growth, immaturity and innocence Flashcards
catherine is almost
pretty today-ch1- said by her parents and explains how she is growing and becoming more beautiful
she was not experienced enough in the
finesse of love or the duties in friendship, to know when delicate raillery was properly called for-ch5- her lack of experience in relationships , as well as her emotional immaturity , creates uncertain situations for her. words such as duties and to know suggest that there are certain rules that catherine must learn
but now really-
are there towers and long galleries?-ch11- shows catherines immaturity as blaize castle is a foly. The childish tone hels accentuate her innocense and love for gothic literature
she raised her eyes
fully than she had ever done before-ch24- exudes confidence anf growth as she faces henry like she has never dones before especially during such a climatic moment in the novel
the abbey in it self
was no longer to her now than any other hpuse-ch 26-
marks the end of her gothic fantasyabout the hpuses secret history . acknowledges her immaturity and wants to forget the events as quickly as she wants
no one who had ever seen catherine morland
in her infancy,would have supposed her born a heroine -ch1- mocking the gotjic genre but also implying that catherine will have to experience a series of mishaps to propel her growth
but from fifteen
to seventeen she was in training for a heroine-ch1- reinforces that this is a buldingsroman ans that catherine will become the expected heroin in austens novel