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Emily Bronte’sWuthering
HeightsCharacters, Doubles, and Setting
The Love TrianglesCatherine
Heathcliff Edgar
Young
Catherine
Linton Hareton
Catherine Earnshaw Linton What do we know about her character?
AppearanceTemperamentInterests and dislikesGoals and ambitionsDeathAfterlife?
Heathcliff When and how does he first appear? What is significant about his name? What are his physical characteristics? What factors contribute to his character
development? What personality traits does Heathcliff share
with Catherine? What does she admire/dislike about him?
Describe the circumstances surrounding Heathcliff’s death.
Edgar Linton Describe Edgar’s physical appearance.
How is this tied to his character? What is Edgar’s home life like? What are his dominant personality
traits? How is this tied to setting? What does Catherine find desirable
about Edgar? What does she not like? What are the circumstances leading to
Edgar’s death?
The Next Generation How do young Catherine, Linton, and Hareton
reflect the previous generation’s characters? Absolve means “to set free from an obligation
or the consequences of guilt or to remit a sin.” Does this generation find absolution? If so, how?
What do you think is the author’s intent in describing the placement of Catherine’s, Heathcliff’s, and Edgar’s graves?
Doubles: Opposites or Variations? Character names: Catherine, Hareton
(carving above door), Heathcliff, Earnshaw and Linton
Personality traits Setting: houses, graves
Other Patterns Weather: calm and storm Windows, walls, and doors Readers and book “scorners” Strong willed and weak willed Inside and outside Love and hate Civilized versus uncivilized/wild
Names: Catherine, Ellen, Edgar, and Isabella versus Hindley, Hareton, and Heathcliff
Places: the Grange versus the Heights
Heaven and Hell Why are these two repeatedly mentioned,
and how are they treated?“The Helmet of Salvation” and “The Broad Way to
Destruction”Catherine: “What is heaven? Where is hell? If I
were in heaven, Nelly, I should be extremely miserable…” (ch. 9)
“that devil Heathcliff”Isabella: “Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? …is he not a
devil?” (ch. 13)Nelly: “conscience turned his heart to an earthly
hell” (ch. 33)
Setting
Setting
Setting
Heathcliff and the Houses“What is not connected with her to me? and what
does not recall her? I cannot look down to this floor,
but her features are shaped on the flags! In every
cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught
by glimpses in every object by day, I am surrounded
by her image! The most ordinary faces of men and
women—my own features mock me with a
resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection
of memoranda that she did exist , and that I have lost
her!”