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Introduction to the Author
Synopsis of Wuthering Heights
Main Character List
Form is Content
Classifying Wuthering Heights
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Wuthering Heights in Popular Culture
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"'She should have been a man- a great navigator... Her powerful reason would have deduced new spheres of discovery from the knowledge of the old; and her strong imperious will would never have been daunted by opposition or difficulty; never have given way but with life'" (Nestor, xviii)
Emily Jane Brontë was the fifth of six children born July 30, 1818 in a Yorkshire village called Haworth. Her parents were Reverend Patrick and Maria Bronte. In 1821 her mother died of cancer. In 1824 her and her sisters attended the Cowan Bridge School, yet in 1825 her two elder sisters, Maria and Elizabeth died. Soon Emily and her two other sisters Charlotte and Anne and their brother Branwell, began to create works of literature in their home on the moors; they conducted poems, novels, journals and a monthly magazine. They even created an entire other world which involved an adventure story, called the Gondal cycle, and recorded them in miniature booklets. "Charlotte explains the inducement to write: 'We were wholly dependent on ourselves and each other, on books and study, for the enjoyments and occupations of life. The highest stimulus, as well as the liveliest pleasure we had known from childhood upwards, lay in attempts at literary composition'" (Pauline Nestor). Around 1845 Emily begun writing Wuthering Heights and had it published in December 1847 by the publisher T. C. Newby. In the next year, December 19, 1848, Emily died of tuberculosis.
[OS]Unless otherwise noted, all textual excerpts refer to: Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin Classics, 1995. Print.
"It is a book that generates tensions- between dream and reality, self and other, natural and supernatural, realism and melodrama, structural formality and emotional chaos- but leaves them unresolved" (Miller, viii).
Spoilers below!
Volume 1: Wuthering Heights begins with a man from London, Lockwood renting an old manor named Thrushcross Grange. He eventually meets his landlord, Heathcliff, a rather grim man, who lives at Wuthering Heights a few miles from Thrushcross Grange. When he stays at Wuthering Heights he convinces Nelly, the housekeeper, to tell him the history of Heathcliff and the rest of the residents of Wuthering Heights and he records them in his diary. Nelly tells him of her childhood working at Wuthering Heights for the Earnshaw family. One day, Mr. Earnshaw brings back a gypsy orphan boy named Heathcliff from a Liverpool trip and basically adopts him into their family. In the beginning the Earnshaw children, Hindley and Catherine, loathe the boy. Catherine eventually becomes very attached to him and Mr. Earnshaw actually begins to love Heathcliff over Hindley, causing Hindley to become bitter and cruel towards Heathcliff. When Mr. Earnshaw dies, Hindley inherits and comes back to Wuthering Heights from college. He brings with him his wife Frances and begins to treat Heathcliff as a servant. Catherine and Heathcliff remain inseparable and go to tease neighbors Edgar and Isabella Linton who live at Thrushcross Grange. One night they wander to Thrushcross Grange, hoping to tease Edgar and Isabella Linton, the cowardly, snobbish children who live there. Catherine is bitten by a dog and subsequently stays at Thrushcross Grange for a period of time, in which the Linton's teach her to be a "proper lady". While there, she begins to have feelings for Edgar Linton, complicating her feelings for her companion Heathcliff. Hindley's wife Frances ends up dying giving birth to their son Hareton. This leads Hindley to become an alcoholic, furthering his cruelty towards Heathcliff. Soon, Catherine accepts a proposal of engagement from Edgar Linton, allowing her to further her social standing despite her love for Heathcliff. Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights for three years after hearing of Catherine's decision to marry Edgar instead of him. When Heathcliff returns, he is bitter and vengeful. He has become very wealthy and loans money to Hindley, sending him into Heathcliff's debt. When Hindley dies from alcoholism, Heathcliff gains control over Wuthering Heights and marries Isabella Linton, who he does not hide his disdain for. Catherine eventually forces herself to become ill to gain the attention of both Heathcliff and Edgar.
Volume 2: Catherine eventually dies from this illness giving birth to her daughter, Catherine. Heathcliff almost curses her spirit, praying that she stays on Earth as a ghost to haunt him, anything to make sure that she does not leave him alone. After Catherine's death, Isabella leaves for London and gives birth to their son, Linton. The story then jumps thirteen years into the future. Nelly is serving at Thrushcross Grange as Catherine's nurse. Catherine is a lot like her mother and has no idea that Wuthering Heights exists. One day while walking on the Moors she meets Hareton. Shortly after this, Isabella dies and Linton is sent to live with Heathcliff, who greatly detests the boy. Three years later, Catherine meets Heathcliff on the moors and meets Linton at Wuthering Heights. Linton begins to pursue Catherine at the wish of Heathcliff, which would grant him some control on Thrushcross Grange and help him achieve revenge on Edgar for taking Catherine from him. Catherine eventually agrees to marry Linton and soon after Edgar dies, quickly followed by Linton's. Heathcliff now owns both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. He makes Catherine live at Wuthering Heights basically be a servant and rents Thrushcross Grange to (our narrator) Lockwood. After Nelly is finished with her story, Lockwood ends his rent at Thrushcross Grange because he is so disgusted by the story. He returns six months later, however, and visits Nelly to check how everyone s doing. When Lockwood left, Catherine had hated Hareton for being uneducated but when he returns it seems that they have fallen in love. Heathcliff has become obsessed with the ghost of Catherine and after walking on the moors one night, dies. Hareton and Catherine inherit Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, and will be married on New Year's Day. The story ends with Lockwood visiting the graves of Catherine and Heathcliff.
[OS]Unless otherwise noted, all textual excerpts refer to: Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin Classics, 1995. Print.
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Name: Emily Jane Brontë
Pen Name: Ellis Bell
Born: July 30, 1818
Died: December 19, 1848
Publications: Wuthering Heights & assorted poems published in Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
[OS]Portrait by Patrick Brontë
[TR]The Brontë sisters comprised of Currer Bell (Charlotte), Ellis Bell (Emily), and Acton Bell (Anne).
[TR]After the publication of Wuthering Heights, some skeptics maintained that the book was in fact written by Patrick, on the grounds that no woman from such circumscribed life could have written such a passionate story.
[OS]Portrait by Patrick Brontë
[TR]As children, the Brontë's created an imaginary kingdom named Angria (dominated by Charlotte and Patrick). Around 1831, Emily (13) and Anne (11) created an alternate kingdom of Gondol. Emily maintained her interest in Gondol for years and continued spinning out the fantasy till the end of her life.
[TR]When describing the novel, Charlotte told her biographer Elizabeth Gaskell, Shirley was "what Emily Brontë would have been had she been placed in health and prosperity."
Heathcliff: Found wandering on the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, who then takes the child of about seven or eight home with him. Heathcliff is treated with favoritism by Mr. Earnshaw, provoking hatred from Earnshaw's eldest son, Hindley. This hatred results in Heathcliff's ill treatment and demotion to servant by Hindley after Mr. Earnshaw's death. This ill treatment, and lack of education turn Heathcliff's already moody temperament to evil, and the beginning of the novel chronicles Heathcliff's descent into villainy. Although Heathcliff's origin is never clear, he is described throughout as 'dark' and a 'gypsy.' These distinctions, coupled with his lack of manners or regard for others, make Heathcliff a societal misfit with no clear place, and someone who could have been viewed in Victorian times as an 'other.'
