You are on page 1of 1

Rachel Dennen Wuthering Heights By Emily Bront Significance of Title: WH is a house- Where Earnshaws grew up Protagonist- Heathcliff- o!

es only "athy- #nti-hero- Dar$ %roo&ing character %eginsen&s- suc$ lifes out of all characters-roun& #ntagonist- Hin&ley- Hate& Heathcliff- static- %ecomes &run$ar& E&gar inton- Wea$' fragile' gentleman- epitome of goo& parenting- in lo!e with "atherine (- static "atherine Earnshaw (- static- goals-status' wil&' selfish' irrational )elly- manipulator- orchestrator of &rama- %iase&- the ultimate outsi&er Plot Highlights: (nitial Situation- *eeting of Heathcliff %y oc$woo&- force& to spen& night- mysterious things happen in house "onflict- *r+ Earnshaw %rings Heathcliff home- no one is happy a%out that "lima,- "atherine-s &eath .alling #ction- Heathcliff marries (sa%ella- &estroys her- forces inton an& "athy to marry- H" inherits e!erything- %ut then &ies "onclusion- Hareton an& "athy- lo!e each other #uthor-s style of writing: .lash%ac$' framewor$' lyrical Setting' atmosphere- /or$shire *oors' )orthern Englan&0 roughly 1234-1546WH- &ar$' col&- storm- late winter an& Spring T7- %right' in!iting- calm- early spring- !alley Theme- The Destructi!eness of o!e that ne!er changes' The Precariousness of Social "lass- Re!enge- (nsi&er !s+ 8utsi&er- "lash of Elemental .orcse- storm an& calm' The #%usi!e Patriarch Significant 9uote: :(;m trying to settle how ( shall pay Hin&ley %ac$+ ( &on;t care how long ( wait' if ( can only &o it at last+ ( hope he will not &ie %efore ( &o<=>Bront 3?@Shows H" ma& re!enge Structure of The Wor$- )arrati!e .ramewor$8uter .rame: oc$woo& 1st person (nner .rame: )elly 1st person' (sa%ella > etter@ 1st person Bront always referre& %ac$ to frame story Two sections of %oo$- two generations' parallel in nature iterary TechniAues- use of similes' personification' an& metaphor Sym%ol- The *oors- Wil& threat pose& %y )ature 7hosts- element of gothic fiction- nightmare Dogs- sym%olically lin$e& to Heathcliff- &ogs are all relate& 7ra!es- complicate& relationship %etween "atherine ( ha& with H" an& E&gar .oresha&owing-Hanging of (sa%ella-s &og- foresha&owing treatment of %ri&e (rony- "atherine chooses to marry E&gar- %ase& on social status P8B- 1st person- )elly an& oc$woo&

You might also like