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Gothic Unit: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Emily Bronte

Gothic Unit: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Emily Bronte. 19 th January Recap/analyse chapters 10-14 as a class. Analyse Catherine and her life at The Grange. Illness within the novel (metaphor) Homework: Essay question. Chapter 12

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Gothic Unit: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Emily Bronte

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  1. Gothic Unit: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Emily Bronte 19th January Recap/analyse chapters 10-14 as a class. Analyse Catherine and her life at The Grange. Illness within the novel (metaphor) Homework: Essay question

  2. Chapter 12 • Catherine is truly ill, Isabella leaves to secretly marry Heathcliff and Edgar disowns her. How does Nelly Dean think Catherine is using her illness? Find key quotes

  3. AO3: Critical viewpoint Marxist: Madness is ideologically determined and puts Catherine in conflict between superstition and Christianity (Nelly) Feminist: Madness as a condition of ‘being feminine’ and weak minded. She is not a ‘proper woman’ due to her lack of domestication. (trap of femininity)

  4. Gothic Unit: ‘Wuthering Heights,’ Emily Bronte 21st January Illness within the novel (metaphor) Homework: Essay question

  5. Chapters 13-14. What is the role of Isabella within these chapters? How is she treated? Discuss: Position of women within marriage and problems of women suffering from mental illness.

  6. AO3/4: Interpretations and context • John Stuart Mill, 1869: “The position of women in marriage was worse than that of slaves.” • Incarcerating women as mentally ill was common. Isolated at Wuthering Heights?

  7. Question: “Entrapped, imprisoned and disempowered.” To what extent do you agree with this view of the position of women in Wuthering Heights? (40 marks)

  8. Homework • Read and summarise up to Chapter 20 (Chapter 6 of volume 2)

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