Thursday, February 24, 2011
Ellen, good or bad?
Ellen, or Nelly... is not put out there to be but is a very important character in the book, she is the narrorator and a sort of a puppet player too. Though a good story has to include some drama, I dont get why she didnt step in more situations that could have been avoided. Whether she took the power or not she was like a mother to most of the children, though they didnt treat her that way. She aided in raising them and they would go to her in times of trouble. Yeah she was considered under them but why didn't she push the "label" aside and use the power to her advantage. She shouldn't have even cared about the "label" seeing as how there was so much crazy business going on. Like with Hareton, instead of being a by-standard and almost getting him killed, she could have took the baby and ran. Or with Catherine telling her of the love she had for both the kids, it's was obviously showen that she was more inlove with Heithcliff and instead of saying that to Catherine she was vain and because Catherine treated her badly she didn't care to give proper advice.
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I think that there are two main reasons why she didn't "step in more situations." First, I don't think that it's that simple to just push aside a label given to you by outside forces, who, in this case, are the people you think she should be trying to help. There's no way they would even let her try to step in. Generally, no matter what you do, a label given to you sticks.
ReplyDeleteThe second reason is that I think Nelly LIKES watching the craziness. She seems like she kind of gets a kick out of it, like she takes it as entertainment. Why would she want to end her own personal soap opera?