WH - social status & power

Question 1

“And he will be rich, and I shall like to be the greatest woman of the neighbourhood” (Cathy)
Chapter 9

Answer 1

Her love for Edgar is a materialistic & social gain rather than her love for Heathcliff as genuine.

Question 2

“Catherine, unless we are to have cold tea” (Edgar)
Chapter 10

Answer 2

Edgar interrupts Cathy & Heathcliff’s intimacy & closeness.
-maintaining conventionality & civilisation
-Edgar excluded

Question 3

“a very dignified person” “splendid garments” “plaid silk frock, white trousers, and burnished shoes” (Nelly) “you look like a lady now” (Hindley)
“I removed the habit”
Chapter 7

Answer 3

Privileged, assumed her social persona
Social power emphasised
Once wild now reserved -> control
Removal of cloak -> new Cathy.
White = wealth, echoing the Grange, clothing = social identity.

Question 4

“Heathcliff you may come forward” “like the other servants” (Hindley)
“thick uncombed hair” (Nelly)
Chapter 7

Answer 4

In comparison to Cathy -> purposely placed to embarrass him to show the barrier between them, cannot be together.

Question 5

“How very black and cross you look!” “But that’s because I’m used to Edgar and Isabella Linton”

Answer 5

Full names, purposely placed to embarrass, casual cruelty.
No understanding if his treatment.