Help


from Wikipedia
« »  
Catherine Morland: A 17-year-old girl who loves reading Gothic novels.
Something of a tomboy in her childhood, her looks are described by the narrator as " pleasing, and, when in good looks, pretty.
" Catherine lacks experience and sees her life as if she were a heroine in a Gothic novel.
She sees the best in people, and to begin with always seems ignorant of other people's malignant intentions.
She is the devoted sister of James Morland.
She is good-natured and frank and often makes insightful comments on the inconsistencies and insincerities of people around her, usually to Henry Tilney, and thus is unintentionally sarcastic and funny.
( He is delighted when she says, " I cannot speak well enough to be unintelligible.
") She is also seen as a humble and modest character, becoming exceedingly happy when she receives the smallest compliment.
Catherine's character grows throughout the novel, as she gradually becomes a real heroine, learning from her mistakes when she is exposed to the outside world in Bath.
She sometimes makes the mistake of applying Gothic novels to real life situations ; for example, later in the novel she begins to suspect General Tilney of having murdered his deceased wife.
Catherine soon learns that Gothic novels are really just fiction and do not always correspond with reality.

1.986 seconds.