A sad tale of entrapment and desperation

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A sad tale of entrapment and desperation

Advantages

  • Cathy could be seen as trapped in her childhood or trapped in Thrushcross Grange. In her childhood she is constrained to the grounds of Wuthering Heights and then exposed to the freedom of the moors, however in her adulthood she is confined the Thrushcross Grange as a result of her injury and her journey into womanhood and marriage traps her in the Grange. "I wish I was a girl again, half-savage, hardy and free."
  • Heathcliff could be seen as trapped in his own emotions and the memories of his childhood.
  • Women. Imprisonment. Entrapment. Mr Earnshaw rejects Catherine's "bad girl" behaviour and confines her to the standards of women in the 1800's.
  • "It will degrade me to marry Heathcliff now," confined to what is expected of her in relation to class and wealth.
  • Nelly and Cathy are imprisoned at Wuthering Height's by Heathcliff.
  • Metaphors of doors, windows etc. (characters are trapped in)

Disadvantages

  • Desperation?

Evaluation

The novel is a tale of entrapment as Catherine especially is confined to the Victorian stereotype of women in the 1800's who were seen as inferior to men and therefore persecuted under the patriarchal society. She is made to abide by what is expected of her which is typically to stick firmly to the stereotypical Victorian woman. Heathcliff's own imprisonment and entrapment can be seen in his need for revenge, which he cannot escape.

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