ENGLISH 3H03 Lecture 3: Northanger Abbey II
9 Dec 2018
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Lecture 3: northanger abbey ii (p. 38, paragraph 2) describes eleanor: austen"s description of eleanor is of the ideal woman . Catherine: is good-natured but na ve about people, country girl who moved into a quasi-urban environment, she grows in perception, wants us, as the readers, to see disjunction between how catherine perceives. Isabella and what readers see: loyal to her brother who is into isabella, so catherine has a hard time seeing. Isabella for who she is: henry isn"t na ve but a know-it-all, knows catherine is na ve, he is her instructor , taught by a man how to conduct herself issue, will disappear in other austen books. In mansfield park, the idea of men controlling women is gone: fanny price is independent. Catherine sees discrepancies between general tilney"s actions and character: a little less na ve. Pride emphasized in the narrative (general tilney: only invites catherine to northanger because he thinks she"s rich.
