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2* Why is Ellen "Nelly" Dean always called "Nelly" by the elder Cathy but "Ellen" by the younger Cathy? Two reasons. First, the younger Cathy has a higher class upbringing than her mother--the nickname vs. the more formal Christian name address highlights the class difference between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Secondly--although it's easy to forget because the adaptations always [[AgeLift age her up]]--Nelly is only eight years older than the first Cathy, whereas she's an adult when the second Cathy is born and helps to raise her. The elder Cathy relates to her more as a sister figure, while to the younger Cathy she's a mother figure, hence the more formal address.
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5* On ''Literature/WutheringHeights'', Victorian propriety made Emily Brontë not give any details about how the conceptions of young Cathy and Linton happened. Now consider how Heathcliff treated Isabella Linton, and how quickly she came to be disgusted with his viciousness (to the point of running away through the moors while ''pregnant''), and think: how could they ''possibly'' have conceived Linton?
6** Heathcliff tells Nelly before Isabella flees that she is consenting to all of his 'experiments' that are 'strictly within the limits of the law' what would Healthcliff have done that made Isabella leave him then? Just because something is legal--as marital rape was in England and Wales [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape#Ending_the_exemption_in_England_and_Wales until 1991]]--that doesn't mean that it's bearable. Considering Heathcliff's treatment of Isabella, it's likely that he sees "consent" the same way that quite a lot of people nowadays see rape. Even if a woman is silently enduring rape by a larger and stronger man who could maim or kill her if he chooses, many modern people (and even worse, many cops, attorneys, and judges) feel that she must have consented or she would have done anything in her power to have fought him physically. If she didn't struggle physically, the argument runs that she must not have ''truly'' objected (or "consented" through submission), or worse, [[SadisticChoice allowed for it to happen in exchange for not being beaten, killed, or another threat.]] This also ignores the fact that fight or flight are not the only options. Sometimes people freeze in terror.
7** Heathcliff himself all but confirms it to Nelly:
8--> '''Heathcliff:''' She degenerates into a mere slut! She is tired of trying to please me uncommonly early. You’d hardly credit it, but the very morrow of our wedding she was weeping to go home.

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