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Essay / Pride and Prejudice // Wuthering Heights compare/contrast
In both literary works, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, there are two important female characters. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth is the protagonist; she is the second eldest of her five sisters. She is honest, witty, and generally has good judgment toward people. Catherine is the main female character in the first half of Wuthering Heights. She is impulsive, moody and wild due to the conflict she has between two people; when around Linton she behaves well and in front of Heathcliff she rejects normal social conventions. The two women are entangled in complex romantic relationships. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth is the protagonist and the written story revolves around her life as a single woman whose mother pressures her to marry a rich local man. She lives in the Victorian era, where society placed a high value on appearance, etiquette, and social class. Elizabeth and her sisters attend many events like balls where men court them. Catherine Earnshaw is the protagonist of the tree...