The abusive patriarch and patriarchal family
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The Abusive Patriarch and Patriarchal Family
From Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Patriarchy Pa
triar
chySocial
System where the father is the supreme authority W
hat d
oes h
e Co
ntro
l?Holds authority over women, children and property
From
a Fe
min
ist v
iewUnjust
social system, oppressive to women
Wuthering Heights Moors
The Male Characters
Mr. Earnshaw
Heathcliff Edgar Linton
Hindley Earnshaw
Mr. Earnshaw
Brings back a child from Liverpool, expects Mrs.
Earnshaw to treat the child like her
own
“… Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it
out of doors: she did fly up asking,
asking how he could fashion to bring that gypsy
brat into the house…”
Mrs. Earnshaw: Clearly Unhappy
Mr. Earnshaw – head of the
house. None can object to his
decree
Heathcliff
Abusive Patriarch
Isolates Cathy after
marriage to Linton
Imprisons Cathy and
Nelly
Treatment of Isabella
Edgar Linton
Confines daughter to the boundaries of Thrushcross
Grange
Makes Catherine choose between him or Heathcliff thus restricting
her identity
Hindley Earnshaw
Oppresses and degrades
the new Heathcliff
Did You Know:1 in 4 women have suffered
domestic violence
BBC - 2004
Why is it that women have
always been the subject of gender discrimination?
It still exists. It needs to stop. Full
stop.