Annotated Bibliography Wuthering Heights

Annotated Bibliography Assignment: Feminist Critique Lyn Pykett’s essay, discusses the parallels and intersections of the women and their names in Withering Heights. Lockwood notices the repetitions of Catherine Earnshaw, Linton, and Heathcliff. Catherine I occupies the first two names, and her daughter occupies all three. The novel begins and ends with a Catherine Earnshaw. These names create a pattern, but it’s asymetrical, rather than circular. The similarities and differences are central to the repeats and alterations of the novel’s multigenerational structure. Catherine I’s story revolves around a choice between two men. She chooses to marry Edgar Linton- the wealthy, educated, conforming man. However, Wuthering Heights departs from the standards of its time and examines the …show more content…
She refuses to conform to the role of housewife/daughter-in-law/ object. Like her mother’s, Cathy’s story is structured around men. She plays out an alternate version of Catherine and Heathcliff’s relationship between herself and Hareton. The success of Hareton’s relationship with Cathy serves to illustrate a more successful outcome, had Catherine acted differently or under different circumstances. As the plot progresses, Cathy moves to occupy the spaces and roles her mother vacated or refused. By marrying Hareton, Cathy becomes Catherine Earnshaw, refilling her mother’s first full name. She also redeems him. Cathy relinquishes the role of Gothic/Romantic Heroine when she refuses to submit to Heathcliff, or to anybody else. Like her mother, Cathy utilizes her feminine influence over the men in her life, particularly, in Cathy’s case, Hareton. However, unlike the conduct books of the time would require, Cathy was not a fully nurturing female. She works to undo her unkindness towards her cousin by adopting the feminine tactics of stealth and indirection to rekindle his