Themes In Wuthering Prom Nights

Wuthering “Prom” Nights Analysis “Wuthering Prom Nights” is a play inspired by two themes both portrayed and demonstrated in the novel of Wuthering Heights. The first theme the play portrays is how a woman’s decisions are morphed by the standards set by society. This belief is demonstrated in the novel when Cathy states, “ ‘Nelly, I see you now, you think me a selfish wretch, but did it never strike you that, if Heathcliff and I married, we should be beggars,’ ” (Bronte, 60). It is clear that after spending time with Edgar at Thrushcross Grange, Cathy has a sudden desire to luxury, or in this case, popularity. The reason the audience knows that she did not have this desire before is since she states, “ ‘I wish I were a girl again, half savage

Cleo even states that she cares about the way she looks and the man whom she is with, since she is not a little girl anymore. The theme of society is also portrayed in the play when Ethan asks Hunter if he owns Cathy. This theme helps the audience to understand Wuthering Heights on a deeper level, since it reveals the type of society in which the women in the story live in, or a society where women are rushed into love or as seen as prizes in order to inherit money. This theme not only helps one understand Cathy’s rebellious nature, but also women today that are pressured into accepting gender roles that often sexual or dehumanize

The theme is that discrimination brings revenge. Although the second scene in the modern play of Wuthering Heights is a “lost” scene, there is a lot of proof that discrimination is what led Heathcliff to revenge. For example, since Hindley treated Heathcliff like a servant, Heathcliff plots his revenge from a young age. He tells Nelly, “ ‘I’m trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don’t care how long I wait, if only I can do it, at last,” (44). This theme suggests that Heathcliff holds a grudge and will do anything in order to seek revenge. This theme is presented in the play when both Ethan and Cleo reject Hunter because of his lack of wealth and his low class. When Hunter states that Ethan will be sorry, it is foreshadowing that revenge will occur. By understanding both of the themes demonstrated throughout the play, the audience understands that the characters in the text act with rebellion when discriminated against. This rebellion, however, does not satisfy the soul, but creates a pattern of hatred. This same theme relates today, since those who are abused or discriminated against as children are more likely to do vengeful actions or become murderers. As one said by Shakespeare, “There is a method to my