Wuthering Heights HW #2: character and character-in relationship for chapter 4-6

Online Journal: Wuthering Heights HW #2

            There are many different types of relationship between characters. There are positive and negative relationships. There are relationships that change lives and there are relationships that end lives.

The simplest relationship is family. One family is the Earnshaw family which consists of Hindley, Catherine and their parents. The Earnshaw was a happy family of four before the appearance of Heathclif; after him, the family split into two groups, one that favors Heathclif and one that bully him. The parents treat Heathclif as if he was one of their children which are proven by the adoption and the fact that Mr. Earnshaw defense Heathclif and Mrs. Earnshaw does not lecture him when she sees Heathclif acting mischievous. At first Catherine did not like Heathclif but as time passed, she began to enjoy playing with him. Watching his own parents and sister favoring an outsider, Hindley teams up with Nelly, a servant of the house, and bullies Heathclif. The other family is the Linton family which consists of Edgar and Isabella as well as their parents. Their story is not really mentioned in details but they share the same thoughts with Hindley about Heathclif. All of them believe that Heathclif is not worthy enough to have any association with them.

Another relationship is natural romance which includes the couples who actually love each other. Beginning with the earlier generations, although there are no details that support this, the parents of the two families seem happy together and so we can conclude that they love their partners. Hindley found himself a wife during the time he was sent away for college. The Earnshaw family was never informed about this marriage and the parents, Mister and Miss Earnshaw never found out. Hindley and Frances married without any acknowledgement of the Earnshaw family which means that they had fell in love with each other. The proof for their love is the fact that after Frances died, Hindley began an alcoholic and he lost hope for practically everything that doesn’t include drowning himself with alcohol. Another couple who loves each other is Catherine and Heathclif. Even though the lovebirds had not married each other, they love each other. Their love is proven because Nelly said that they were always together, playing and keeping the separate was the only punishment for Catherine, the wild child. Heathclif proved that he loves Catherine by the life he lives with in the beginning of the book where he lives unhappy and isolated in the Wuthering Heights with the gates and guard dogs. Heathclif begged for Catherine’s return as Lockwood is leaving the room where he dreamt of her ghost. Catherine and Heathclif are separated by social class and wealth.

The last relationship is the servant to master bonding. Nelly is a servant of the house but when she was young she ate with Hindley and Catherine. Mr. Earnshaw even allowed her to request for a souvenir before he left for his journey which he returns with Heathclif. Nelly, as a servant formed an alliance with Hindley and after she began to take a liking of Heathclif, she began to silently helping both Hindley and Heathclif.

Relationships between characters have a huge affect on their role in the story. The emotions of the characters and their position in the novel are directly connected. The feelings towards each other affects the way they act within the novel; for example, Hindley hates Heathclif for separating his family while Heathclif hates Edgar and Hindley for separating Catherine from him.

if anyone is reading these,

which is better? the long and descriptive one or the short, simple and straight to the point one? just wondering...

same assignment as the first post, Wuthering Heights: narrative technique for chapter 1-3

Wuthering Heights: narrative technique for chapter 1-3

The ability to switch narration method engages the audience and provides information about the character and the setting of the novel. In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte, the author, used different narrative techniques. In the first sentence, she uses flashback and tells the reader the year at which the story begins. The beginning is written in past tense which means that the narrator is thinking back in time, reliving the memories.

Bronte used scenic technique through dialogues while panoramic technique was used to explain the setting of the novel. Within the first three chapters, first person narration was used to explain the settings and to characterize characters. However within the first person narration, there were dialogues that allowed readers to feel like they too are living the moment as the story is being told.

In the first chapter, Lockwood, the narrator had explained the environment and informed readers that he was in England. The thoughts of the narrator was written the way he thought during the time, in present tense rather than past because this method makes it seem like the situation and thoughts are being thought now. The switch from past tense to present tense guide the reader through and it provides a chance to live the character during that time. Lockwood describes the surrounding in detail and it allows reader to imagine the scene and environment of the house. From meeting Heathcliff in chapter one, Lockwood briefly describes the appearance of Heathcliff. In chapter one, the narration techniques were used to describe the setting and the people.

 In chapter two, Lockwood uses first person past tense to begin the chapter. Bronte used flashback to tell the story about the night he went over to Wuthering Heights and met Isabella. The description of Isabella was about her physical features along with the mysterious and hard to understand feeling she gives off. The dialogues in this chapter characterized Lockwood as a person not just the voice that guides the readers. Lockwood once again used narration to describe the situation.

Chapter three’s narration from Lockwood describes the room of Catherine which, in a way, characterizes her as well.  The diary that Lockwood finds and reads switches the narration from Lockwood to Catherine’s first person narration. This chapter is also told through first person narration but there was a switch in narrator a few times. The diary was the perfect chance for Catherine to tell her story through her thoughts and point of view. Lockwood’s narration described things he witnessed while Catherine’s narration describes the past.

With the three chapters, 33 pages, there is a variety of ways to make a play on the narration. Emily Bronte had mixed in different types of narrative techniques to engage the reader. The few pages explained many things without the need of being too descriptive. The different narrative styles made the book seem like a movie or video.  

First Online Journal for Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights: narrative technique for chapter 1-3

There were mixed techniques used by Emily Bronte. Bronte uses scenic technique through dialogues while panoramic technique was used to explain the setting of the novel. Within the first three chapters, first person narration was used to explain the settings and to characterize characters. In the first chapter, Lockwood, the narrator had explained the environment and informed readers that he was in England. From meeting Heathcliff in chapter one, Lockwood briefly describes the appearance of Heathcliff. In chapter two, Lockwood uses flashback to tell the story about the night he went over to Wuthering Heights and met Isabella. The description of Isabella was about her physical features along with the mysterious and hard to understand feeling she gives off. Chapter three the narration of Lockwood describes the room of Catherine which in a way, characterizes her as well.  The diary that Lockwood finds and reads switches the narration from Lockwood to Catherine’s first person narration.