Chapter 11-15 Flashcards
How is Haerton described when Nelly bumps into him, thinking that he is a ghost?
- “distorted his baby features into shocking expression of maligninty.”
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Colour associated with Heathcliff throughout book.
- “black villain.”
- “eyes full of black fire.”
- Black!!
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How does Heathcliff degrade Edgar?
- “lamb of yours threatens like a bull.”
- “will he faint for fear?”
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Image showing stark difference between Catherine and Edgar.
- Edgar’s blood “full of ice cold water” whereas, Catherine’s is “boiling.”
- Catherine’s anger but also passion VERSUS Edgar’s indiference/ lack of passion.
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How is Catherine’s madness/ hysteria seen when she is dying?
- ” thick entangled locks.”
- “tore pillow with her teeth.”
- Nelly directly refers to her as a “witch.”
- Idea of madness being associated with women common in Victorian literature.
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Significance of Catherine not recognising herself in the mirror.
- Doubleness in her character, her wild true self and the person she is forced to become by the Lintons. Seen how she is described as “half-savage.”
- She feels as though she married “a stranger, an outcast.”
- Oxymoron: “troubled gleam”, when she recieved letter from Heathcliff when she is dying.
Object Catherine is associated with throughout novel.
- “fire”/ heat.
- Blood described as “boiling”/ she’s described to be “burning” on multiple occassions.
- Her passion/ unkempt nature.
Significance of Heathcliff hanging Isobella’s spaniel.
- Isobella/ Edgar fought over this dog previously in the Grange, before Catherine was bitten.
- Dog = precious for family at Grange, Heathcliff is destroying what’s important to them!
How is Edgar portrayed as extremely caring to Catherine?
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- “no mother could have nursed an only child” better.
How does Isobella describe Hindley, when she is taken to The Heights with heathcliff?
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- “eyes like a ghostly Catherine, with all beauty annihlated.”
- Imagery of eyes throughout to reveal truth of characters.
Significance of Hindley allowing Isobella to hold pistol.
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- Isobella falling into evil. Good vs evil: common theme throughout novel.
What imagery does Isobella use to describe Heathcliff?
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- Devil imagery.
- Animal imagery.
- “no serpent could rouse terror in me equal to what he wakens.”
Heathcliff quanitifyin his love for Catherine vs Edgar’s love for Catherine.
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- “he couldn’t love as much in eight years as I could in a day.”
- Similar to how he counts no of days Catherine stays with him vs Edgar previously.
- Quantifies love throughout, using numbers. Lowkey a physocpath!!
How does Heathcliff describe existence without Catherine?
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- “hell.”
- This is why he dies, eternal damnation WITH Catherine is better than being alive without her.
How are Cathy’s eyes described in portrait in front of Lockwood?
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- “fascination lurks in brilliant eyes.”
- Her explorative nature.
Windows when Catherine is dying.
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- “recess of open window.”
- Letting supernatural in/ Heathcliff in/ wants to be free
- Feels as though she is in a “shattered prison” with them closed.
How is Heathcliff described whilst Catherine is dying?
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- “foamed like mad dog, gathered her to him.”
- Obsessive love, unlike Edgar’s care.
- Motif of dogs.
Why does Catherine say she will be “above” everyone when she dies?
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- Because she will be free from social conformities.
How does Heathcliff speak to Catherine whilst she is dying?
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- Accusatory tone: “you” parted us.
- “would you like to live with your soul in the grave?”: intertwined/ one and the same.
What could Catherine (and other characters) refusal to eat food show?
- Refusal to submit to power, as person given food to you has power over you.
