this is of an interesting question to talk about. i assume that the theme of feminism is the dominating theme in the novel. we see that Catherine's father is harsh and strict. Slopers looks at his daughter as disappointing, dull, and not clever enough.he calls calls her by diminutive names " poor Catherine" as well us enforcing her to obey his law if she wants the blessing of him. in-spite of that, Slopers still loves his daughter and wants to make of her a good creature. so when you get across all of these actions being practiced upon a weak daughter, you get to think that it is not justice on behalf of her. she is more than that; she a daughter who has lost her mother, who on the other hand if she was still alive, the plot of novel would change as whole. the novel does in fact sheds light on the idea that society in the 9th century was a patriarchal community by means of highlighting the notion of fatherhood. the novel then attempts at showing the gap which existed and still unfortunately exists between male and female.
not to mention as well the role which is played by Morris to illustrate an other kind of man ferociousity against the very soft kind-hearted creature like Catherine. Morris as we become all aware at the end of the fact that he is after Catherine's fortune. he is therefore a man of deception to Catherine's true honest love. he does not care if she is broken hearted. what he mostly cares of is the money. he is material. this will hints at something very important which is that man is as bad as the devil. he controls society by means of government, public institutions, the world job market and so on. more than this is that he is a creature of a materialism who chooses what fits his desire and forgets that there is something more precious which does not worth being irreplaceable; that is love. hope this will help you friend.
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