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The relationship between Catherine and Dr. Sloper changes and evolves greatly throughout the text, although the extremity of the difference in how they see each other is always constant. Catherine admires her father greatly. ...
Catherine idolised her father. ...
Catherine has a very indirect way of speaking to her father, for example, her response to her fathers bitter sarcasm about Morris: “’Oh, father! ... It may also be seen to be a reflection of the culture and values of the era, as Catherine is far too shy to openly discuss her feelings for Morris.
Dr. Sloper sees Catherine as a “commonplace child’ (p.35), and this is stressed by the narrator constantly referring to her as ‘poor Catherine’. The narrator tells us that “Doctor Sloper would have liked to be proud of his daughter, but there was nothing to be proud of in poor Catherine” (p. ... Neither Doctor Sloper, nor the narrator have any doubt that Catherine is “…but a modest figure” (p. ... The Doctor knows how devoted and dutiful Catherine is to him, and, as if to acknowledge this to us, he says “I verily believe she is capable of defending me when Townsend abuses me” (p.
Approximate Word count = 884
Approximate Pages = 3.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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