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What are the four attractions that Catherine's companion believes are necessary for her to love someone?
What are the four attractions that Catherine's companion believes are necessary for her to love someone?
What is Catherine's response to her companion's question about why she can't love another handsome and rich young man?
What is Catherine's response to her companion's question about why she can't love another handsome and rich young man?
What is the obstacle that Catherine perceives to her marrying Edgar, according to her own soul and heart?
What is the obstacle that Catherine perceives to her marrying Edgar, according to her own soul and heart?
Why does Catherine feel that marrying Heathcliff would be a degradation, according to her own words?
Why does Catherine feel that marrying Heathcliff would be a degradation, according to her own words?
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What is the reason Catherine gives for not telling Heathcliff about her love for him?
What is the reason Catherine gives for not telling Heathcliff about her love for him?
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What does Catherine's companion find strange and difficult to understand?
What does Catherine's companion find strange and difficult to understand?
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What is the reason Catherine gives for why she's unhappy about marrying Edgar, according to her own words?
What is the reason Catherine gives for why she's unhappy about marrying Edgar, according to her own words?
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What does Catherine's companion think will happen to her if she marries Edgar?
What does Catherine's companion think will happen to her if she marries Edgar?
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What is the significance of Catherine's gesture when she says 'Here! and here!' and strikes one hand on her forehead and the other on her breast?
What is the significance of Catherine's gesture when she says 'Here! and here!' and strikes one hand on her forehead and the other on her breast?
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What does Catherine mean when she says that Heathcliff is 'more myself than I am'?
What does Catherine mean when she says that Heathcliff is 'more myself than I am'?
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Study Notes
Wuthering Heights
- Novel by Emily Brontë, published in 1847
- Deals with the overwhelming love between Catherine Earnshaw and her step-brother Heathcliff, a gypsy adopted by her father
THEMES AND STYLE
- Story does not develop chronologically, but is triggered by an initial flashback through the voices of two first-person narrators, Nelly and Lockwood
- Story proceeds through a series of flashbacks and flashforwards that reveal the lives of two generations to the reader
- Characterized by a deep sense of mystery and suspense, and by a Gothic atmosphere
- Centred on the idea of duality, with the most striking antithesis being between the two main settings of the novel, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange
- Wuthering Heights is a sombre, isolated place on the wild Yorkshire moors, while Thrushcross Grange is a more affluent and refined estate
- Language used is more poetic and abstract in the parts that describe the moments of Catherine and Heathcliff's happiness in their youth, and more simple and concrete when the scenes are set at Thrushcross Grange
- Central theme of love is described as passionate, unconventional, and immortal through the special bond between Catherine and Heathcliff
CHARACTERS
- Heathcliff: an outcast because of his mysterious origins and different appearance; has a passionate temper; both good and evil in nature
- Catherine: Heathcliff's twin soul; a free spirit and strong-willed, but also insecure and conformist; has a double nature
- Edgar Linton: Catherine's husband; rather weak and lacking determination
- Hindley: Catherine's brother; a coward and a violent person; essentially a loser
- Nelly: the governess of Wuthering Heights; a quiet, practical woman whose function is to balance the other characters' excesses of emotion by offering her wise point of view
BIOGRAPHY OF EMILY BRONTË
- Emily Brontë grew up in a small village in Yorkshire, surrounded by the moors and by stormy weather, which later became a deep source of inspiration for her
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This quiz covers the themes and style of Wuthering Heights, a novel by Emily Brontë, published in 1847. It explores the complex relationships between characters and the narrative structure.