"He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentlemen- that is, as much a gentlemen as many a country squire: rather slovenly, perhaps, yet not looking amiss, with his negligence, because he has an erect and handsome figure- and rather morose- possibly some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride" (5).
Catherine (Cathy) Earnshaw (later Linton): The only daughter of the Earnshaw household, and close in age to Heathcliff. As the daughter of landed gentry she has a clear place in society, and is later schooled in 'polite behavior' by the Lintons. Throughout the novel she is described as 'headstrong,' 'passionate,' haughty,' and 'wicked.' Catherine is characterized as having little regard for the feelings of others, and as being accustomed to having her own way. The violent and passionate side of her nature clashes with her place in society, and with the schooling she has had with the Lintons. These dual traits in her character, and her headstrong selfishness, put her at odds with the ideals of the Victorian age, and identify her with feminism, and later the 'New Women.'
"Her spirits were always at high-water mark, her tongue always going- singing, laughing, and plaguing everybody who would not do the same. A wild, wick slip she was- but, she had the bonniest eye, and sweetest smile, and lightest foot in the parish; and, after all, I believe she meant no harm; for when once she made you cry in good earnest, it seldom happened that she would not keep you company, and oblige you to be quiet that you might comfort her" (42).
Ellen Dean (Nelly): A servant first of the Earnshaw household, then of the Linton. Nelly was raised with Heathcliff, Catherine, and Hindley Earnshaw, and seemed to enjoy the position of both their servant and playmate. Indeed, when she grew up, she served the dual role of servant and adviser/confidant for several other characters. Nelly is the principle narrator of the novel, as she tells the story to Mr. Lockwood, and it is through her eyes that we see the other characters. She is portrayed as wiser and more well educated that the normal servant of the day, and thus, as with several other characters, her place in society is nebulous.
"She was not a gossip, I feared, unless about her own affairs, and those could hardly interest me" (33).
Mr. Lockwood: The narrator of the frame tale. Lockwood meets Heathcliff, Hareton, and young Catherine when he moves into Thrushcross Grange as a tenant, and it is to him that Nelly tells the story of the events twenty years previous. Lockwood is a self-proclaimed misanthrope while contradictorily claiming to be easily smitten, and seeking the company of his inhospitable neighbors frequently, presenting the problem of whether he lacks self-awareness, or is merely a picture of societal norms, so unlike many other characters in the novel.
"By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness, how undeserved, I alone can appreciate" (6).
Young Catherine Linton (later Heathcliff): The daughter of Catherine and Edgar Linton, born on the night her mother died. Catherine is raised in a very sheltered fashion by her father and Ellen Dean. In her teen years she meets Linton Heathcliff, and is forced to marry him by his father. On her young husband's almost immediate decease, she is forced to continue residing at Wuthering Heights, where she eventually develops a relationship with Hareton Earnshaw, and subsequently announces her intention to marry him. Formally, Catherine can be seen as an echo of her mother, who, through a more selfless character, as well as chance, avoids the same fate, and marries her true counterpart.
"She was slender, and apparently scarcely past girlhood: an admirable form, and the most exquisite little face that I have ever had the pleasure of beholding: small features, very fair; flaxen ringlets, or rather golden, hanging loose on her delicate neck; and eyes- had they been agreeable in expression, they would have been irresistible" (11).
Edgar Linton: Grew up in the estate neighboring Wuthering Heights, Thrushcross Grange, courted, and married Catherine Earnshaw, and fathered her daughter, young Catherine. Edgar represents a member of the civilized, Victorian society; polite, educated, refined, and lacking in fiery temper. He is Heathcliff's direct opposite, and, with his wealth and standing, the socially correct choice for Catherine's spouse.
"Mrs. Dean raised the candle, and I discerned a soft featured face. . .pensive and amiable in expression. It formed a sweet picture. the long light hair curled slightly on the temples; the eyes were large and serious; the figure almost too graceful. I did not marvel how Catherine Earnshaw could forget her first friend for such an individual. I marvelled much how he, with a mind to correspond with his person, could fancy my idea of Catherine Earnshaw."
Isabella Linton (later Heathcliff): The younger sister of Edgar, who develops a fatal attraction to Heathcliff, and eventually marries him. She soon regrets her choice and runs away, dying some years later, far away from home. Isabella, like Edgar, represents the civilized Victorian society that the Earnshaws should be a part of. Her attraction to, and marriage with Heathcliff displays the realistically bad results attending attraction to a Byronic hero.
"We had all remarked, during some time, that Miss Linton fretted and pined over something. She grew cross and wearisome, snapping at and teazing Catherine, continually, at the imminent risk of exhausting her limited patience. We excused her to a certain extent, on the plea of ill health- she was dwindling and fading before our eyes" (101).
Hindley Earnshaw: The brother of Catherine Earnshaw, and the father of Hareton. Hindley hates Heathcliff, and, on the death of Mr.Earnshaw, forcibly demotes him to the status of servant. Heathcliff later repays Hindley for his injustice by winning all of his possessions through gamboling. Hindley dies young, a drunken wreck of a man, deprived of his inheritance, driven to a status lower than that at which he was born by the man whose status he had hoped to ruin forever.
Hareton Earnshaw: The son of Hindley Earnshaw, raised primarily by Heathcliff. As a spite to Hareton's parent, Heathcliff deliberately raises Hareton in ignorance and ignominy. Hareton remains in this state until he meets Catherine Linton, who awakens his desire for learning. His natural goodness and intelligence then unite to improve his character, and at the end of the novel, his and Catherine's engagement has been announced.
"Hindley was naught, and would never thrive as where he wandered."
"I began to doubt whether he were a servant or not:his dress and speech were both rude, entirely devoid of the superiority observable in Mr. and Mrs. Heathcliff; his thick, brown curls were rough and uncultivated, his whiskers encroached bearishly over his cheeks, and his hands were embrowned like those of the common laborer; still his bearing was free, almost haughty, and he showed none of a domestic's assiduity in attending on the lady of the house."
Linton Heathcliff: The son of Heathcliff and Isabella Linton. Linton, a sickly, delicate boy, is raised by his mother until her death, at which time he falls under his father's care, where he stays throughout his teen years, and until his death before the age of twenty. Because of ill treatment and sickness, Linton becomes quarrelsome and self-centered. Towards the end of his life, he is forced by his father to marry his cousin, Catherine Linton, and it is while under her care that he dies.
"Linton's looks and movements were very languid, and his form extremely slight; but there was a grace in his manner that mitigated these defects, and rendered him not unpleasing."
[OS]Character tree from Wikimedia Commons
[OS]Unless otherwise noted, all textual excerpts refer to: Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin Classics, 1995. Print.
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Family vs. Outsiders: How does the history of two families and an outsider who tries to reconstruct that history complicate the novel?
Heathcliff is positioned at odds with members of the Earnshaw family and the world around him. This conflict arises from several sources: first, the dark and 'gypsy-like' aspect of Heathcliff's countenance sets him apart from those around him. Then, in a world where family and name matter immensely, Heathcliff essentially has no name or family to speak of. He also initially has no land, placing him distinctly in another class, and apart from the landed gentry. All of these things place him at odds with the family and society around him. The second conflict between family and outsiders, however, is the conflict between the characters of Catherine and Heathcliff, and the radically different Lintons. Although Catherine is ostensibly from the same place in society as the Lintons, she is much more like Heathcliff than like them, a fact initially placing the two of them at odds with the Lintons. Heathcliff speaks to Nelly o his and Cathy's first encounter with the Linton's noting, "Both of us were able to look in by standing on the basement and clinging to the ledge, and we saw-ah! it was beautiful-a splendid place carpeted with crimson.... Edgar and his sister had it entirely to themselves.... Isabella.... lay screaming at the farther end of the room, shrieking. . .Edgar stood on the hearth weeping silently, and in the middle of the table sat a little dog, shaking its paw and yelping, which, from their mutual accusations, we understood they had nearly pulled in two between them. . .We laughed outright at the petted things; we did despise them! When would you catch me wishing to have what Catherine wanted? or find us by ourselves, seeking entertainment in yelling, and sobbing, and rolling on the ground, divided by the whole room?" (48).
