Narrative Technique of Wuthering Heights

She is telling him her version of the story, which then filtered through Lockwood’s perspective. Nelly is undependable narrator because she keeps important information about other characters and events. Lockwood is also not a dependable narrator because he does not fully understands the circumstance and might be misinterprets the stories that are told by Nelly.

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (1847) is a much darker depiction on love, nature, and even revenge than the tales by the other two Bronte sisters. A crucial role in the book is played primarily by the landscape throughout the novel, whether it be through the mystery of the moors or how each home represents a specific dichotomy. Areas categorized as elements of nature, civilization, or even the in-between play an integral role in the development of characters, who are also represented in those aspects, within the novel.

At the center of Wuthering Heights lies a tragic vision of decay and detachment which depends completely on the severances Emily Bronte has created between characters, estates, and social statuses. Bronte reveals societal flaws that had never before been recognized during her time and creates a raw vision of Victorian life; one in which the differences between characters and their social standings outweigh their true beliefs and desires when it comes to who they choose to be, who they choose to surround themselves with, and how they choose to treat those around them. In its most distinct form, Wuthering Heights is a love story that chronicles the lives of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, regardless of the distance between them. It is

Wuthering Heights engages Gothic elements to strengthen the motif of entrapment, including a framed narrative, and the use of locks and closed doors. Emily Bronte’s application of a framed narrative in Wuthering Heights emphasizes the emotional and physical smothering that Catherine experiences. The usage of a story within a story, as told by multiple characters, creates confusion and chaos both internally and between characters. The internal conflicts of Catherine emphasize the power of her emotions and create a feeling of suffocation and claustrophobia. According to Catherine, her chamber, settled deep into the labyrinth of Thrushcross Grange, is a “shattered prison” (116). Confinement is partly induced by the framed narrative, however, other gothic devices also play a key role in Catherine’s deterioration.

While Wuthering Heights was a symbol of darkness and winter, Thrushcross Grange could only be described as its opposite. Thrushcross Grange can be seen as a happy place that is light and summery. Its inhabitants are blissful and naive. They did not worry or have to fend for themselves because there is always money and servants to wait on them. The inhabitants of the house are ignorant of the cruelties and injustices of the outside world. When Isabella, Edgar's sister, marries Heathcliff and is taken to the Heights, she too learns these realities and is destroyed by them. She is imprisoned in the Heights by her husband. Isabella writes Nelly and describes her depression;

This parallel is ironic – the reader is not inclined to view Lockwood as a ‘hero’, yet the novel is seemingly framing him as if he invariably is one. This distorts our reading of the novel, as Lockwood’s cowardice and pomposity renders this reading nigh improbable. Therefore, the ironies present in this implied portrayal of our central narrator tends to bend our reading of Wuthering Heights more as a pastiche, rather than a direct addition to the pantheon of Gothic fiction. This is supported when other characters from the novel are scrutinised: the younger Cathy is interpreted by Lockwood as the typically virginal maid present in Gothic literature, and – adhering to the literary tradition – feels compelled to rescue her from the Heights and

    Critics analyze and examine Wuthering Heights to obtain a deeper understanding of the message that Emily Bronte wants to convey. By focusing on the different literary elements of fiction used in the novel, readers are better able to understand how the author successfully uses theme, characters, and setting to create a very controversial novel in which the reader is torn between opposite conditions of love and hate, good and evil, revenge and forgiveness in  Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. There is no doubt that the use of conflictive characters such as Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, and Edgar, with their interactions in the two different settings creates an

The primary topic, which is the theme discussed in Wuthering Heights, is on “natural supernaturalism.” In Wuthering Heights, there seems to be this idea that the novel focuses on metaphysics. However, the author does also minorly note other primary themes, such as “human love, its possibilities, limitations, and consequences.” Moreover, the writer notes that there is some similarity in style of Bronte’s in comparison to that of the poets Wordsworth and Coleridge -- as in some of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s works involve nature, as well as supernaturalism. Essentially, the character/narrator Lockwood -- in Wuthering Heights -- is the individual in where the themes of “natural supernaturalism” can be present. It is disclosed that this character had various dreams, in which Williams seem to interpret as involving some sorts of supernatural elements. Williams also claims that the closing words and conclusion of Lockwood’s narration suggest and emphasize a link to the idea of natural

Nelly worked as a servant at Wuthering Heights since she was a girl and grew up with Catherine so she knows her better than anybody. Mostly she likes Catherine but sometimes she does not because Catherine can be mean and she has a bad temper. Nell thinks Catherine acts like a fake. She says “Catherine was full of ambition - and this led her to adopt a double character without exactly intending to deceive any one” When Edgar said bad things about Heathcliff Catherine did not defend him. And when Heathcliff talked about Edgar she did not defend him either.

Catherine and the Setting Love and heartbreak are two of the major emotions in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. In Chapter IX of Wuthering Heights, Catherine cries after Heathcliff leaves, while a storm is brewing. Bronte uses setting to show how Catherine feels about the situation by using imagery, diction, and simile to demonstrate Catherine’s state of mind. Bronte uses imagery when she describes the storm. Nelly’s description of the storm’s start as a “very dark evening for summer” and “the clouds appeared inclined into thunder” are what represent the worry and agitation that Catherine feels.

Emily Bronte’s work Wuthering Heights can be directly connected to Emily’s life. In fact there are direct parallel connections between Emily’s family and her characters in the story. It can be concluded that Emily Bronte used her own relationships to inspire the story of her characters in Wuthering Heights. These characters share exact characteris that Emily’s family displayed throughout her life upon publication of the story. Some examples of these direct connections would be through the characters Heathcliff, Cathy Earnshaw, Nelly, and Hindley. In summary this work by Emily Bronte is a reflection of the life she lived, and can be very closely translated.

The novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte tells a story of a man named Heathcliff who spends his whole life fueled by jealousy, revenge, and love. As a young boy, he and a girl named Catherine spend a lot of their time together. Heathcliff falls in love with Catherine and wants to pursue a marriage with her, however Catherine has other plans. Catherine is in love with a man named Edgar, but for all the wrong reasons. Thus begins the story of Heathcliff’s revenge.

In her novel Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë uses a formal style of writing to portray the language of those used during the early 1800s. Throughout the majority of the novel, Nelly Dean is telling the story of how Wuthering Heights came to be the place that it currently is. Throughout Dean’s narration, characters are voiced differently due to their role in society. An example of this is shown when Brontë would use fragments of words to represent the speech of Hareton, one of the servants of Wuthering Heights. In contrast, Catherine, being well educated, would use sophisticated grammar and an extensive vocabulary whenever she spoke. Heathcliff was revealed as a two-sided character in this reading. On one hand, the author would use negative

The gothic and often disturbing Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte’s classic novel that contains undeniably powerful writing that created her timeless love story. Andrea Arnold transformed her masterpiece into a cinematic rendition to recreate the wild and passionate story of the deep and destructive love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.

Wuthering Heights is depicted as a cold, threatening, and dark manor, situated on a "bleak hilltop." In the novel, "wuthering" is the local adjective to describe the "atmospheric tumult" present in the region. The rugged manor, Wuthering Heights, represents a "storm", characterized by the wild emotions and harsh behaviors of the inhabitants. The depressing atmosphere causes people to "shiver through every limb" at the "sorrowful sight" of the Heights. In deep contrast, Thrushcross Grange is described as a "splendid place" of elegance and comfort. The peaceful dwelling of the Grange represents higher values and morals, and is considered the "calm" residence of the novel. The author creatively reveals the theme of good versus evil, or the calm versus the storm, through the pronounced symbolic differences in the houses.