Our extract: pg 288 to 291
We’re inclined to feel sympathy for Heathcliff“Nobody loves you- nobody will cry for you,
when you die!”
 He is portrayed as a passionate character,
bordering insane- “I’ll have her in my arms
again! If she be cold, I’ll think it is this north
wind that chills me; and if she be motionless, it
is sleep.”
 He is a troubled character-”Disturbed her? No!
She has disturbed me, night and day, through
eighteen years-incessantly-remorselessly-.”
 Aggressive- “ ‘You shall be sorry to be yourself
presently,’ said her father-in-law, ‘if you stand
there another minute.’ ”

Catherine doesn’t respect or likes Heathcliff.
- “He’s your son. But I’m glad I’ve a better, to
forgive it.”
 Catherine is not afraid of him, despite
Heathcliff’s violent speech.
 Nelly has a motherly relationship with
Heathcliff.
 She is not afraid to give him a scolding“
‘You were very wicked, Mr. Heathcliff!’ I
exclaimed; ‘were you not ashamed to disturb
the dead?’ ”
 Nelly still sees him as a savage, due to use of the
word, “wicked.”

“Catherine spoke with a kind of dreamy
triumph.”- Juxtaposing behaviorism, as dreary is
associated with sadness, and to be triumphant is
positive.
 “Draws pleasure from the grief of her
enemies.”- Paradox idea of sadness being the
cause of her happiness.
 “She scornfully withdrew.”-Use of short
sentences replicates sharpness of Catherine's
movements.
 Contradictory diction used to describe Catherine
represents her unstable nature, like a storm.
 Reflects the late Catherine’s qualities as well.

Use of dashes within disjointed speech shows that
he struggles to talk about the painful topic.
 Lack of connectives shows that he is-to-the point.
 “She showed herself, as she often was in life, a
devil to me! And, since then, sometimes more,
and sometimes less, I’ve been the sport of that
intolerable torture!”- Contradictory, as he
describes love of his life as a devil, and says that
loving her is torture.
 “Relinquished by labor of agony and turned
consoled at once: unspeakably consoled.”Contradicting, as he finds consolation in agony.
 Heathcliff’s juxtaposing diction mirrors
Catherine’s.
 Diction portrays complexity of Heathcliff and late
Catherine’s relationship.

 Use
of old English- “yesternight” meaning
yesterday night.
 Use of intense diction and plosive sounds“casting back a look that cut my heart.”
 Cutting also refers to when the late
Catherine cut her hand on the window.
 Shows her refusing to let go of her hold on
Heathcliff.
Constant references with Catherine and the
earth. – “she had been dissolved into the
earth.”
 Emphasizes that she is a woman of nature,
untamable.
 Reference of how Catherine and Heathcliff used
to in the dirt.
 Theme of nature portrays the advancing of time
and development of feelings- “The day she was
buried there came a fall of snow. In the
evening I went to the churchyard. It blew a
bleak as winter –”
 With advancing of time comes theme of renewal.

 Religious
references to death. - “Lonely, like
the devil, and envious like him?”
 Direct references to Catherine’s death.
 Mention of graves and coffins.
 Theme of death gives a realistic edge.
During the 18th century, gothic novels were a
craze.
 Wuthering Heights has gothic elements.
 Heathcliff has, “a strong belief in ghosts”.
 Shows his dismissal of the fact that Catherine
has left him and the mortal world.
 Supernatural theme corresponds with the motif
of renewal- Catherine,“enters into the spirit of
her new family.”
 Supernatural elements could merely be
hallucinations- “I was wild after she died.”

 Repetition
of “nobody” and “dead”.
 As if he was thinking aloud.
 Repetition for clarification.
 Repetition for emphasis.
“It blew bleak as winter.”-Soft ‘b’contrasts
with the harsh image of winter.
 “A sudden sense of relief flowed”Sibilance represents sound of water flowing.
 Relief is compared to nature.

 “Heathcliff
is me.”- Catherine is being
submissive.
 They are both, “Children of the storm”.
 Soulmates- becoming each other, as one.
 Sacrifices her identity and becomes
Heathcliff.