[DQ]Does the novel side with societal norms or with simple human connection (s)?
[DQ]How does the novel characterize Cathy and Heathcliff's relationship in contrast with Cathy's friendship with the Lintons?
[DQ]Does Heathcliff's change in fortune make him less of an 'outsider'? Why or why not? Does this change intensify, or abate his conflict with the world around him?
Religion vs. Supernatural: What is real and what is imagined in Wuthering Heights?
The character Joseph is the religious figure of the novel, always reciting from the Bible and damning the other character to hell for their sinful acts. If one argued that this was a religious novel, then Heathcliff is most likely the evil spirit or even the devil, that was how he was first described to the reader, "you must e'en take it as a gift of God; though it's as dark almost as if it came from the devil" (36) Yet, there seems to be more influence of superstitions over the people then religious doctrines. The novel has supernatural occurrences of ghosts changing religious ideas of the afterlife, Heathcliff even asked Cathy to haunt him before her death, "Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living! You said I killed you – haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe – I know that ghosts have wondered on earth" (169). In this quote, we see that Heathcliff's about the afterlife are not that of Judeo-Christian ideas, they are more based in spiritual/ supernatural understandings. This struggle between Christian beliefs and superstitions of the supernatural continue throughout the novel.
[DQ]What other characters in the novel struggle between religious beliefs and supernatural beliefs?
Confinement: How is physical confinement portrayed in Wuthering Heights?
Wuthering Heights opens up to a scene of physical confinement, as Lockwood is at the mercy of Heathcliff and his eerie domicile. Even the darkness of the night emphasizes the dismal quality of the Grange, "It was so dark that I could not see the means of exit" (17). His options extremely limited, Lockwood surrenders to recovering at the Grange, "I was sick exceedingly, and dizzy and faint; and thus compelled, perforce, to accept lodgings under (Heathcliff's) roof" (18). The use of "compelled" and "perforce" emphasizes his lack of control. Furthermore, Lockwood is taken to Catherine Earnshaw's old bedroom and upon locating the bed he notes, "In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table" (19). This places him within several layers of confinement- a home seething with conflict, a forbidden bedroom shrouded by mystery, and an enclosed bed that offers Lockwood security "against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and everyone else" (19). When he awakes from a nightmare to the sound of a branch against the window, Lockwood attempts to break off the branch by forcing his hand through the glass but to only be met with "the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand" (25). The ghost of Catherine clings on to his arm and pleads, "'Let me in- let me in'", to which Lockwood responds, "'Let me go, if you want me to let you in!'" (25) While Lockwood appears captive within the walls of the Heights, Catherine is left wandering the moors (as a spirit) for twenty years while searching for a way to be let in. Moreover, Catherine's lack of freedom is painfully obvious, as confinement essentially defines the course of her life. In childhood, she alternates between the constraint of the Heights and the freedom of the moors. The moors present an opportunity to escape Hindley's oppressiveness, as Nelly admits, "it was one of (Catherine and Heathcliff's) chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day" (46). On their first visit to Thrushcross Grange, Catherine and Heathcliff are in awe of the freedom Edgar and Isabella seem to possess. However, when Catherine is bit by the Lintons' dog, she is restricted by her injury to a couch at the Grange, further perpetuating her physical confinement. Her choice in husband confines her to gentility of Thrushcross Grange, from which she can only escape by death.
[DQ]How is mental and societal confinement represented in the novel?
[DQ]What are some cases of self-imposed confinement presented in Wuthering Heights?
Human Nature: Savage vs Civilized
The characters in Wuthering Heights, although different, fall into two distinct categories of human nature. The Earnshaws are savage, some more than others, whereas the Linton's are civilized. The Earnshaws are wild and passionate. Catherine is the most savage in the family although Hindley isn't close behind with his vengefulness and alcoholism. Even their father had a spirited nature. Nelly is an interesting part of this family because it isn't clear whether she falls into the savage or civilized grouping since she exhibits both at certain times in the novel. Heathcliff is undoubtedly the most savage person in the novel, along with Catherine (since they are supposedly the same soul). This wildness is untamed and impossible to contain, which causes a great deal of strife in the novel. The Lintons, however, are everything a British family of class in this time period should be. They are well mannered, civilized, and even snobbish at times, if not boring. The contrast between the two families and their human natures creates a tense atmosphere in the novel, especially once Catherine begins trying to fit into the civilized nature even though she is undoubtedly born of the savage.
[DQ]What do the two human natures in the work tell you about human nature? How do theses two affect the way the novel functions? What is Bronte trying to convey with these two vastly different families?
[DQ]Would Catherine be as passionate if Heathcliff had never come to Wuthering Heights? What would have happened if he never met her?
[DQ]What role does suppression play in the novel? Why does Catherine suppress her true nature to try and become civilized? What does that say about human nature in general?
[DQ]Many people tend to have strong reactions the this work. Why do you think that is? What reaction did you have to the novel and does that shed any light on your human nature?
[OS]Wuthering Heights Photograph from Wylio.
[OS]Unless otherwise noted, all textual excerpts refer to: Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin Classics, 1995. Print.
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"Disturbed her? No! she has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years-incessantly-remorselessly-till yesternight; and yesternight I was tranquil. I dreamt I was sleeping the last sleep by that sleeper, with my heart stopped and my cheek frozen against hers" (289).
- This quote pulls together several themes from the novel. First the themes of ghosts, and unquiet spirits: the idea here is that Catherine and Heathcliff have mutually stormy and unquiet spirits. Throughout the novel, whenever they are separated, neither is completely calm or happy, and thus when they are separated by death, the result is the same, and both the living and the dead are tormented. Because of this, the quote implies, Catherine's ghost has haunted Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights since her death - an idea that draws together the aforementioned idea of mere unquiet spirits, and the idea, hinted at throughout the novel, that ghosts exist, and haunt the living.
Then, with 'incessantly-remorselessly,' the quote speaks of the incredibly close, and yet stormy relationship between Heathcliff and Cathy. Although they are never completely happy apart, when they are together Cathy's impetuosity and Heathcliff's dour stolidity often place them at odds.
Finally, however, the quote hints, as the whole book does, that perhaps Heathcliff and Cathy are made of the same stuff and destined for the same fate, despite everything else. Perhaps these two mutually stormy and unquiet spirits cannot be calmed until they are together eternally, and quieted with death.
"He wanted all to lie in an ecstasy of peace; I wanted all to sparkle and dance in a glorious jubilee. I said his heaven would be only half alive; and he said mine would be drunk: I said I should fall asleep in his; and he said he could not breathe in mine..." (248).
