Narrative Voice Flashcards
What narrative
Frame narrative, Lockwoods narrative frames Nelly’s
Why is there a frame narrative
Because a woman’s voice is heard through a means, highlighting the patriarchy but showing the intelligence of women and Emily’s forward thinking
Where do we see Lockwood
Through his diary entrees
How are we able to see different perspective
Use of palimpsests gives us an insight into the late Catherine’s mind. Used when Catherine writes her diet on the bible showing rebellion against religious values she has taught foreboding her love for the demonic Heathcliff
What is palimpsest
Use of narrative on top of another narrative
Lockwood is
Represented as bias and clueless about life on the moors
What does Lockwood rely on
Nelly’s story telling skills for entertainment suggesting power and intelligence of women
What is the narrative used to
Portray characters and how they react to each other, narratives to suit the path of the story and reveal what is necessary
Lockwood
Typical 19th century readership audience meant to see things how Lockwood sees, Chinese box Narration
What does Nelly include
Contents of letter written by Isabella as well as several eye witness accounts into her narrative
Parallels
Bwteeen LOckwood’s physical and emotional approach to Wuthering Heights and it’s inhabitants found during the dream scene
What is Lockwood incapable of
Forming any emotional relationships with members of wuthering heights because they are so different to him
What does Lockwood fail to understand
The motives underlying the behaviour of the tenants, through nellys story he can get close to the tenants and thei home but he never understands them fully
Lockwood is formal in his style quote
‘It’s astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared to them’
What are the boundaries he faces
His superior social position, apparent through manner of speech
Writing style
His sentences are complex, frequent use of colons, semi colons and dashes making his style appear more educated
Factual
Lockwoods style is factual more descriptive than emotional, devotes himself to giving a detailed accounts of the interior and behaviour, unable to sympathise with people who are different
Lockwoods dream
Escapes from his closed mine, both physically and emotionally at the centre of wuthering heights when he wakes he returns to the analytical and stoic approach of rationalising his surrounding
Quote about his dream
‘Merely, the branch of a fir tree that touches my lattice’
What happens to Lockwood during his dream
He becomes like the people he is ‘cruel’ and attacks Catherine calling her a ‘creature’ just like Heathcliff
Nelly language
Simpler she allowed characters to introduce themselves to the reader
Quote about Nellys understanding
‘Perceive far closer to a full understanding of the mysteries at wuthering heights than Lockwood’
Her filter
Strong influence on how we perceive the story in detested him just then’
What does Nelly think of herself
As very highly although she calls herself and elderly woman and a servant merely’ this is apparent its not how she really feels
How does the reader perceive nelly
As an amiable character due to her positive depiction of herself, she shows how people frequently seek her advice
What does Heathcliff ask Nelly to do
‘Make me decent’
What does Nelly do about Catherine’s I’ll behaviour
She excuses it showing she is a loyal and good natured servant ‘that sounds ill-natured- but she was so proud’
What does the reader feel about nelly
Not fully dependent on her account of events Lockwood contributes to the readers doubts by saying ‘she’s a beauty, it is true, but not an angel’
