Wuthering Heights And Persuasion Essay - 1796 Words

In Wuthering Heights and Persuasion, the Earnshaws and Lintons, and the Elliots, Hayters, Musgroves, and Smiths, respectively, have many family ties. In Wuthering Heights, the Earnshaws are a middle class family. Mr. Earnshaw has two children Catherine and Hindley, and one adopted son, Heathcliff. Catherine and Heathcliff develop a strong brother-sister relationship. The Lintons are a upper middle class family, and have two children, Edgar and Isabella. In Persuasion, Sir Walter Elliot, a baronet, has three daughters: Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary. After Sir Walter’s wife died, Lady Russell, a good friend of the Elliots, tries to fulfill the role of a mother. Also in Persuasion, the Hayters are in the upper class, and Mrs. Smith is in the†¦show more content†¦Lady Russell, who is a mother figure to Anne, persuades Anne not to marry Captain Wentworth because he â€Å"ha[s] no fortune†(P 26) and is â€Å"without alliance†(P 26). Anne’s decision not to m arry Captain Wentworth is greatly influenced by Lady Russell who is trying to protect her from ruining her reputation by not marrying someone of great fortune and connections. Sir Elliot, Heathcliff, and Anne improve their reputation by elevating their status as a result of their connections to their relatives, who are higher in status than them. While connections to relatives, in some cases, can be beneficial, they also have the opportunity to ruin one’s reputation. Heathcliff and Catherine’s brother-sister relationship gets them into trouble. When Heathcliff and Catherine spy on the Lintons, they are caught. Mrs. Linton is disgusted that â€Å"Miss Earnshaw [was] scouring the country with a gypsy†(WH 53). Catherine is expected to behave like a proper lady, implying that she should not associate with those inferior in status to her because she is part of the middle class. Even though Catherine and Heathcliff have a strong bond, he ruins her reputation in the ey es of the Mrs. Linton. Similarly, Mary wants Anne to keep â€Å"her company as long as she should want her to†(P 32). This prompts Elizabeth to not invite Anne to Bath because â€Å"‘nobody will want her in Bath’†(P 32). Anne’s reputation is ruined in the eyes ofShow MoreRelatedFeminism, Narrative And Psychoanalysis1991 Words   |  8 Pages Published in 1974, Juliet Mitchell’s essay, ‘Femininity, Narrative and Psychoanalysis’, was originally a lecture delivered by the British second-wave feminist at a conference in Australia. One of the first proponents of Psychoanalytical Feminism, Mitchell fiercely defended the merits of psychoanalytical paradigms in feminist analysis at a time when they were largely considered two widely disparate and incompatible disciplines; especially since Mitchell’s contemporaries believed the former undermined