THE PORTRAIT OF WOMAN EMPOWERMENT THROUGH MAIN CHARACTER IN EMILY BRONTE‟S WUTHERING HEIGHTS

Abstract

This research focuses on the female character initially develop an identity within
her immediate family, but this identity is challenged when she engages in a
relationship with a man outside of the family. These shifts in identity show that the
female character experiences conflict in their shifting identities. Some theories are
used to analyze this topic such as Psychoanalytic Feminism, Psychological Theory and Women‘s Development. The approaches implied on this research are social, psychological and feministic approaches. The finding of this research is the powerful of female caharacter through her voice, manner and mind against male characters. Her powerful can be seen on characterization of Catherine. She depicts woman empowerment in several of her dominant character traits. She is wild spirited and rebellious; these traits suggest a strong will beneath the repressed emotions. She marries for social class and rarely expresses her true feelings. She is romantic and driven by societal forces that prevent her from being conscious of her own deepest feelings and love. Catherine is in this sense as the representation of female for the rise of feminism and the revolution for women's rights.
Keywords: women empowerment, female, psychoanalytic feminism, powerful