- This is spoken by Catherine (the second generation) and she is speaking to Nelly about her and Linton Heathcliff's different ideas of heaven. This quote, I believe, sheds light on the conflicting ideas of what love should be, within the novel. Should love be about passion and exuberance, or should love be more tranquil and peaceful? These two ideas of love are always tested within the novel, can both these types be true love or is one a more meaningful, a more powerful love then the other? Also I think this shows that both of these types of heavens 'loves' can't coexist with one another, one will feel bored while the other feels it is suffocating. This gives the reader the idea that these two people could not be together because their ideas of heaven 'love' do not coincide, showing that they are not meant to be together.
"And I pray one prayer-I repeat it till my tongue stiffens- Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living! You said I killed you- haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers. I believe- I know that ghosts have wandered on Earth. Be with me always- take any form- drive me mad! Only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! It is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!" (169).
- This quote helps to summarize Catherine and Heathcliff's relationship throughout the novel. They love, and sometimes hate, each other so much that they cannot bear to be parted, even in death. Heathcliff would rather curse her soul to roam Earth as a spirit than to live on Earth without her there in some form. It also highlights how destructive their love is by referring to Heathcliff as Catherine's murderer.
[OS]Heathcliff photograph from Wylio.
[OS]Unless otherwise noted, all textual excerpts refer to: Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin Classics, 1995. Print.
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Wuthering Heights as Gothic Fiction:
Gothic fiction as a genre came into being in the 1760's and became extremely popular in the 1790's. Although often considered to be sensationalist, the genre has been characterized as a repository of the fears and uncertainties of the societies that consumed it. Popular Gothic themes are: the supernatural, the uncanny (or unheimlich, in the original German), horror/terror, and the imprisonment or plight of a young heroine, or alternately, the fate of a 'fallen woman.'
"The intense horror of nightmare came over me; I tried to draw back my arm, but the hand clung to it, and a most melancholy voice sobbed,
'Let me in - let me in!'"
Wuthering Heights presents many of the themes mentioned above, including a preoccupation with the supernatural (ghosts, demonic characterization, etc.), horror/terror (Lockwood's dream of the ghostly Catherine, any dealings with corpses), and the imprisonment of a young heroine, supplied by young Catherine, who is held prisoner and forced to marry Linton by Heathcliff. In addition, the overarching distrust and fear of Heathcliff as an "Other" speaks to the societal fear in the Victorian age of anything "unnatural" or "other."
Wuthering Heights as the Romantic Novel:
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[OS]Wuthering Heights cover art from Wylio.
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[OS]Adams, Ruth M. "Wuthering Heights: The Land East of Eden". Nineteenth-Century Fiction. 13.1 (1958): 58-62. Click to read
In this essay the author compares Wuthering Heights to the land east of Eden where Cain and his family dwell. This story is found in Genesis and is a place where morals have no real place and nothing is what it should be. The author goes on to explain that much like the land east of Eden, Wuthering Heights contaminates outsiders with vindictiveness and jealousy. The essay helps show the morality of the characters and why that is important to the work as a whole.
[OS]Berlinger, Manette. "'I am Heathcliff': Lockwood's Role in Wuthering Heights." Bronte Studies 35.3 (2010): 185-193.ingentaconnect. Web. 1 April 2011. Click to Read
This article posits an odd connection of twinship between Lockwood and Heathcliff. Although Lockwood has traditionally been looked on as quite different from Heathcliff (despite the former's avowal that they are alike), Berlinger points out that the entire novel is made up of opposites who are nevertheless somehow connected. She furthermore advances the idea that Heathcliff's and Lockwood's personal journeys parallel each other, even while they display the differences of the two characters.
[OS]Carroll, Joseph. "The Cuckoo's History: Human Nature in Wuthering Heights." Philosophy and Literature 32.2 (2008): 241-257. Project MUSE. Web. 30 March 2011. Click to Read
This article looks at the novel from the perspective of human nature, both the traditional idea of natural human interaction, and the Darwinian idea. The article posits that Heathcliff and Cathy are antithetical to traditional ideas of human interaction and nature, and that Heathcliff, as an ethical other, presents a threat to the familial hierarchy present in the world of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. In the plot of the novel, this tragic tale of Heathcliff and Cathy, which disrupts of human nature, must be resolved through the romantic comedy ending of the second part, the article says, turning to theatrical form to describe the novel's two sections.
[OS]Dellamora, Richard. "Earnshaw's Neightbor/Catherine's Friend: Ethical Contingencies in Wuthering Heights." ELH 74.3 (2007): 535-555. Project MUSE. Web. 31 March 2011. Click to read
This article looks at the novel from an ethical and human perspective, concentrating on Mr. Earnshaw's dubious adoption of Heathcliff, and Catherine's friendship with the same. The article posits that while Mr. Earnshaw was doing his 'neighborly duty' ('love thy neighbor') by Heathcliff, it essentially backfired on him, because Heathcliff was too different, and was not fully accepted into the inheritance of the Earnshaw's. In fact, the article posits that Heathcliff has the status of a sort of slave, a status which reverses itself, and the slave becomes a negative influence on the master and his family. Similarly, the article talks about Catherine and Heathcliff's friendship, and how Catherine betrays Heathcliff and drives him to villainy by assuming he will not be able to fend for himself or support her.
[OS]Hafley, James. "The Villain in Wuthering Heights". Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 13.3 (1958): 199-215. Click to read
This essay takes the position that the true villain in the novel is Nelly, the narrator, and supplies evidence to support its thesis. He explains that by misunderstanding who the villain of the work is causes the reader to miss the entire point on the novel. It sheds light on the roles each character plays in the novel and also why those roles are vital to the meaning on the novel.
[OS]Jaret McKinstry, Susan. "Desire's Dreams: Power and Passion in 'Wuthering Heights'". College Literature, 12.2 (1985):141-146. Click to read
This essay takes an extremely interesting take on the novel, viewing the main characters as children. The author strips down their motives and desires and explains them in a way that pitches childhood against adulthood and romantic love against social acceptance. The writer takes the stance that the main point of the novel is that love and desire, to these characters, are worth dying for and are of the utmost importance.
[OS]Rena-Dozier, Emily. "Gothic Criticisms: Wuthering Heights and Nineteenth-Century Literary History." ELH 77.3 (2010): 757-775. Project MUSE. Web. 30 March 2011. Click to read
This article notes that nineteenth century literary critics were profoundly uneasy about Wuthering Heights, and that, although the novel is more frequently discussed today, recent critics still are unsure of what to do with it. The article posits that Wuthering Heights is a reaction to this uneasiness about certain forms, and that the novel combines and fleshes out the two genres popular at the time of its creation; domestic and gothic. The article claims that the novel brings out the dark roots of the domestic, and that its narrative intricacies parallel the narrative intricacies in the literary critiques of Emily Bronte and her novel.
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"Emily Brontë's masterpiece must be one of the most frequently adapted novels in the canon. Its wide dissemination has given it the status of a modern myth, and it has inspired films and plays, sequels and poetry, an opera, a musical and a number one pop song" (Miller, viii).
1939 Academy Award winning film, Wuthering Heights:
[TR]Nominated for 6 Academy Awards, won for Best Cinematography
1992 film, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights:
[TR]Notable for omitting the second generation story. Also jump started Ralph Fiennes career!
2003 MTV adaptation, Wuthering Heights:
[TR]Features a popular, modern-day soundtrack.
2009 ITV television adaptation, Wuthering Heights:
[TR]Aired as a two-part drama series and features Heathcliff, Cathy, Edgar, and Isabella approximately seven years older during most of the adaptation than they were in the novel.
