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dc.contributor.advisorEmelie, Jonsson
dc.contributor.authorPedersen, Thea Sofie
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-17T05:38:41Z
dc.date.available2023-08-17T05:38:41Z
dc.date.issued2023-06-01en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis seeks to analyze how Emily Brontë portrayed the power structures of class, race, and gender in Wuthering Heights as interconnected and cyclical. It is important to see these power structures in connection, as they may cause further oppression together for the already oppressed. I argue that Brontë mocks the Victorian societal structures and their cyclical nature, and I show this through an analysis of the characterization of five of the most prominent characters of the novel: the older Catherine, Heathcliff, the younger Catherine, Linton, and Hareton. The thesis opens a discussion on whether the treatment we are subjected to causes our behavior, and I argue that Brontë viewed people more as a result of their surroundings than a result of their ancestry. These five characters are governed by how they are being treated in connection with the power structures, which causes abuse to go in cycles. I further argue that towards the end of the novel, we see the second generation gaining awareness of the cyclical nature of the power structures and an understanding of how we are products of our surroundings, which seemingly help them end the cycles of abuse.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/29997
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universitetno
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2023 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDENG-3983
dc.subjectVDP::Humaniora: 000::Litteraturvitenskapelige fag: 040::Engelsk litteratur: 043en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Humanities: 000::Literary disciplines: 040::English literature: 043en_US
dc.subjectRaceen_US
dc.subjectClassen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectPower structuresen_US
dc.subjectEmily Brontëen_US
dc.subjectWuthering Heightsen_US
dc.subjectCycles of abuseen_US
dc.subjectVictorian literatureen_US
dc.titleEmily Brontë's Confrontation with Power Structures in Wuthering Heights: Connections between Victorian Race, Class, and Genderen_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgavenor
dc.typeMaster thesiseng


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