motherhood Flashcards
1
Q
Nelly as a mother to Hareton
A
‘he was ever more than all the world to her, and she to him’
2
Q
Nelly as a surrogate mother to younger Catherine and Hareton
A
‘You know, they both appeared, in a measure, my children’
3
Q
Catherine’s reaction to Nelly keeping Edgar unaware of the seriousness of her ‘derangement’
A
‘Nelly is hidden enemy. You witch! So you do seek elf-bolts to hurt us’
4
Q
Catherine yearning youth
A
‘I wish I were a girl again, half savage, and hardy, and free’
5
Q
Catherine staring at the mirror
A
‘Is that Catherine Linton?’
6
Q
Catherine as selfish (temper tantrums)
A
“since no one cares anything about me”
7
Q
Catherine’s obsession with liminal spaces
A
Within suffering her internal conflict between Heathcliff and Edgar, she desires Nelly “would open the window”
