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This resource offers a comprehensive and critical exploration of Catherine Earnshaw, one of the most compelling characters in English literature. Suitable for A-Level English Literature, this analysis unpacks Catherine’s role in Wuthering Heights through a multi-dimensional lens, examining her psychological, social, and symbolic complexity.

Key Features:

• In-depth character analysis across thematic sections: nature, identity, gender, confinement, and death;
• Close reading of key quotations with detailed interpretation:
  - Integration of critical theory including:
  - Feminist theory (Gilbert & Gubar)
  - Psychoanalytic theory (Freud and Lacan)
  - Postcolonial theory (Spivak)
  - Marxist criticism (Terry Eagleton)
• Discussion of reader responses, historical context, and Gothic conventions
  Ideal for exam preparation, essay planning, and coursework enrichment.

Perfect for:

• AQA/OCR/Edexcel A-Level English Literature
• Comparative literature and critical theory modules

This resource encourages students to critically engage with the novel through multiple interpretive frameworks and to see Catherine not just as a character, but as a site of ideological, psychological, and literary tension.