[OS]Unless otherwise noted, all textual excerpts refer to: Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin Classics, 1995. Print.
[OS]All Trivia is credited to the Internet Movie Database.
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"'Wuthering Heights,'" she said, without hesitation.
The urge in my hand was growing beyond control. 'But that's unreasonable. You're talking about a work of genius'" (62).
-Breakfast at Tiffany's
[OS]Capote, Truman. Breakfast at Tiffany's. New York: Vintage Books, 1958. Print.
[TR]Is Wuthering Heights Bella and Edward's (of Twilight fame) favorite book?
[TR]What happens when Wuthering Heights meets Twilight? Meet Wuthering Bites.
Wuthering Heights in the 2003 sleeper hit, Cold Mountain:
[TR]Ada (Nicole Kidman) reads to Ruby (Renée Zellweger) an excerpt from Wuthering Heights and discusses whether Catherine should marry Heathcliff or Linton.
Kate Bush's 1978 UK hit single, "Wuthering Heights":
[TR]The chorus features Catherine's haunting words, "Let me in! I'm so cold".
[OS]Wuthering Heights: A Musical Adaptation (2008)
[TR]Includes four original songs: "Dark Passion", "Women", "Heathcliff's Prayer", and "I love The Wind."
"Women" From Wuthering Heights: A Musical Adaptation, Directed by Mark Ryan:
[TR]Heath Ledger and sister, Kathy, were named after Heathcliff and Catherine.
[OS]Wuthering Heights has inspired a role-playing game, created by Philippe Tromeur. Click to play.
[TR]The Forge reviewed Tromeur's game and concluded: "Despite its parodic and overwrought subject matter, Wuthering Heights is a solid role-playing package. It's playable, it's fun, it's original, and it works."


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But something that SR keeps reminding me of, is I don't know how to train. He says I'm robbing myself of speed by running so much (ie. I need to take days off between hard days and have days of tempo runs). Here's the pathetic training plan I've had for the past month:
Mon: run 11-12 miles with babyjogger
Tues: run 5-6 miles with babyjogger, swim 1 mile
Wed: run 11-12 miles with babyjogger
Thur: run 5-6 miles with babyjogger, swim 1 mile
Fri: run 11-12 miles with babyjogger
Sat: run 15-20+ miles alternating with and without babyjogger
Sun: run 5-6 miles with babyjogger, swim 1 mile
So, yes, I run a lot with the babyjogger and I can't run too fast with that thing. And I don't take days off. But who knows, maybe running constantly with a babyjogger is great training for an ultra. We will find out on July 5th, I guess. But, no matter how fast I go that day, SR will just say, "just think of how fast you could have gone if you had trained properly."
Today I will attempt to run fast with the babyjogger and see how it goes. Then we're driving to an Indian Reservation where SR has a job interview.
Running Song of the Day: Freeway by Aimee Mann (a favorite alto voice of mine since I was 16... this is a new song)
5 comments:
- Danni said...
That seems like good mileage to me. Do you wear a heart rate monitor? They are very useful tools for monitoring recovery and fatigue IMHO. Plenty of people run every day, me excluded, and as long as you are able to recover and mix hard and easy runs you should be golden. I highly recommend "Heart Rate Monitor Training for the Compleat [sic] Idiot" -- ensuring that you alternate hard/easy efforts and recover before the next hard effort is helpful. Also, making the easy runs UBER easy tends to make you faster on the hard runs.
This is all in the "do as I say not as I do" pile :p
P.S. Good luck at your race! You're doing the 50k?
- 25 June 2008 at 16:39
- The Chapples said...
I agree that one can run everyday and still recover (I did this pre-preg). The catch is having purposeful runs. Not just running to run, but having planned speed days, easy days, long days, etc. Running the same pace day after day is not going to add up to any gains in speed. Like Dannit, I learned that running easy runs SUPER easy were the key to recovering while also keeping the mileage high. The HR monitor helped me a lot too - accountability to really keep the easy ones easy. That was frustrating at first because I was having to run so freaking slow, but it helped me become more efficient (and recover!). Good luck.
- 25 June 2008 at 23:06
- sea legs girl said...
Sounds like really good advice. Thanks to both of you. I do take it quite easy on the days I run less. I have to admit, though, I don't think I'll ever get into heart rate monitors. But maybe if I try one I'll be addicted.
- 26 June 2008 at 16:57
- olga said...
Don't try HRM. I know I am going against official advice, but I see you the way I see myself. I used to wear it - for all of 2 months - and it robbed me off excitement. I think you run like I do, with ease and high senses, pushing when it comes and not when don't feel like it. While I believe in tempo runs (and even mile repeats), in your case you do those 5k's on TM, and that substitutes either. Babyjogger gives you extra workout - and I think it's great, because once you drop off this "weight", you'll fly
For my first 50k I didn't do any different training, it was 3 months after 1st marathon, and all I did was put on 2 long runs a month prior and did track with a group (just because). It was about having respect for the distance and fun the whole way.
I wish I could be around that weekend, but I won't even have internet access (CO). May be I'll shoot you my phone number by email.
You'll do great, believe me. There was a reason I told you that a while ago:)
- 27 June 2008 at 15:29
- Heather said...
I agree with SR that you'll run faster with a specific plan.
However, I can't say much because I HATE structured training and would rather go slow than steal the fun of running for me, so I never go by anything other than what I feel like... even when the quantity is more than it should be given what I'm training for and the times I'm getting.... *shrug* :)
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Sign up Winners!
The two winners are:
for the jelly roll -- KatieQ
and for the book -- elsemarie
I sent an email to KatieQ, but elsemarie I need you to contact me with your address.
Keep the blocks coming, they are fabulous!
18 comments:
- Crafty Mama said...
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- Pat said...
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- Diane said...
congrats to the winners!
whew I got my picture posted on flickr--which I'm new to (my first Upload) needless to say my daughter got a hoot out of me trying to figure everything out--outloud!
Can't wait for the next block...and can't wait til I'm better at this flickr thing!
- March 2, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- KatieQ said...
Thank you! I am really excited to have won the jelly roll. i can't wait to use it.
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Nonlinear dissipativity, asymptotical stability, and contractivity of (ordinary) stochastic differential equations (SDEs) with some dissipative structure and their discretizations are studied in terms of their moments in the spirit of Pliss (1977). For this purpose, we introduce the notions and discuss related concepts of dissipativity, growth- bounded and monotone coefficient systems, asymptotical stability and contractivity in wide and narrow sense, nonlinear A-stability, AN-stability, B-stability and BN-stability for stochastic dynamical systems - more or less as stochastic counterparts to deterministic concepts. The test class of in a broad sense interpreted dissipative SDEs as natural analogon to dissipative deterministic differential systems is suggested for stochastic-numerical methods. Then, in particular, a kind of mean square calculus is developed, although most of ideas and analysis can be carried over to general "stochastic Lp-case" (p * 1). By this natural restriction, the new stochastic concepts are theoretically meaningful, as in deterministic analysis. Since the choice of step sizes then plays no essential role in related proofs, we even obtain nonlinear A-stability, AN-stability, B-stability and BN-stability in the mean square sense for this implicit method with respect to appropriate test classes of moment-dissipative SDEs.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Adella King of Indiana Tech has been named the NAIA National Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of The Week and Evan Shimanek of Oklahoma Baptist has been honored as the NAIA National Women's Outdoor Field Athlete of The Week, the national office announced Wednesday. King and Shimanek were selected based on their performances from March 26 - April 1. This award is the second of the year for King, as she was honored on March 21.
