1. Comparing The Bronte Sisters
... o a dangerous illness- (Knapp 123). Whether Catherine's motives were noble because she though it would help Heathcliff or selfish for her own betterment, in the end no one gains anything from the institution, marriage is simply not a happy venture in Wuthering Heights. Likewise Charlotte presented an image of marriage as stifling to ... he endeavors to have her help. " that he asks me to be his wife, and has no more of a husband's heart for me that that frowning giant of a rock, down which the stram is foaming in yonder gorge. He prizes me a soldier would a good weapon; and that is all-...
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