Wuthering Heights essay/analysis
Emma O'Callaghan 18/03/04 Mrs Wren. Task: Write an Essay about a novel using own choice of quotes Target: A properly constructed lirature essay with my own choice of quotes. Assesments: En2 En3 Lit Effort Emily Bronte introduces her characters in the form of a story at the beginning however when she introduces other characters she uses narrators such as the nurse and Mr Lockwood. She develops her characters by the reader getting to know them better the way she does this is through diaries and story's either from the nurse or Mr Lockwood on what they believed the characters or themselves to be like. The story is about to family's the earnshaws and the Linton's. It is all about where they live either Wuthering heights or thruscross grange. The story includes the arrival of heathcliff who was a foundlingb brought home by the first Mr Earnshaw and brought up in Wuthering heights. In the story you get to see three generations of people. Heathclif was treated well at first but when Mr Earnshaw died he was then treated badly by Hindley. "Off dog" "Take my coat gypsy" This made Heathcliff bitter and wanting revenge. The people he wants revenge on are the earnhaws and the Lintons. When Catherine chooses Edgar this shows Heathcliff he has nothing worth staying for.
How does Heathcliff's obsession with Catherine manifest itself?
Heathcliff's obsession is shown throughout Wuthering Heights. His obsession is at its strongest when Catherine, the object of his desire, is alive. But Heathcliff's devotion still continues beyond the grave, even after she is dead. Heathcliff is introduced in Nelly's narration as a seven year old Liverpool ward, brought back to Wuthering Heights by Mr Earnshaw. All of the household are cold and discriminate against Heathcliff apart from the master of the house. However, gradually over time Catherine starts to accept him and they become close companions. The first example of how Heathcliff's obsession manifests itself, is in Chapter Six. Heathcliff and Catherine visit Thrushcross Grange and mock the spoilt Linton children. However the Linton's overhear the companions' laughter and set the family dog on them. It bites Catherine and she is taken inside leaving Heathcliff outside. Heathcliff vowed that he would stay outside all night in case Catherine did not like the hospitality and changed her mind. In Chapter Seven, Catherine returned from Thrushcross Grange after five weeks. Heathcliff is shown to be unclean, '...his clothes which had seen three months service in mire and dust, and his thick uncombed hair, the surface of his face and hands were dismally beclouded.' Heathcliff, since the incident at Thrushcross Grange, has almost let himself go because Catherine, his
Show how Cathy's desire for social status changes her personality throughout her life and to what extent her social position is responsible for the misery and conflict in Chapter 9 of Wuthering Heights.
Show how Cathy's desire for social status changes her personality throughout her life and to what extent her social position is responsible for the misery and conflict in Chapter 9 of Wuthering Heights. Cathy's personality changes throughout her life, mainly due to social status. Her social position causes misery and conflict especially when she decides to marry Edgar. The author, Emily Brontë, wrote the main body of the novel as: Heathcliff is bought up into the Earnshaw family, a family who are not poor but do not act posh. There social status is not as high as Cathy desires, the Earnshaw daughter, Cathy, falls in love with Heathcliff, a scruffy gypsy boy of a lower status than them as he is an orphan. He has influenced Cathy to be boyish and scruffy like himself. When Cathy meets Edgar it is in quite unromantic settings but gradually they agree to marry despite her love for Heathcliff. Cathy believes that Edgar can better her as around him she is lady-like and posh, she believes it will be better marrying Edgar as he has a high social position, is rich and is handsome (everything she desires), ''Why do you love him Miss Cathy?'... 'Because he loves me.'' however she does not marry the man she truly loves as he can't give her what she desires. 'It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff.' Throughout Emily Brontë's novel, Cathy's personality constantly changes, not gradually
Wuthering Heghts - Portrayal of Love
Comment on Bronte's portrayal of love in the extract from pg 115-118? Bronte's portrayal of love is this extract seems to be very strange, in the way she counteracts. She shows a side of love from a caring side, and a side of love from an aggressive side, by combining the two, we come up with the clear picture of Heathcliff and Cathy, Heathcliff being the aggressive type and Catherine the caring type. The reader knows this by the previous encounters of the characters. Lexically, the choice of words Bronte uses to portray the love is very well done. She uses soft words to portray this sort of love, "...Bestowed kisses upon", Bronte selected this to sound soft, the Sibilance in Bestowed and kisses emphasise the softness of the "kisses" and creates a tone of gentleness, and is very oxymoronic as Heathcliff is the one who bestows the kisses, he is not usually this sort of type to "bestow" as he brings terror to the whole novel, but towards Cathy, he is a true gentleman. We also see a submissive side to Heatchliff, "Heathcliff had knelt on one knee to embrace her...", the fact that Heathcliff "knelt" shows that he submitted to Catherine due to his love for her, and also it brings up the issue of social class, since Cathy was from a wealthy background and Heathcliff was an orphan, its clashes the social boundaries and shows how Catherine is "degraded" by Heatchliff. On the
In the light of the events within the novel, do you think Heathcliff is a fiend from hell or a victim of social prejudice?