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Shimanek, a junior from Hennessey, Okla., reached the NAIA's top height in the pole vault this year. She (pictured top right) set a personal best mark of 12' 1 ¾" to finish first at the Bison Invitational on March 31. She defeated the second-place performer by more than five inches.
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Field Nominees: Andrea Brower, Indiana East; Megan McDermed, Sterling (Kan.); Eliya Kohl, Corban (Ore.); Alexxa Shelton, Texas Wesleyan; Tina Clausen, Friends (Kan.); Courtney Harris, Ottawa (Kan.); Cadie Kneip, Northwest (Wash.); Emily Post, Tabor (Kan.); Gabriella Dixson, Concordia (Ore.); Katie Ostlund, Oklahoma Christian; Megan Higgins, Grand View (Iowa); Bethany Chew, St. Louis Pharmacy (Mo.); Kayla Roemmich, Jamestown (N.D.); Esme Walls, Langston (Okla.); Jennifer Strugeon, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Reta Woodard, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Phoenix Duncan, Siena Heights (Mich.); Whitney Burton, William Woods (Mo.); Courtni Fryer, Indiana Wesleyan; Joane Petithomme, Warner (Fla.); Alyssa McDowell, Doane (Neb.); Ida Gregersen, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Chelsea Rimington, St. Francis (Ill.); Milika Tuivanuavou, Fresno Pacific (Calif.); Tiosha Beasley, Campbellsville (Ky.).
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Online Safety for Kids & Teens on the Internet (and Facebook): Do You Really Know What Your Kids Are Doing Online???
As a parent of pre-teens and teens, it is often hard to find that balance between being overprotective (aka "smothering") and too permissive. We know that most kids between the ages of 10 – 18 are spending A LOT of time online… whether we know it and/or allow it. The facts and figures just don't lie. Even if we don't allow it in our own homes, chances are at least one (if not "most") of their friends' parents do… Therefore, we can't really keep our kids totally removed from this new 'world' (with a whole lot of new dangers)–no matter how hard we try.
On the other hand, do we want to be 'that parent'–the one that the 'other parents' complain about? You know… the parent whose house those 'other kids' (usually belonging to the parents described in the above paragraph) run to in order to get online and update their facebook status? On the account their parents don't even know exists?
Well, I am going to admit it here and now… I am that 'other parent'. But… before you are tempted to write me off as some liberal lunatic ruining my kids and really, the entire future of the world as we know it, please allow me a moment to explain…
First, I don't ever knowingly allow a child whose parents have forbidden facebook to access the site from my house. I ask before a kid comes over. Really. And I honor that parent's wishes.
After all, just because I allow my kids to be corrupted by the potential evils of Social Media doesn't mean I will override your decision to protect your kids from them.
With my own kids, however, social media – facebook, specifically – is not taboo.
Obviously, Facebook and the entire spectrum of social media is what provides about 75% of the income my family enjoys. Therefore, I know the platform to a greater extent than the majority of the population. I know the ins-and-outs of the system and I also know all the privacy guards that can be put into place. I also have a few of my own tricks up my sleeve to keep my kids in check. And they were aware of these the moment I allowed them to create their accounts.
For example, I created my kids' user names and passwords and they are never allowed to be changed while they live under my roof. Surprisingly, as this rule was set from the very beginning, it has not ever been questioned or argued. It is 100% accepted and my kids actually expect that I will log in and check their accounts sometimes as often as every day – even at times when they are "chatting" (instant messaging; a parent's nightmare most of the time) with others online. (If you aren't aware, the same "user" can be logged in to Facebook on different computers at the same time. Thus, if your child is "chatting", you can log in and observe the conversation in real time.)
I also send updates and notifications of everything my kids do while in Facebook (including chats) to their email address. An email address mind you, that I also have added to my own personal Outlook. Do I read them all? No. Do I frequently scan them? Yes. In fact, once a week or more, I will spend an hour or so actually searching for specific words in these posts. Most of the time, however, I don't even mention to the kids what I read unless it needs immediate attention. While I am raising them, I do believe this is my business. But I also don't have to rub their true lack of privacy in their face unless it is something that really sets off warning bells.
Now, many of you are probably thinking… that sounds like way too much work. Some of you are also probably thinking I am doing way too much – sticking my nose way too much – into my kids' business. Others of you are likely thinking I am not doing it enough. Trust me, I have heard both sides.
But here's the thing…. Facebook – the way I monitor it – has given me much more insight and knowledge about what is going on in my kids' lives – and in their heads – than my parents ever had of mine. I know their friends to an extent my parents couldn't have imagined. And while I won't say that I use these things as total determinants of who my kids can spend time with (sometimes kids act one way online when I KNOW them to be totally different 'in real life') – I know with who and when to be on my guard.
If you are one of those parents who doesn't want their kids on Facebook, am I telling you you're wrong? Absolutely not. If you are a parent who lets your kids spend time on the social networks and you don't monitor it like I do, am I saying you're irresponsible? Absolutely not. My job requires me to be on Facebook – an reading email non-stop – much of the day anyway. It's not really an inconvenience to me to perform these few extra steps to monitor their account and ensure if they are doing or saying things I don't agree with – or even if they are being a victim or oblivious instigator of cyber-bullying – I know it right away.
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USA Cross Country Championships events
Thursday, 6:30 p.m: Free cross country panel and question and answer discussion, Fleet Feet Sports, 2624 Broadway; fleetfeetboulder.com or (303) 939-8000. Free cowbells handed out, to be used in cheering on runners at Saturday's USA Cross Country Championships at the Flatirons Golf Course.
Friday: USA Cross Country Championships press conference, Boulder Running Co., 2775 Pearl St., boulderrunningcompany.org or (303) 786-9255.
Saturday: USA Cross Country Championships, 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Flatirons Golf Course, Boulder
When Benita Willis was one of the of the best young runners in the world, on her way to competing in four Olympic Games and nearly every other international championship there is, her coach used to give her a pep talk on competing against the top in the world:
"It is like you are hanging on to a window ledge high above a 20-story building," Willis, 34, recounted during a recent interview. "You have to keep hanging on and hanging on, until you cross the finish line. Only then do you let go and drop to fall onto a mattress."
Let go before the finish line, and "you'd die on the cement below."
Willis heard that analogy from her coach just before heading to the "call room" at the 2004 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Brussels. The World Cross Country champs are acknowledged by many as the toughest race in the world, as it brings together the entire range of fast runners, from milers through marathoners, with every country, including powerhouses such as Ethiopia and Kenya, entering up to nine runners.
Willis won that day in Brussels, and, she recalls, "Since then, I have always thought of (my coach's words) when I raced."
Two years after her gold medal, Willis clocked 2 hours, 22 minutes, 36 seconds at the Chicago marathon, still a time that ranks among the fastest in world. While she earned a bronze medal in the 2003 World Half Marathon championships and ran fast times on the track, setting seven Australian records, and competed in the Olympic 5,000 and 10,000 meters as well as the Commonwealth Games, Willis' forte was cross country.
She placed in the top eight at the World Cross Country Championships seven times, including her 2004 win, and helped her Australian team to two podium finishes. Those world races are what are termed "European-style" cross country, with barriers and hay bales, pushing and shoving, slush, mud and rain.
