Narrative Voice

Question 1

What narrative

Answer 1

Frame narrative, Lockwoods narrative frames Nelly’s

Question 2

Why is there a frame narrative

Answer 2

Because a woman’s voice is heard through a means, highlighting the patriarchy but showing the intelligence of women and Emily’s forward thinking

Question 3

Where do we see Lockwood

Answer 3

Through his diary entrees

Question 4

How are we able to see different perspective

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What is palimpsest

Answer 5

Use of narrative on top of another narrative

Question 6

Lockwood is

Answer 6

Represented as bias and clueless about life on the moors

Question 7

What does Lockwood rely on

Answer 7

Nelly’s story telling skills for entertainment suggesting power and intelligence of women

Question 8

What is the narrative used to

Answer 8

Portray characters and how they react to each other, narratives to suit the path of the story and reveal what is necessary

Question 9

Lockwood

Answer 9

Typical 19th century readership audience meant to see things how Lockwood sees, Chinese box Narration

Question 10

What does Nelly include

Answer 10

Contents of letter written by Isabella as well as several eye witness accounts into her narrative

Question 11

Parallels

Answer 11

Bwteeen LOckwood’s physical and emotional approach to Wuthering Heights and it’s inhabitants found during the dream scene

Question 12

What is Lockwood incapable of

Answer 12

Forming any emotional relationships with members of wuthering heights because they are so different to him

Question 13

What does Lockwood fail to understand

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Lockwood is formal in his style quote

Answer 14

‘It’s astonishing how sociable I feel myself compared to them’

Question 15

What are the boundaries he faces

Answer 15

His superior social position, apparent through manner of speech

Question 16

Writing style

Answer 16

His sentences are complex, frequent use of colons, semi colons and dashes making his style appear more educated

Question 17

Factual

Answer 17

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

Question 18

Lockwoods dream

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Quote about his dream

Answer 19

‘Merely, the branch of a fir tree that touches my lattice’

Question 20

What happens to Lockwood during his dream

Answer 20

He becomes like the people he is ‘cruel’ and attacks Catherine calling her a ‘creature’ just like Heathcliff

Question 21

Nelly language

Answer 21

Simpler she allowed characters to introduce themselves to the reader

Question 22

Quote about Nellys understanding

Answer 22

‘Perceive far closer to a full understanding of the mysteries at wuthering heights than Lockwood’

Question 23

Her filter

Answer 23

Strong influence on how we perceive the story in detested him just then’

Question 24

What does Nelly think of herself

Answer 24

As very highly although she calls herself and elderly woman and a servant merely’ this is apparent its not how she really feels

Question 25

How does the reader perceive nelly

Answer 25

As an amiable character due to her positive depiction of herself, she shows how people frequently seek her advice

Question 26

What does Heathcliff ask Nelly to do

Answer 26

‘Make me decent’

Question 27

What does Nelly do about Catherine’s I’ll behaviour

Answer 27

She excuses it showing she is a loyal and good natured servant ‘that sounds ill-natured- but she was so proud’

Question 28

What does the reader feel about nelly

Answer 28

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’