By Emily Bronte
Plot
•Opens with rich man (Mr. Lockwood) renting a room at Wuthering Heights. Similar to “Frankenstein.”
•Meets Heathcliff, discovers a book with the name “Catherine” and the maid tells the story of Healthcliff’s life
•Heathcliff was orphaned and adopted into Mr. Earnshaw’s family, with Catherine and Hindley as siblings.
•Grows close to Catherine, and she is caught by a dog while spying on the Linton family.
•She returns a different, proper woman (similar to the “water = rebirth” idea)
•Heathcliff wants revenge on Hindley
•Hindley’s wife and unborn child die and he becomes a drunk
•Catherine decides she loves one of the Linton children, Edgar, but soon changes her mind after they are married.
•She cannot marry Heathcliff because of his low status.
•Heathcliff elopes with Edgar’s sister, Isabella, and the estate is left in his name.
•After giving birth to a daughter, Catherine dies.
•The narrator then comes into the novel at this time, at full circle.
Heathcliff dies, and is buried next to Catherine after visioning her in life and death.Connections
Putting in one hundred percent effort to obtain the love of the main female character: Bartleby.
•Catherine: Vertigo
•Beginning of the novel: Frankenstein
Arguments of the Characters
•Is only described by characters, but never describes himself. Has no identity; adopted.
•Comes full circle: orphan, well raised, even more proper, suiting himself.
•Does the character know what he wants or does he please everyone else’s wants?
Name meaning
•Heath = untended land (Wuthering Heights)
•Cliff = sloped area
•Catherine = pure (Heathcliff sees her as saint-like and angelic)
•Edgar = protector of the good (protector of Catherine; not necessarily good)
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