 I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free ; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them! Why am I so changed? why does my blood rush into a hell of tumult at a few words? I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather...  Wuthering Heights - Page 95by Emily Brontë - 1870 - 446 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Emily Brontë - England - 1848 - 308 pages
...indeed you should, and compelled him to leave me quiet. Oh, I'm burning! I wish I were out of doors. I wish I were a girl again, half savage, and hardy,...injuries, not maddening under them ! Why am I so changed 1 why does my blood rush into a hell of tumult at a few words ] I'm sure I should be myself were I... | |
 | Comparative linguistics - 1924 - 216 pages
...menschen keerde, daar gaf zij al haar liefde aan de natuur, aan de Moors. „I wish I was out of doors, I wish I were a girl again, half savage, and hardy and free, I'm sure I should be myself, were I once among the heather on those hills", zegt Catherine, en uit... | |
 | English Association - English literature - 1914 - 186 pages
...wish I were out of doors !' she cries. 'I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy and free. I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on these hills.' She throws open the window to breathe that air : in the darkness she fancies she sees... | |
 | Randolph Carter - Drama - 2011 - 116 pages
...savage, and strong and free, laughing at pain, not maddening under it. (Sitting beside ELLEN) Why am I changed — why does my blood rush into a hell of tumult at a few words? I'm sure I'd be myself were I out there. (Rising) Open the window wide — Ellen. Fasten it open. Quickly. ELLEN.... | |
 | Carol A. Senf - Social Science - 1988 - 224 pages
...her desire to be wild and free intensifies when Heathcliff's return reminds her of her previous life: I wish I were a girl again, half savage, and hardy,...injuries, not maddening under them! Why am I so changed.. . . I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills. Open the window again... | |
 | Lyn Pykett - Literary Criticism - 1989 - 164 pages
...pre-existed the self-divisions induced by her education into the class-gender role of the genteel lady. 'I wish I were a girl again, half savage, and hardy...injuries, not maddening under them! Why am I so changed? ... I'm sure I should be myself were I once among the heather on those hills! (WH, 163) Whether in... | |
 | Mark Spilka - Literary Criticism - 1990 - 402 pages
...rages, as when she dreams of being home again and wishes she were a girl once more, "out of doors . . . half savage, and hardy, and free; and laughing at injuries, not maddening under them!" (1o7); or when the servant Nelly early tells us how Heathcliff and Cathy "promised fair to grow up... | |
 | Konrad Gross, Meinhard Winkgens - English fiction - 1994 - 432 pages
...sie eine psychologische Regression in ihre Kindheit durch, wo ihre ursprünglichen Antriebe liegen: "I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free [...]" (163). Catherine drückt hier ihren Wunsch nach Befreiung von gesellschaftlichen Rollenzwängen... | |
 | Andrew Elfenbein - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 310 pages
...the separation that Hindley had ordered between me and Heathcliff ... I wish I were out of doors— I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free! (pp. 152-53) Like AGA, memories invade her mind to cancel out her present identity, so that "the whole... | |
 | Ian Buchanan - Philosophy - 2000 - 230 pages
...precisely this intolerable situation. Catherine says it all. 'Oh, I'm burning! I wish I were out of doors - I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy,...hills . . . Open the window again wide, fasten it open!'53 If she is mad, it is society, with its stupid and impossible rules of propriety, that has... | |
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