- To what extent is Heathcliff’s social position responsible for the misery and conflict so prominent in the novel?
- “It is impossible to like this novel; all the characters are entirely repelling and alienating to the modern reader”. Discuss
- “Wuthering Heights contrasts the good and evil in human nature”. Discuss.
- “It is not only love that determines the behaviour of characters in this novel”. Discuss.
- “Heathcliff’s obsession makes a monster of him.” Discuss.
- How much choice does Catherine Earnshaw have in shaping the direction of her life?
- What literary devices does Emily Bronte employ to ensure that the text is open to different interpretations?
- “The bias of the narrators in Wuthering Heights affects readers’ interpretations of events.” Discuss.
- “Wuthering Heights is a novel all about negotiating boundaries.” Discuss.
- “My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods. Time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees – my love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath – a source of little visible delight, but necessary.” Compare and contrast the different forms of love depicted in the novel.
- What role does choice play in the lives of the characters in Wuthering Heights?
- The moors are sometimes referred to as a key character in Wuthering Heights. Why is setting so important in this novel?
- To what extent is Wuthering Heights a Gothic novel?
- What role does social class play in Wuthering Heights?
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This presentation goes through the various Gothic elements of the novel and gives you some great quotes that illustrate some of these ideas!
Read through and take notes of the quotes. Then find the quotes in the novel, re-read the passage and make your own notes on the stylistic elements and what they add to the novel - how do they contribute to the characterisation? to the reader's understanding of the plot? How do they affect the reader on an emotional level? Here is another presentation on style and structure which we will go through in class. you should take notes, and then annotate these notes with references to the text that illustrate these interpretations. Please ensure the following 3 tasks are completed before next Wednesday 22 July. We will discuss this work in class on 22 July. TASK 1Continue to work on your allocated questions from Wednesday's lesson, and add your notes to the Google Doc. These notes are looking good, but need some SUBHEADINGS to make them easier to navigate! Remember, rather than "answering the questions", try to identify the topic or idea inherent in the questions - this might be setting, or one of the characters, or love...Use this as a heading and then make notes below it in response to the questions. TASK 2Explore the "Locations" area of this amazingly detailed Wuthering Heights website. THE MOORS
WUTHERING HEIGHTS AND THRUSHCROSS GRANGE Explore the detailed descriptions and maps of each residence.
TASK 3Refer to the "Famous Scenes and List of narrators" page of the website.
http://www.vocabulary.com/lists/249299#view=notes
Joseph speaks a Yorkshire dialect. Bronte has written his dialohue phonetically to capture his manner of speaking, but for those of us unfamiliar with how this sounds, this can be really confusing!
Watch the video to hear what he might sound like. Discussion of the structure of the novel
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