Thursday evening, as part of the buildup to Saturday's USA Cross Country Championships at the Flatirons Golf Course, Willis will talk about her long international career during a free panel discussion at Fleet Feet Sports. She will be joined by elites Kathy Butler, Richard Medina, Melody Fairchild and ex-great Steve Jones.
Willis is one of those highly decorated world-class athletes who populate Boulder without drawing attention to themselves. Talk to Willis at a coffee shop as she sits drawing up training plans for the athletes she coaches, and she will not mention her accomplishments. Rather, she will quickly turn the discussion to how well some of her runners are doing, or about the Australian national rugby team she helped train during a recent frigid Boulder training stint.
"Benita is an inspiration," said local agent Brendan Reilly. "Her range is amazing, with world-class times at everything from 1,500 to 10,000 meters to the marathon. I like also that she remains active in the sport working to help even beginners with their exercise and overall health.
"She is the kind of runner who will always turn around and run a mile or two when she crosses paths with a friend while out on a run. Benita's a credit to our sport."
For those who follow running closely, Willis is a champion not only because of her many wins, records and World Cross gold medal, but in how she responded to several years of injury and adversity, including at the 2012 London Olympic Games, her fourth Olympics. Suffering an injury, Willis nearly pulled out before the start. When she stood on the starting line near Buckingham Palace, she knew she would not be able to medal, a lifelong dream.
But Willis then had the epiphany that perhaps competing in the Olympics this time was enough. And compete in London she did. Running with an injured leg, she finished, so spent — from "hanging onto the window ledge" — that she was wheeled off in a wheelchair. It was her slowest time ever, yet she describes that Olympic marathon as one of her proudest moments and greatest experiences in running.
That is a lesson we can all learn from, and something Willis brings to her coaching: do our best no matter the circumstances we find ourselves in, knowing there is often no reward other than doing our duty well.
Medina, like Fairchild a former Colorado prep cross country champ, is the youngster on Thursday's panel. He is a 2013 University of Colorado graduate and two-time All American, one of coach Mark Wetmore's many talented Buffs looking to make the jump to professional runner.
Medina has run 13:44 for 5K and has top-10 cross country finishes at the NCAA, U.S. national, and the U.S. club championships. He has much to offer to high school and college runners in town who might want insight into what it is like to be a top prep and collegiate runner.
"I want to share as much information from my perspective as I can," Medina said, adding that he will be learning as well as speaking at Thursday's panel. "They have all been where I want to get to, and I am going to be listening, with a big smile on my face."
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Friday, 2 September 2011
The reality of Danish maternity leave
"We have experienced that many 'ethnic' women suffer under the social control in Denmark"
This morning, as I heard one of the local Venstre party candidates say this on tv, I suddenly realized how "ethnic" I was.
Before we moved to Denmark, one of the few things I knew about Scandinavia was that there was a really long, paid maternity leave. And how could a woman who wants to have kids not be excited by this prospect? Of course, that was when I was living in the US. There were a lot of things I didn't realize then.
When a woman goes on maternity leave here, she is paid full-time salary because, well, her life beyond that of taking care of her baby, is supposed to stop. In some ways, maybe this is progressive. I mean, a woman is given the right to spend all her time with her baby and not worry about money or a job. And this contributes to the 98% rate of breast feeding in Denmark. Very, very impressive statistics compared to a country like the US, where in some states, only 50% of babies even get to try breast milk (think Mississippi and West Virginia), with the national average of babies ever breastfed being 70%. And only 35% of babies in the whole country are exclusively breast fed for 3 months, (CDC) whereas in Denmark 60% are.
It is cultural and it is built into their social system. And the system, looking at the statistics, works.
What about employment? Well, if you get a full 9 months paid maternity leave after having a baby, there isn't that big incentive to stop working. In Denmark 70% of women are employed and in the US it's just 59% (Danmarks Statistik and US Dept of Labor). This is however also partly attributed to the fact that families in Denmark simply can't afford to live comfortably on one salary.
So Denmark looks darn good in statistics. And they are the "happiest" country in the world year after year. And granted, it's a great place to live, as long as you agree with what everyone else thinks.
But here's my issue: if a "new baked mother", attempts to stray from her job as a full time mom, it is extremely difficult, expensive and socially unacceptable.
Basically, there is no child care available until a baby is nine months. Not even if you want to go back to work. Not even at the gym if you want to exercise for an hour. What about a babysitter, you ask? Well, then you would have to pay them by the hour and their legal hourly wage would actually be just slightly less than what I make as a physician. No kidding. So one can hardly rationalize the decision to start working again.
Right now, my mom is here, so I have been able to work and exercise. But both people at work and at the gym are wondering if I suffer from a psychiatric illness because I'm not spending 100% of my time with my baby.
When I look back on the first 9 months of The Lorax's life, I realize how extremely good I had it. I worked 12-18 hours a week, he was in day care 2 hours a day while I ran/swam/yoga'ed whatever. And I was so happy. More importantly, he was so happy. It was a magical time in our life. When I read my blog entries from that time, I see how much we both were glowing.
I have absolutely no less love for Mattias,
and yet, I feel I'm drowning in my new role as an exclusive mom while also trying to fit in the things I normally enjoy, including work, and trying to explain to the entire Danish society that "no, I'm not crazy and I DO love my kids"
Heavy topic for a Friday, I guess.
On to music...
I was wrong about the CSS song. As Steve Q said, it was too girly --- even for me! (I broke my cardinal rule: never recommend a running song before you run to it) THIS one ended up being good:
Running song of the day: Itchin' on a photograph by Grouplove.
(I have the same sort of child-like love for Grouplove that I have for The Jonas Brothers. Grouplove probably wouldn't be happy to know that)
22 comments:
- Marathon Mom said...
Like you said that all sounds perfect until you are in the midst of it. I was bored and ready to go back to work after 6 weeks of my 13 week maternity leave. I felt like I was one of the few women happy to go back to work and wanted somewhat of a life back. Yes I love my daughter but for me to be the best mother I need to be around other people and workout.
- 2 September 2011 at 20:21
- Jessie Thomas said...
It is clear that you love you children and that you are good at it, just look at them, they have the looked of being loved all over them. Taking time for yourself...very smart thinking SLG.
- 2 September 2011 at 20:47
Well, I usually think you're kind of nutty ;) but on this one, you are not at all weird. So many of us would lose our minds if we had to be SAHM's even for "only" nine months. :( Thanks for the reminder that the amazing world of Scandinavia actually doesn't have it all figured out when it comes to life's contentment!
- 2 September 2011 at 21:23
- PiccolaPineCone said...
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- 2 September 2011 at 22:57
- PiccolaPineCone said...
let me try again...
it's a double edged sword. if you look at progressive countries like Denmark they tend to have the lowest # of female executives and females above a certain level on the corporate ladder. whereas the US, in all its backwardness has among the highest % of female executives. Now, one could argue that having female execs is perhaps not the best indicator of a country's well-being and that % of babies breast fed is far more important or % of babies with a stay at home parent is far more important... that is beyond the scope of my coment (and leads to many highly debatable, high contentious topics which I do not feel qualified to comment on). my ONLY point is that there are some unintended sude effects to a system like Denmark's - though I guess if a woman was really career focussed she could opt out of the mat leave and daddy could stay home???
p.s. don't even get me started on how difficult it was to explain to people in Italy in Italian that I was looking for a gym with babysitting. i quickly realized i wasn't facing a language barrier but a massive cultural barrier!
p.p.s. you're a bad mom. :)
(i thought if i said it in an obviously joking tone it might defuse any other such comments)
- 2 September 2011 at 23:02
- pernillesarup said...
