but disgust at Cathy’s behaviour in chapters 9 and 10 of Wuthering Heights.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (40 marks) Chapters 9 and 10 see Catherine Earnshaw confess her love for Heathcliff but ultimately agree to marry Edgar Linton for the betterment of her social status. Heathcliff is also transformed after three years‚ and it is obvious that both he and Catherine are still very much in love. Whether Catherine’s behaviour in these chapters can be viewed as anything but disgusting
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limit their knowledge of facts. Throughout Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights‚ the narrator introduces readers to many sources of information. But‚ like the childhood game telephone‚ the stories are apt to change. In the novel‚ the story goes from Isabella and Zillah‚ to Nellie at Thrushcross Grange‚ who tells Lockwood‚ by whom the audience receives the information. In Wuthering Heights‚ Lockwood is the most credible source‚ but each source giving readers the information is not as credible. John
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“Man is born free‚ but everywhere he is in chains.” - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Many readers enjoy ‘Wuthering Heights’ as a form of escapism‚ a flight from reality into the seclusion and eerie mists of the Yorkshire moors‚ where the supernatural seems commonplace and the searing passion between Catherine and Heathcliff absolute. Yet Wuthering Heights reaches much further than its atmospheric setting‚ exploring the complexities of family relationships and Victorian society’s restrictions; similarly‚ in
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After Edgar Linton asks Catherine to marry him‚ she tells Nelly‚ “Nelly‚ I am Heathcliff! He’s always‚ always in my mind: not as a pleasure‚ any more than I am a pleasure to myself‚ but as my own being…” (291) Catherine clearly states her feelings toward Heathcliff and their relationship. She feels that she is Heathcliff‚ meaning that without being physically one‚ they will still be one essence for eternity. By the early middle of the novel‚ Catherine chooses to marry Edgar Linton instead of
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deeply. She would like to sacrifice herself marrying Edgar Linton for helping Heathcliff. She said to Nelly‚ "Heathcliff shall never know how I love him; and that‚ not because he’s handsome‚ Nelly. But because he’s more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of‚ his and mine are the same‚ and Linton’s is as different as a moonbeam from lightning‚ or frost from fire. If Heathcliff and I married‚ we should be beggars? Whereas‚ if I marry Linton‚ I can aid Heathcliff to rise‚ and place him out of my
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By choosing a social status Catherine betrays Heathcliff and pursues Edgar Linton. This decision has an echoing effect throughout the book. As Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights he brings only vengeful tactics with him. Seeking to oppress Edgar‚ Heathcliff mentally and physically abuses Isabella‚ Edgar´s sister. "And I like her too ill to attempt it‚" said he‚ "except in a very ghoulish fashion. You’d hear of odd things if I lived
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Question: How‚ and to what effects‚ does Bronte use different settings in Wuthering Heights? In the book Wuthering Heights‚ the author‚ Bronte‚ has created three different main settings. They are Wuthering Heights‚ Thrushcross Grange and the moors. The whole story mainly took place in these three places. In Wuthering Heights‚ the atmosphere is always dark and gloomy. Also‚ it is quite uncivilised. On the other hand‚ Thrushcross Grange is bright and welcoming‚ and is full of peace and calmness
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heard the last speech and laughed" (WH P39) Bit by bit we see how the nurture code develops gradually but still we have glimpse of her real nature striking at several situations she arrived as a lady wearing fancy dress and her hair was curled. Mrs. Lintons
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Tthe representation of home in Wuthering Heights. The ideology of the mid-nineteenth century limited the role of Victorian women to the domestic sphere. The Victorian construction of the domestic ideal saw the woman as devoted‚ busy and diligent mother‚ bearing‚ raising and educating her children. Anchored to the home and providing a secure‚ cosy space for a husband‚ as a haven from his public life in the outside world‚ the woman and home became the ‘expression of British Victorian morality..
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shown in the Romantic period that it was written. The character that was most influenced in the novel was Heathcliff‚ the byronic hero‚ by the injustices he faced as a child and growing up. He seeks revenge against Hindley at first and later Edgar Linton because of the treatment he receives from the both. Heathcliff is not only affected by the characters in the novel but also the setting which is Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights; moreover‚ both places give off a different mood and a change
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