Themes to follow in Bleak House. These are also the topics for your essay on B.H. due at the end of the semester. Throughout the semester, collect examples (proof) of the following to use as your evidence in the essay.

1) Life is losing energy and meaning; life is decaying or being destroyed. Particularly note documents, letters, etc. that have no meaning.

2) Is it possible for goodness to survive in a hostile environment?

3) As a result of the Industrial Revolution, there is a pervasive collapse of relationships between individuals; relationships tend to form between one organization and another.

4) Communities and their function and failures

5) Bleak Houses

6) Eccentricity and comic representation in characters. Why are they funny?