Heathcliff Flashcards
Quote about his appearance
‘He is a dark skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman’
What does Heathcliff try to escape by becoming a gentleman
The predetermined discourse of linear time
- tries to start again
Quote about death
‘I feel and see only death!’
What only works for a brief time?
Heathcliff’s gentleman status
- linear time catches up with them, they cannot be togther in linear time due to Heathcliff’s predetermined life and background
- he is from gypsy decent - fate that his life will not be fulfilling - doesn’t work in the landscape he has been placed in
What do both Tess and Heathcliff bit realise
Time has history and is unforgiving and I forgetting
Phrenology
Science placing races on lower evolutionary scale, shape of scull determines whether you were benevolent
Disadvantages heathcliff
What type of novel was wuthering heights?
A gothic novel because of the reference to the supernatural, themes of madness and passion
What do supernatural events convey?
The psychological suffering that Heathcliff experiences through the loss of Catherine
How is complexity of the novel created?
Through the non-chronological recounting of events
Three generations
Symmetry of the pedigree
- unlike real life, arouses readers interest and to give vividness and reality
Social change - Tess of the durbervulles
Britain changed from a largely rural country to being predominantly urban
- great cities sprung up
Dairy farms - TOTDV
Did particularly well, result of developments in railways could be transported to cities
Hardys view of providence
Hardys fiction is characterised by his pessimism
Hardy alludes to concerning the theology of country people
Alludes to the idea that their beliefs are a mix of Christianity and Paganism - due to ideas concerning fate and nature
Main idea explored in Hardy’s pessimism
People want happiness, yet the universe appears structured to disappoint those hopes