Laura Kennie Question 3. In the light of the events within the novel, do you think Heathcliff id a fiend from hell or a victim of social prejudice? To understand the social prejudice of the novel's time we have to think of the time that Emily Brontë grew up in. It was a very class-structured era and higher-class people would not associate with lower-class people. So it is astonishing that Mr Earnshaw took Heathcliff in at all. He was in a well-respected social class and he took in a beggar off the streets. The first time we see Heathcliff is in chapter four. He is automatically an outsider from his appearance. Also because he has no family history and no one knows his origins, he therefore has no social status. Later on in the novel, Hindley uses social prejudice and his class status in Wuthering Heights to degrade Heathcliff to a servant. This gives him a motive for revenge later on in the novel. Additionally, Catherine says in chapter nine that it would not do well for her to marry him. "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now..." She can't marry Heathcliff because of the social status he is at in that part of the novel. He has no money and cannot provide for Catherine. This is because it was the dominant ideology of Brontë's time for women to marry for status, not for love. It is not just the family that have adopted Heathcliff, that pre judge him. Edgar
Compare how the natural world is used symbolically by Hardy and Bronte in The Return of the Native and Wuthering Heights.
Compare how the natural world is used symbolically by Hardy and Bronte in The Return of the Native and Wuthering Heights. Compare how the natural world is used symbolically by Hardy and Bronte in 'The Return of the Native' and 'Wuthering Heights'. The natural world is central to both 'The Return of the Native' and 'Wuthering Heights'. The natural world encompasses that which is not manmade and is part of the natural environment. It also concerns natural occurrences like the weather and natural disasters. Other examples of the natural world are the animal kingdom, landscapes, seasons, vegetation, and even the nature of man. Life is a natural process; therefore emotions and human conduct are part of the nature of man. Both novelists use natural imagery to emphasise the nature of man through their characters and their ways. Also the natural world is used symbolically e.g. the Heath symbolises human nature. Other natural images might be used as symbolic warnings e.g. the pool at Shadwell Weir. The novelists use natural imagery in a similar way, even though 'Wuthering Heights' was published in 1847 and 'The Return of the Native' was published thirty-one years later in 1878. Even though Bronte uses more animal imagery and Hardy uses more natural description, it still provides a wide variety of comparisons to be made between the two novels. Both novels are realistic and both
Explain what is happening in the passage of pages 120-128. What is shown about the relationship between the characters? How Cathy might be interpreted by different readers.
Sophie Hale 12Mc Explain what is happening in the passage of pages 120-128. What is shown about the relationship between the characters? How Cathy might be interpreted by different readers. It is this passage that Cathy realizes that she has made the wrong decision. She shouldn't have married Edgar she should be with Heathcliff. This realization is first saw when she saw her reflection in the mirror. 'Is that Catherine Linton?' Cathy asks this question because she saw someone that she does not recognize. She used to be a healthy, strong, wild girl and in her reflection she sees a pale, weak and unhappy woman. By seeing her reflection the reader can almost imagine what she is thinking. It seems as if she sees in the mirror her surroundings and realizes that it is her decision that puts her in this position. She chooses to marry Edgar and as a result denies her love for Heathcliff. From a feminist point of view it is a sign of Cathy's empowerment that she has finally realized that she shouldn't have married Edgar for his high social status, instead she should have married Heahcliff to satisfy her own feelings of immense love. It also touches on the fact that in this time period, once Cathy realizes she has made a mistake there is no way out of it, she has no means of escape, she is trapped. Cathy chose this path and as a result entered in to a world of distress and regret.
