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TIME AND MEMORIES (WH vs BELOVED) - Coggle Diagram
TIME AND MEMORIES (WH vs BELOVED)
GENERATIONAL TRAUMA
WH
characters are inrinsically tethered. mirroring its characters in its succesors, pushes the idea that history will repeat itself.
until
heathcliff decides to end his revenge plot and thereby end the cycle of trauma >>
revenge cycle X trauma cycle
conflict arising when characters are forced into roles and lives they wish do not exist ( ie- cathy wanted to marry hc, hc wanted to be genteele, isabella and cathy wanted to escape the genteele)
brontes irish origins and the importance of family origins in celtic culture adds to the importance of this idea of 'fate'
hareton becomes hc. hc becomes hindley. cathy jr becomes cathy sr and linton hc becomes edgar linton
key theme in gothic literature.
focuses on how the past is not forgotten and the future is not allowed to progress
conflict arises when symbols of the past and the present clash.
WH
the supernatural
ghost of chatherine is the most prominent symbol of the past in the movel. comes as a childs form wishing to return home ( need for the freedom of her childhood)
figure of catherines ghost is what drives HC to establish himself as a machiavellian villain
heathcliff as a metaphorical gothic vampire - reinforced mission to make hisotry repeat itself, haunting the grange/moors. he stagnates
time had little altered his person either.
. he is a past figure haunting the present and draining the life from its inhabitants
motivated by a love/hated of the past of someone who is dead or dying
THE PAST
BELOVED
former slaves only manage to escape in the flesh but mentally they still encounter the memories of their traumatic past
WH
catherines ghostly presence is the reincarnation of the grim realities of womanhood for 19th century readers
COMMON
persistent presence of the ghost character dictating other characters destinies shows the strong hold of past events
foreshadows reccurence of present and past events
NARRATION
WH
Proleptic narration gives the past a significance that it did not have at the time of its occurence
Introduced into a world beyond the original stories own time frame yet is a direct consequence of its occurences