Nebraska College Preparatory Academy

 

Date of this Version

2020

Document Type

Article

Citation

Capstone Project Poster Presentation, College Preparatory Academy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Spring 2020

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Copyright (c) 2020 by the author.

Abstract

Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca feature abusive tactics such as belittlement, control, and gaslighting which ultimately takes a mental toll toward the main characters which is noted by using the environment to express their mental thoughts. Although many people are able to overcome the abuse and start off on a clean slate similarly to Wuthering Heights, abuse can also be traumatizing and can linger in a person’s thoughts for an eternity like in Rebecca. In the end, more research on the ways men cope with abuse in comparison to women, as some of the male characters in the story seem to have dealt with the same abuse that Young Catherine and Mrs. De Winter endured.

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