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    different types of love shown in Wuthering Heights Pages 70 -75 The love shown in Wuthering Heights on pages 70-75 is not only those of morality love‚ but also love that aches‚ and both types are each‚ for a different man. The simpler of the two is that of which Catherine feels for Edgar. Having chosen to marry Edgar‚ through no other reason than it is moral option; Catherine feels no true love towards him. When conversing with Nelly‚ and questioned on just what it is that Catherine loves about him‚

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    The Narrative Techniques in Wuthering Heights Although Wuthering Heights was Emily Bronte’s only novel‚ it is notable for the narrative technique she employed and the level of craftsmanship involved in it. Although there are only two obvious narrators‚ Lockwood and Nelly Dean‚ a variety of other narratives are interspersed throughout the novel. The reasons for this are that the whole action of Wuthering Heights is presented in the form of eyewitness narrations by people who have played some part

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    with the emotions of the characters in it. Sympathetic background is especially evident when Bronte uses much of the settings of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights to convey the feelings of the characters within. The use of sympathetic background can be seen as early as the first chapter‚ in which the Heath is described. Bronte uses “Wuthering” in the sense that it’s a “significant provincial narrative‚ descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather

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    Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Book vs. Movie Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte is a 19th century gothic novel. The book is the story of love and twisted relationships with a splash of heart ache and evil. Heathcliff and Catherine the main characters are supported by a range of others whom interact with them to keep them apart. The novel has been widely read and made into several movies. The Masterpiece theater production of Wuthering Heights from 1996 is a good rendering‚ but

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    Wuthering Heights Chapter 6: Character analysis: Nelly Dean: Nelly Dean is a servant in the Wuthering Heights‚ who originally grew up there. Also she is the narrator for this particular chapter. Nelly can be seen as quietly observant. Unlike Mr. Lockwood who makes assumptions and is quick to blurt out the first words that come to his mind‚ Nelly pays attention and then may‚ make her judgments. This can be seen in the first and second paragraphs where she talks recounts her first encounter

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    How does Emily Brontë make us sympathize with Heathcliff? Heathcliff is a ruthless character. No obstacle ever gets in his way when it comes to exacting revenge on several other characters in the novel‚ be it Hindley or Edgar Linton. He will kill or torture young and old to pay back those who have hurt him and deprived him of his love for Catherine. However‚ among all these atrocities‚ we still feel great sympathy for him. This is mainly due to the many techniques employed by Brontë and the effect

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    How effective is the narrative structure in Wuthering Heights? Wuthering Heights has a unique and complex narrative structure. There are the two main narrators‚ Lockwood and Nelly‚ they each are eyewitness narrators as they have took part in the story they describe. The novel is organised in such a way that it is a narrative within a narrative‚ what some critics would call “Chinese boxes” or frame narrative. Lockwood is used to open and end the novel‚ Bronte uses him to represents the outer frame

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    Repetition is a technique that Bronte employs in Wuthering Heights. She uses repletion to convey the idea that nothing ever ends in the world of the novel. Time seems to run in cycles and the horrors of the past repeat themselves in the present an example of this is Heathcliff being forbidden an education and then Hareton being forbidden an education “he was never taught to read or write”. The way that the names of the characters are recycled‚ so that the names of the characters from the younger

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    In Wuthering Heights‚ Emily Bronte uses Language and imagery to create a very stark contrast between Heathcliff‚ and Edgar Linton. This contrast is not only illustrated in how these characters act‚ but also in their appearance‚ usual setting and the language that is used to describe them. Emily Bronte first uses the raw basics of the characters Heathcliff and Edgar Linton to right away let us know that these

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    Wuthering Heights - Feminist Criticism The feminist criticism is perhaps the perspective that best applies to WutheringHeights. For one‚ any personal possessions of a woman goes straight to the husband once she marries. It’s like the woman doesn’t even exist because she has to live under the husband’s name‚ who now owns her belongings. Thrushcross Grange would have been Isabella’s had she not married Heathcliff but‚ since she did marry him‚ Heathcliff automatically becomes the owner. In addition

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