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Wuthering Heights: Negativity in Domesticity
In Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, it is perceivable that the domesticity that took place in the novel was more of a vice than a virtue for the characters. The domesticity evident in the novel seems to focus most on the notion of a woman marrying out of duty, rather than love. The dutiful act of marriage was a norm within the domestic realm, but the negative effect it had on Bronte’s characters proves that this act was more detrimental to the characters than it was positive. Catherine Earnshaw dutifully marr....
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