carthusian priory of Mount Grace in Yorkshire” fill the margins of the British Library MS (Staley 2). Believed to retain “much of the characteristic form and expression of its author”, it nonetheless must be remembered that Kempe’s story was interpreted and presented through a very

  • Summary and Analysis of The Summoner's Tale

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    ill-tempered barbarian. Rather than combating the image that Friar's Tale had given of his profession, the Summoner confirms the worst about the low qualities of his kind. The Summoner's Tale: A friar went to preach and beg in a marshy region of Yorkshire called Holderness. In his sermons he begged for donations for the church and afterward he begged for charity from the local residents. He went to the house of Thomas, a local resident who normally indulged him, and found him ill. The friar speaks

  • Good vs. Evil in Wuthering Heights

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    Grange, as the main places of action. The dreary landscape and houses not only serve as the primary setting, but also as major symbols that aide in establishing the tone and enhancing the novel's theme of good versus evil. The novel is set in Yorkshire, a barren landscape in an isolated region of Northern England. The detailed descriptions of the environment allow the mood and tone of the novel to be revealed. Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are located in a rugged atmosphere separated