Wuthering Heights Flashcards
plot+ characteristics
1.Plot
-it revolves around two houses on the Yorkshire moors=) WUTHERING HEIGHTS AND THRUSHCROSS GRANGE
-Beginning= Mr Lockwood( new tenant of TG) calls on his Landlord, Mr Heathcliff, at Withering heights –) forced too pend the night cuz of snowstorm
= he dreams about a girl Cathrine
-When he returns to Thrushcross Grange the housekeeper Nelly Dean tells him the whole story
=) The story: Mr Earnshaw was the father of Hindley and Cathrine and they lived at W.H.
-) he came home with a foundling aka Heathcliff =) Hindley was a bitch to him, but Caterine was like “cute” =) palese they fell in love
-) Mr Earnshaw dies and Hindkley became the master he ill-treated Heathcliff
-) One day Cathrine was bitten by a dog near T.G and was forced to spend 5 weeks there=) got to know EDGAR + ISABELLA
-) years later= Hindley’s wife dies and Edgar proposes to Cathrine who obv accepts =) Heathcliff misunderstands palese
-) 3 years later Heathcliff got his revenge act and he is so much better than before = he wins possession of W.H. + eloped with Isabella and treated her like a slave
-) Catherine died giving birth to Cathy=) years later Heathcliff forced her to marry his lazy son Linton=) he becomes owner of T.G.
-) Years later Mr Lockwood comes back and finds out Linton and Heathcliff are both dead
-) Hareton and Cathy get married
- What opposing but complementary forces do the two houses represent ?
-Wuthering Heights= sever and gloomy=) stands for the principle of storm and energy
-Trhushcross grange = stability= principle of calm and assurance
-With the marriage fo Hareton and Cathy the two forces achieve harmony
- The meaning of nature in Withering Heights?
The setting ( Yorkshire moors) is sublime
-) it is beautiful and brutal and it mirrors the complexity of the characters
-) it cannot easily bend to man’s desire=) it is symbol of freedom and human nature
- What is Cathrine like ?
she has a romantic nature and is a free spirit who struggles between her love for Heathcliff and her social ambitions that she ends up choosing. She haunts the motherfucker cuz she is a baddie
- Explain the concept of Dual narrative.
It is a form of narrative that incorporates two different perspectives from two distinct individuals at different points in time.
the 2 main narrators are= MR LOCKWOOD (outsider) and NELLY DEAN involved
-no chronological order =) starts at the end and develops a narrative within a narrative + use of flashbacks
- What are the main themes?
-Gothic elements to depict the struggle between two opposing forces love and hate and order and chaos
-The spirit of romanticism evident in the relation between the character’s passions and the wild landscape.
-Death it is seen as the liberation of the spirit
- Who is Heathcliff?
-sort of a byronic hero ( how?) cuz of his passions , but also a Gothic Villain cuz he kinda a bitch ngl.
-he is very vengeful cuz of his life or maybe he is a demon-like being? =) total identification with his love, Cathrine
