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Examine Catherine’s self-hatred in Chapter 10, following being caught by Henry on her way back from exploring Mrs. Tilney’s room. How does her condemnation of her own thoughts and behavior land with you? How does Austen seem to intend her readers to feel about this moment of pain?
Students may note one level of reading of the text which accepts Catherine’s interpretation of the events which culminate now in her own self blame (“The liberty which her imagination had dared to take with the character of his father, could he ever forgive it? The absurdity of her curiosity and her fears, could they ever be forgotten?”). Students may also read more deeply, discerning the...
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