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Wuthering Heights
Week 3
(Quiz Chpts 23-28)
And Now…
Read “Papa Says Everything She Has
is Mine”—marking the text using the
meta-cognitive markers
Women’s Rights in the
Nineteenth Century
About property rights…
The “one entity of marriage” –
Under nineteenth century British law, married
women could not legally own property.
The common law doctrine of covertures
dictated that upon marriage the man and
woman legally became one entity, and that
entity was the husband.
About property rights…
• Single women and widows
Single women and widows – unlike married
women – were legally capable of owning
property.
About property rights…
• Inheritance laws –
All property a woman took into her marriage
became her husband’s, as well as any
inheritances she received during the
marriage.
Within Wuthering Heights, a character tries to
exploit these laws to get revenge…
About property rights…
• Inheritance laws (cont.) –
Generally, inheritances passed to sons only.
If a man had no sons, and he did not
specifically provide for a daughter in his
will, the closest male relative would often
become the heir.
About property rights…
• The Married Women’s Property Act –
The movement to change women’s property
rights culminated in the passage of the
Married Women’s Property Act of 1882,
which ensured that married women had
the same right to own property as
unmarried women.
Why is this relevant?
Emily Brontë wrote Wuthering Heights
during the beginning of the women’s
rights movement in England.
The primary concerns of the movement
were the lack of women’s right to vote
and the lack of married women’s property
rights. The latter issue arises in Wuthering
Heights.
Back to Dates…
• Did you find any?
• Are the events happening at those dates
significant?
Read Chpts 29-30
HOMEWORK
Do Now
What makes a good relationship?
Love and Marriage
• Generate a list of the marriages and love
relationships in WH
• Rank the relationships in order, from
– most to least passionate,
– most to least loving.
Love Groups
• Each group will write a brief description of the
couple’s relationship, referring to specific textual
examples to make their claims.
– Consider each character’s motivations for becoming
involved in his or her relationship (beyond “s/he was
in love!!”).
• Which characters fall in love and/or marry for
“good”reasons?
• For “bad” reasons?
• Why do the characters who make “bad” choices feel
compelled to make them?
Evaluation
• Does Brontë approve of or endorse the
relationship?
• Think about the future of Cathy and
Hareton.
– Does the text provide any hints that these
characters, too, are doomed or have the
potential to be happy?
Dogs and Relationships---Any connection
there?
SYMBOLS
Read Chpts 31-32
HOMEWORK
Do Now
TBD
Panel Discussion
• Read and summarize the reviews of
Wuthering Heights----As a Group
• Individually---ask a question and make a
comment about each review
• Be prepared to participate
Read to the end of the novel
HOMEWORK
Do Now
Wuthering Heights Test
Do Now
Author’s Presentation
Read Oscar Wao
HOMEWORK