Catherine Morland: Northanger Abbey’s Realistic Heroine

Authors

Ali Gowrie, Roger Williams Univeristy

Document Type

Article

Degree

Bachelor of Arts in English

Advisor

Margaret Case, Ph.D.

Abstract

Many Austen critics have argued against Northanger Abbey’s Catherine Morland as a heroine. I argue instead that Catherine’s character flaws allow her to resist unrealistic expectations defined by other sentimental heroines of the time, break gender role expectations and establish a new type of realistic heroine

Recommended Citation

Gowrie, Ali, "Catherine Morland: Northanger Abbey’s Realistic Heroine" (2016). English Theses. 110.
https://docs.rwu.edu/english_theses/110