Wuthering Heights was quite head of its time when you sit and consider what Lyn Pykett argues in her feminist point of view. When deciding between the two identities of the two Catherines, Pykett uses a certain way to show how both Catherines seem to resist what society would like for them to be by their upbringings and overall maturation into adulthood. One Catherine has been talked about as being quite wild and unladylike. When this Catherine becomes a bit more mature after venturing to Thrushcross, it would seem that her life is finally on track to a point. I believe she was meant to be unrestrained and “out there”, and perhaps her need to be this way was what led to her destruction, via Edgar and Heathcliff.
The other Catherine seems to endure a particularly similar journey, and I really do enjoy the correspondence between the two. It would appear Brontë did this on purpose, but this time, the other Catherine gets a choice. Sure, she is trapped in Wuthering Heights with no real freedom to an extent, but she gets to choose the love that she wants and it’s just a much nicer ending for her in the end.
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