Themes (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards
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Catherine & Heathcliff's love key trait
Catherine & Heathcliff's love key trait
Unchanging/refuses to adapt or evolve
Two contrasting relationships in novel
Two contrasting relationships in novel
Catherine/Heathcliff vs Cathy/Hareton
Catherine's famous declaration re: Heathcliff
Catherine's famous declaration re: Heathcliff
'I am Heathcliff'
Novel's view: life as a process of...
Novel's view: life as a process of...
Change & transformation through time
British class hierarchy (top to bottom)
British class hierarchy (top to bottom)
Royalty>Aristocracy>Gentry>Lower classes
Catherine's reason for marrying Edgar
Catherine's reason for marrying Edgar
To be 'greatest woman of the neighbourhood'
Heathcliff's social trajectory
Heathcliff's social trajectory
Orphan→adopted gentleman→labourer→gentleman
Heathcliff's central obsession
Heathcliff's central obsession
Revenge
Ultimate result of Heathcliff's revenge
Ultimate result of Heathcliff's revenge
Leaves him empty & unfulfilled; dies alone
Peace returns when...
Peace returns when...
Proper social order restored via next generation