Wuthering Heights is a novel written by Emily Bronte about two families living in nearby manors in the moors of England. The novel contains several characters which are clearly perceived by the reader as either positive or negative throughout the novel. Often these characters will act in a manner that is not consistent with their overall perception‚ however despite their moral ambiguity‚ subjectively the characters are never seen in a different light. In the Wuthering heights manor‚ two cousins‚
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from London‚ Lockwood‚ begins renting a manor house‚ Thrushcross Grange‚ from the wealthy cruel man Heathcliff. Heathcliff precedes in an antiquated nearby manor house called Wuthering Heights. Once Lockwood’s curiosity peeks he asks his housemaid‚ Nelly Dean‚ to him the story of the large manor four miles away‚ and the miserly mid-aged man living there; while she told him of the love affairs‚ treachery‚ and deaths he recorded the story in his journal. She brings him back the early 1760’s when she
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In Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights‚ she uses a large amount of imagery in order to bring the setting as well as the characters to life for the audience. She is all over with the types of imagery she uses however she mostly gravitates toward either nature and or the supernatural to bring her story to life. Through associating her characters with the ‘calm’ and the ‘storm’‚ Bronte is able to to use imagery to introduce symbols that help the audience better understand the characters. By associating
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Edgar‚ Heathcliff and Linton‚ Heathcliff and Hindley‚ Catherine and Isabella‚ and Heathcliff and Isabella. Other contrasts which serve to explicate the plot and relationships are the differences between Heathcliff and Edgar‚ Hareton and Linton‚ and Nelly and Lockwood. Edgar and Heathcliff are the perfect example of clashing contrasts. These two men are so different from one another that it is no wonder that violence was the way they expressed their mutual hate for one another. Their first encounter
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it. In the first half of the book‚ Emily Bronte gives the account of the foundational characters‚ the first generation. The account is given in a diverse way‚ it is stated as from the eyes of an outside observer with an inside scoop named Nelly Dean. Nelly had lived in both Thrushcross range and Wuthering Heights and had a first hand account of all that had happened in their inhabitants’ life. The actions and decisions of the first generation were also very eminent in their descendants; they both
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respectively portraying the experiences and in some cases consequences of their actions as females living in a period of inequality. Catherine Earnshaw‚ as she is first introduced‚ is portrayed as a “wild hatless savage” (Bronte‚ 2003‚ p.64) by Ellen Dean who’s thoughts during the narration represent the opinions held by many of the upper and middle class society. The tone whilst describing Catherine’s antics are mostly disapproving as society required women to behave in a genteel and respectable manner
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those actions on behalf of Hindley and the Lintons are responsible for Heathcliff’s emotional state and his grudge against everyone but Catherine. This grudge - is responsible for many major events‚ such as the capture and "imprisonment" of Cathy and Nelly‚ and Heathcliff’s decision to force the marriage between Cathy and Linton. That shows that the people surrounding Heathcliff are to be blamed for his actions. The reasons for Heathcliff’s torment don’t stop there. Quite probably the most important
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their neglect of her” (Wing-Chi Ki 207). She loved them both‚ but for different things. She says she loves Edgar for his riches‚ but she knows Heathcliff has true love for her as she does for him. So‚ it was hard for her to choose. While talking to Nelly‚ Catherine said: “It
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There are a number of differences. First of all‚ the narrative structure is very different. Pride and Prejudice is chronological‚ told by a limited 3rd person narrator. Wuthering Heights begins at present‚ and then is told as a series of flashbacks‚ sometimes through letters‚ but with two different first-person narrators. Pride and Prejudice reads chronologically‚ with someone telling you about the characters. Wuthering Heights skips around (making it a bit confusing and mysterious)‚ and
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that readers and patients like Dora should be able to trust. However‚ as one reads Sigmund Freud’s Dora: An Analysis of a Case of Hysteria‚ one starts to draw more connections between the narrator of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart”‚ a proven unreliable narrator and Freud as a person‚ quite possibly unreliable as well. For me‚ reading the two works brought to mind Queen Gertrude’s oft-quoted phrase‚ “The lady doth protest too much‚ methinks” from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet (III‚ ii‚ 218). In
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