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Wuthering Heights – Extract analysis

Wuthering Heights – Extract analysis. By: Hillary, Zoe & Rachel. Physical appearance. Heathcliff : •    “dirty, ragged, black-haired child” •    he is un-personified, by being called “it” (as if he is not a human being, dehmanized )

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Wuthering Heights – Extract analysis

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  1. Wuthering Heights – Extract analysis By: Hillary, Zoe & Rachel

  2. Physical appearance • Heathcliff: • •    “dirty, ragged, black-haired child” • •    he is un-personified, by being called “it” (as if he is not a human being, dehmanized) • •    “as dark almost as if it came from the devil” strong biblical reference • •    Emphasis on his foreignness • •    The fact that they cannot understand him is a continuous theme throughput the book in different aspects – literal and metaphorical • •    They treat him as if he is a possession/gift • •    He is seen as a social outcast an a misfit ‘Northern Farmer’ • •    Bottom order person “I put it o the landing of the stairs”

  3. Physical appearance • Cathy: • •    Is just as animalistic as Heathcliff • •    “she chose a whip” violent and sadistic • •    She can be seen as rough and boyish in her actions and thought processes

  4. Personality traits • Heathcliff: • Scared • Lonely • Vulnerable • Awkward • Lost • Friendly • Strong (mentally) • Tough • Loyal • Manipulative • Unsavoury • Split personality (foreshadowing)

  5. Personality traits • Cathy: • Violent and destructive • Hindley: • Strong loathing towards Heathcliff

  6. Views from other characters • Nelly: • Repetition of “it” • Calls him “the stranger” • “put it on the landing of the stairs” • “gipsy brat” • “uncomplaining as a lamb” • Cathy: • “grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing” • Hindley: • “stand Hindley’s blows”

  7. Views from other characters • Mr. Earnshaw: • Brought Heathcliff back as a gift • “poor, fatherless child”

  8. language • Foreshadowing: • “half dead with fatigue” • Biblical reference: • “three kingdoms” • “confess” • Repetition: • “three” • Brontë’s writing style: • “he did not forget me”

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