Over the last few days we have seen certain news that have made our hairs stand on end to say the least.
First, one PR account excutive answers what follows to a question posed by
The Plain Dealer:
What book should everyone read? "Wuthering Heights" -- just so they understand that the English language is much easier today.Perhaps he thought the whole novel was written in the Yorkshire dialect? Otherwise it would be very worrying that a grown-up person says that. Perhaps everything in the novel should be dumbed down to the level of this post's subject so that these people would 'get' it. (God forbid, though). Hmph!
But of course, that's simply the future of
this kind of thing:
In Leaving Cert English, students had to compare the relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights with Scott and Fran from Strictly Ballroom. One student wrote: “Scott and fran relationship blossom’s over a period of time as they are only meet as teenagers wereas Heathcliff and Cathering have grown up together.”O Dear O Dear O Dear, as Emily herself would say. Don't your eyes hurt from reading that?
But what can you expect when
you can find an A-grade 1,500-word analysis of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, at a starting bid of £2.99.
Here, grab a tissue, whether you are crying from laughter or sadness after reading all this.
Categories: In_the_News, Wuthering_Heights
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