Wednesday, April 6

1. Wednesday, April 6 • Grab handout • Homework: Bring Wuthering Heights tomorrow for points

2. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte

3. Emily Brontë • Came from a creative family. • Had an unfortunate family life. • Almost everything we know about Bronte comes from the writings of others. • Wuthering Heights wasn’t well received at first, but is now considered a literary classic. A portrait made by her brother.

4. Wuthering Heights • First published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. • Violence, passion, the supernatural, heightened emotion and emotional distance, an unusual mix for any novel but particularly at this time. • A prime example of literature from a woman's point of view during this time period. • Elements of Romanticism, Gothic Romanticism, and Victorian Literature.

5. Yorkshire Moors

6. Setting • The story begins in 1801, then flashes back to the 1770's and eventually returns to the early 1800's. The locale is the Yorkshire moors in northern England. • A moor is tract of mostly treeless wasteland where heather thrives and water saturates the earth. • The action takes place at two estates, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, about four miles apart. • When the story begins, Mr. Lockwood—a visitor to the moors—establishes the remoteness and isolation of the setting.

7. Frame Narrative • A narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. • Leads readers from the first story into the smaller one within it. • Bronte uses this literary device to tell the story of Heathcliff and Catherine, along with the subplots. • Examples: Forrest Gump, Slumdog Millionaire

8. Narration • First Person • Mr. Lockwood – A guest at Wuthering Heights. The story begins with Lockwood narrating. • Nelly Dean – The housekeeper. She has lived with the novel’s two main families for two generations. • These two narrators facilitate the frame narrative. • Lockwood – present time • Nelly – flash backs

9. Vocabulary • You may not be familiar with some of the vocabulary in the book. • Use context clues and a dictionary.

10. Characters • Can be confusing! • The characters all have similar names. • The frame narrative also makes keeping everyone straight a little confusing. • Use your character chart and make your own notes to help keep everyone straight.

12. Themes • Social Class • Feminism • Revenge • And many more! (love and passion, fate, the supernatural, the setting of the moors)

13. Literary Tools • Alliteration • Hyperbole • Metaphor • Onomatopoeia • Paradox • Personification • Simile • Imagery – supports the atmosphere of the novel and the moods of the characters. • Wuthering Heights • Nature • Gothic Atmosphere

14. Tomorrow • Make sure you bring Wuthering Heights!