1. EMILY BRONTË
AND
THOMAS HARDY

2. Emily Brontë
 1818-1848
 Grew up in empty moorlands of
northern England
 Father= clergyman
 Mother = died when Emily was 3
 Educated at home
 Teacher for 6 months, resigned
 Died of tuberculosis a year after
publishing her only novel

3. Emily Brontë’s writing
 Created imaginary world
in writing: Gondal
 Setting
for many of her
best poems
 Wrote a lot about her
home landscape (moors)
 Published a book of poetry
with sisters
 Emily’s
21 poems were
considered the best
 Wrote one novel 
Wuthering Heights

4. Thomas Hardy
 1840-1928
 Grew up in rural
southwest England
 Educated as child, never
went to college
 Thought about becoming
a man of the church, but
lost his religious faith
 Worked for an architect
 1st wife encouraged him
to write

5. Thomas Hardy’s Writing
 Pessimistic view of life
 Wrote about the difficulty people
experience when trying to rise
above their circumstances
 Central theme: the struggle of
man against the force that
governs the world and causes
him to suffer in life and love
 Wrote tragic novels: Tess of the
D’Urbervilles and Jude the
Obscure
 Disturbed readers
 Quit writing fiction, moved to poetry

6. “Remembrance”
1. (1) Who is the speaker addressing?
2. (2) What question is being asked?
3. (3) How long has it been since her love died?
4. (4) What does the speaker ask forgiveness for?
5. (5) What is the speaker saying in this stanza?
6. (6) What did the speaker have to learn to do?
7. (7) The speaker must ‘forget’ _________ and
ignore her desire to _________ .
8. (8) What is the speaker scared of doing and why?

7. “„Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?‟”
1. 1st person she thinks is digging:
Reason it’s not:
2. 2nd person she thinks is digging:
Reason it’s not:
3. 3rd person she thinks is digging:
Reason it’s not:
4. Who is it?
5. Why does the speaker believe the digging is
happening?
6. What is the real reason for the digging?
7. Overall message:

8. Classwork
 p. 970, #s 1, 4
 p. 974, #s 1, 5
 p. 975, #s 2, 4