Social Rebelion

Question 1

Quote about happiness

Answer 1

‘This happiness could not have listed. it was too much’ prior to her arrest

Question 2

What does Tess reject by going to Stonehenge

Answer 2

Orthodox Victorian social expectations and the social order of the church
- Hardy uses non Christian imagery to represent sin and thus an affront to Christian morals such as metaphor of ‘satyrs clasping nymphs’ at the barn dance and further more, as a pretends to tragical events

Question 3

When does Cathy’s mental health deteriorate?

Answer 3

Whilst contained to Thruscross Grange

And her ‘true nature’ becomes distorted that she asserts ‘my dreams appal me’

Question 4

Dreams in gothic literature

Answer 4

Representation of a characters subconscious desires, allowing for the author to explore taboo subjects, Cathy’s ‘appalled’ signifies her disgust at herself. How she has done to shun her romantic self

Question 5

Where does Cathy king to be

Answer 5

At wuthering heights by equating ‘that wind’ to her own ‘breath’ - Bronte shows nature as an intrinsic part of Cathy
- the entrapment of women is a theme carried throughout the novel, and further highlights the second generation as a continuation of the first

Question 6

Why do women have a hopelessness in their pursuit for happiness

Answer 6

Critical nature of a patriarchal society that stifles, victimises and quite literally kills women of various class during the Victorian era