"Wuthering Heights" Character Classification
"Wuthering Heights" Character Classification From the outset, Bronte contemplates the view that the characters within "Wuthering Heights" are beyond classification. In Bronte's intricate prologue to the novel, Lockwood tries to decipher the relationships and personalities to no avail, 'Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living.' As a symbol of civilisation and normality in the novel, Lockwood immediately attempts to judge the characters, to put them into an order, to organise them. His failings to do so set out one of the most significant messages that "Wuthering Heights" purports. The phrase used by Nelly in her introduction to the story directs this significance simply: 'You'll judge as well as I can, all these things; at least you'll think you will, and that's the same.' Lockwood's own admission, 'I bestow my own attributes over-liberally on him' is used in the same regard. Bronte is asking the reader not to judge. Similarly, through Isabella's false perception and [1]'bookish expectation' of Heathcliff as a 'a hero of romance ...expecting unlimited indulgence', the reader is warned by Bronte not to judge. As Melvin Watson pointedly remarks, [2]'few have tried to make an unprejudiced attempt to understand what Emily Bronte strove for.' David Sonstroem observes in "Wuthering Heights and the Limits of Vision" the blindness and
Discuss how Peter Kosminsky's media representation of the opening of 'Wuthering Heights' sets up a supernatural theme for the rest of the film.
Daniel Harrop 10N 24th March 2003 Discuss how Peter Kosminsky's media representation of the opening of 'Wuthering Heights' sets up a supernatural theme for the rest of the film. Originally a pre 20th Century novel written by Emily Bronte, 'Wuthering Heights' is a tragic love story with a very high content of supernatural phenomenon, evil and revenge. It was published in 1847 and recently, in the early 1990's, Peter Kosminsky has adapted his thoughts of the novel to the big screen. For years critics have debated whether 'Wuthering Heights' is mainly from a romantic or gothic genre. Peter Kosminsky appears to privilege the gothic theme. In his version, the opening is very supernatural; this eerie theme continuing through the film. The novel itself is set in 1801 although Nellie, the housekeeper, tells the story which spans 30 years. Lockwood, Heathcliff's new tenant, arrives at Wuthering Heights. He stays the night and sees the ghost of Cathy. A few days later Nellie tells him the story of the two houses and how they contain jealousy, deceit and revenge. It is about the love of Heathcliff and Cathy, and their apparent quest for eternal love. At the beginning of the film Kosminsky, has added something that is not in the novel. He opens his film with the image of a lonely figure exploring the moors who stumbles across a ruin. Immediately he shows the supernatural
This essay will discuss the role of
Discuss the role of friendship in Northanger Abbey. This essay will discuss the role of friendship in Northanger Abbey by examining the different types of friendships between Catherine Morland, Isabella Thorpe and Eleanor Tilney in the novel, alongside the significance of friendship to the plot and themes of the novel. Whether one can regard only true friendships as important will also be explored. In Northanger Abbey (NA) there are two main friendships, that of Catherine and Isabella and Catherine and Eleanor. These two friendships can be seen as a total contrast to one another. Catherine is very pleased to meet Isabella after being disappointed in not seeing Mr Tilney again. The narrator informs the reader that Catherine is fortunate in finding a friend as 'Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love.' (p.18 NA). Isabella being the elder of the two has much more knowledge of fashionable society than Catherine and is, therefore, able to teach her a great deal about the expectations of society at that time. Catherine initially looks up to Isabella and considers herself lucky to have found such a good friend (p.19 NA). Isabella and Catherine's friendship grows very quickly, unlike that of Catherine and Eleanor, which progresses much more gradually. Isabella is very free with her friendship, professing to do anything for her friends,