Wuthering Heights
The estate where much of the novel takes place, symbolizing isolation and harshness
What is Wuthering Heights?
A husband, a scholar who is ambitious
Who is Tesman?
“He’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
What is a metaphor?
The century in which was Wuthering Heights written, reflecting the tension between Romanticism and Victorian social norms
They represent the destructive power of obsessive love, as well as the tension between nature and civilization
Who is Heathcliff?
This represents Hedda's desire for control, her destructive impulses and her rebellion against society
What are Hedda's pistols?
“I’d burn your child—your baby!"
What is metaphor?
In Hedda Gabler, what societal change in late 19th-century Norway is reflected in the characters’ preoccupation with reputation and appearance?
What is the rise of the bourgeoisie and social mobility?
How does Brontë use narrative structure to create a sense of ambiguity and distance between the reader and the events of the novel? (2 part answer to get the point!)
What is unreliable narrators and the frame narrative structure (Nelly and Lockwood)?
Ibsen uses this to reflect Hedda's psychological state and her entrapment
What is setting and stage direction?
"I often think there is only one thing in the world I have any turn for.”
What is foreshadowing?
This happens to most of the characters in Wuthering Heights, as well as Hedda
What is death?
How does Wuthering Heights reflect the influence of the Romantic movement, particularly through its depiction of nature and emotion?
What is the emphasis on wild landscapes and intense emotions, representing Romantic ideals of nature’s power and individual passion?
This motif symbolises the characters internal and external conflicts, particularly regarding isolation and entrapment
How does Isben challenge 19th-century gender roles?
“He imagines me in a pet – in play"
What is symbolism?
Heathcliff’s actions towards the Earnshaws and Lintons
What is revenge?
How does Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler critique the roles of women in the context of 19th-century patriarchal society?
What is the way Ibsen challenges traditional female roles by portraying Hedda’s desire for power and autonomy, which conflicts with societal expectations of women as passive and domesticated?
What is Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship?
This act symbolises Hedda's ultimate assertion of control over her life
What is Hedda's suicide?
“You’d better let the dog alone", growled Mr Heathcliff.
This governs the choices and actions of Catherine and Hedda
Rigid social expectations and gender norms
How do both Wuthering Heights and Hedda Gabler reflect the limitations imposed by their respective social and historical contexts on characters’ freedom and individuality?
What is the way Wuthering Heights critiques rigid class structures and gender roles in Victorian society, while Hedda Gabler explores the suffocating effects of societal expectations on women’s autonomy in 19th-century Norway?