I agree with Piccola that Danish women pay a price for the long maternity leave.
Some men do take a bit of the time (usually the latter part of the leave), but most don't.
When the leave is over both mom, dad and child have got use to MOM being the child (and home) responsible person, and it is easy to continue that pattern. As a default mom is dealing with daycare/meals/cleaning/shopping. Not that the dad does not contribute, but if notting has been arranged for a particular daily routine on a particular day, it's moms duty, by default. This makes is a bit more difficult for moms to stay a bit longer at work, or join in spontaneous meetings. Networking though work related informal social events, is really important for building a career, and Danish women are on average not good at that. I for one should have been better!
Having said that I so totally loved my 6 months of baby time... and so totally went nuts in the last 3 months.
Would I have benefitted from 2h a day for work/workouts/sleeping: No doubt!
Would the kids be damaged? If it was a quality daycare 2h a day, I'm not convinced they would.
- 3 September 2011 at 03:13
- Danni said...
I reckon I would poke my eyeballs out if I had to be a SAHM for 9 months -- I have nothing but mad respect for women who love it or can swing it but I don't think there's anything wrong with not being one of those moms.
- 3 September 2011 at 04:09
- sea legs girl said...
Wow, no "bad mom" comments yet! Only from PPC, but she's always mean to me, so I've stopped taking it personally ;). And I learned an acronym, SAHM.
PPC, I have been thinking about you in Italy a lot, imagining the situation must have been about the same. You, unlike me, never really complained about it. Respect!
I am so grateful for your Danish perspective. I have to add that one thing I have noticed is that Danish women, almost without exception, look back on their maternity leave with extreme happiness, love of their child and longing to experience it again. There is a very, very tight bonding that happens with so much uninterrupted time together.
On the other hand, SR has commented many times that The Lorax benefited from a little day care each day because he was always very social, not afraid of meeting people, good with other kids, etc. Who knows if he would have been the same had it just been him and me...
- 3 September 2011 at 06:54
- SteveQ said...
Being childless, I'm thinking my views probably don't count for much.
The song I'm still grooving to after several months is "Techno Fan" by the Wombats.
- 3 September 2011 at 17:25
Interesting how very different the system is over there compared to the U.S. What about purchasing some exercise equipment for your home as a practical solution? I don't know if that is possible/financially practical where you are located, etc. but seems like a good idea to meet your needs while home w/ the baby. I just purchased a used elliptical for our home, and combined w/ the baby jogger (and really early morning runs on my own) feel pretty confident that I will be able to get my workouts in, even w/ my 5yr. old and new baby that is due in a few weeks...just an idea!
- Shannon
- 3 September 2011 at 18:05
- Dale Nesbitt said...
I'm going to be a coward and shy away from the maternity leave part of the blog entry.
As for running songs, I think "I Feel Love" by Blue Man Group (originally by Donna Summer) is probably one of the best songs to get you pumped up.
- 4 September 2011 at 00:25
- kathleen said...
oh man. i hear you. i actually realized yesterday that for 9 months of my son's life i have yet to be by myself at home. really i just want a long shower and a nap. it's hard.
- 4 September 2011 at 01:26
In Finland there is a saying "one child is a hobby, two children are a job, and to have three children is crazy" (perhaps this is a bad translation, I'm not a native English speaker). But still the Finns are quite productive, it is thought that this is due to the attractive, paid maternity leaves.
But poor baby! Why on earth did you want another child? After living in DK for some years you must have known very well about the conditions for the maternity leave there. You are so young that you could have postponed the baby planning by a couple of years anyway.
My "job" as a mom has been the most rewarding one so far. You can be replaced at work, you can be replaced practically everywhere by others, but your baby can only have you as his mom. This sounds very melodramatic, but this is the way I think now. I wish you beautiful moments with your new little family member!
- 5 September 2011 at 08:58
- Jen said...
I had no idea there were no options for childcare when they're that young. although I think there are a few hours a day at my gym where you can get someone to watch your kid while you workout but I guess that's the exception rather than the rule.
it does make sense now why most of the foreign moms that I know here have chosen to spend some of their maternity leave back wherever they came from so I don't think you're alone in that respect. I know that when/if we ever decide to have a child, there is no way in hell that I would be able to just sit home for 9 months. I know its not the same but I just returned from 2 weeks sick leave and I was going stir crazy at the end.
- 5 September 2011 at 09:12
- Kirsten said...
Keep doing what makes you happy and don't listen to society - you know Janteloven, doesn't matter what you do, there will always be somebody to tell you that you are doing something wrong.....
If you are happy I think the rest of your crew will be happy - and bond much better to the new little member!
- 5 September 2011 at 10:42
first world problem
- 6 September 2011 at 11:57
I've gotta say, I have a hard time feeling sorry for a person who gets paid in full for maternity leave and yet complains about not having enough time to work out.
Didn't you know this already? Plus when you say watch your kid for an hour, don't you really mean 2-3 hrs?
- 7 September 2011 at 04:35
- sea legs girl said...
Well, anon attacks again.
"First world problem" - yep. Exactly. In the third world new mothers tend to be surrounded by large families with lots of people willing to help out. Isolation IS a problem of the first world.
I regret if this post came off in a complaining way. There are so many great thigs about the system here. But I think it really is of cultural interest to point out that while it often seems "Scandinavia has it all figured out", Americans, Canadians, Brits, etc., should realized how lucky they are if this DO have that option of day care/help with their newborns.
Women should also NOT be discouraged from having kids just because they may want to have time to themselves to workout or whatever.
Now I would really appreciate it if all of these morally superior anons would leave a name or a profile and not run and hide after their comments. Hold your head up and say things you attach your name to.
- 7 September 2011 at 10:35
- Jen said...
I wouldn't worry too much about the anons.. they're probably the ones who always have the "if you don't like it, go home!" come back when questioned about why things are the way they are in denmark.. its like, well yes.. I would like it if the grocery store had a bit better selection but it would be a bit of an overreaction to leave my partner, my job and my life here just because I don't think everything in denmark is the best in the world.
- 8 September 2011 at 08:46
my mom was one of those people who retired when she had her first baby and became a stay at home mom. My mom loves babies, lives babies, had babies when she was 23 after being the oldest of 6 kids (therefore raising 5 of her siblings). Yet, she tells me how hard it was to do everything on her own and how she needed my grandma. My dad was in the midst of his residency at Johns Hopkins, and it was the 80s so those were 120 hour weeks. She was a single mom living in a dangerous part of baltimore city. i have all these stories of her going to my grandmother's house just so she could take a bath, have a nap, or hell, go for a swim (we need to swim in our family, it's like what running is to you).
Don't feel bad. My family is full of baby obsessed SAHM and everyone says what my mom did was insanely difficult because you need alone time, adult time, etc. that is where extended family becomes so necessary. good luck! Wanting your time doesn't make you a bad mom. :)
- 12 September 2011 at 19:28
- The Fear of Choice said...
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- 12 September 2011 at 19:31
- David Short said...
Seems to me that the situation would be worse if you did not want to work and found yourself having to. I think it's a better system than most others.
In the first 14 weeks the mother is entitled to 14 weeks while the father is entitled to 2, after the first 14 weeks the parents are entitled to 32 weeks divided between them.
Curious to see what other systems have.
Australia use to have 52 weeks for the mother unpaid. Yippee..
- 29 July 2012 at 12:10