Emily Bronte’sWuthering

HeightsCharacters, Doubles, and Setting

The Love TrianglesCatherine

Heathcliff Edgar

Young

Catherine

Linton Hareton

Catherine Earnshaw Linton What do we know about her character?

AppearanceTemperamentInterests and dislikesGoals and ambitionsDeathAfterlife?

Heathcliff When and how does he first appear? What is significant about his name? What are his physical characteristics? What factors contribute to his character

development? What personality traits does Heathcliff share

with Catherine? What does she admire/dislike about him?

Describe the circumstances surrounding Heathcliff’s death.

Edgar Linton Describe Edgar’s physical appearance.

How is this tied to his character? What is Edgar’s home life like? What are his dominant personality

traits? How is this tied to setting? What does Catherine find desirable

about Edgar? What does she not like? What are the circumstances leading to

Edgar’s death?

The Next Generation How do young Catherine, Linton, and Hareton

reflect the previous generation’s characters? Absolve means “to set free from an obligation

or the consequences of guilt or to remit a sin.” Does this generation find absolution? If so, how?

What do you think is the author’s intent in describing the placement of Catherine’s, Heathcliff’s, and Edgar’s graves?

Doubles: Opposites or Variations? Character names: Catherine, Hareton

(carving above door), Heathcliff, Earnshaw and Linton

Personality traits Setting: houses, graves

Other Patterns Weather: calm and storm Windows, walls, and doors Readers and book “scorners” Strong willed and weak willed Inside and outside Love and hate Civilized versus uncivilized/wild

Names: Catherine, Ellen, Edgar, and Isabella versus Hindley, Hareton, and Heathcliff

Places: the Grange versus the Heights

Heaven and Hell Why are these two repeatedly mentioned,

and how are they treated?“The Helmet of Salvation” and “The Broad Way to

Destruction”Catherine: “What is heaven? Where is hell? If I

were in heaven, Nelly, I should be extremely miserable…” (ch. 9)

“that devil Heathcliff”Isabella: “Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? …is he not a

devil?” (ch. 13)Nelly: “conscience turned his heart to an earthly

hell” (ch. 33)

Setting

Setting

Setting

Heathcliff and the Houses“What is not connected with her to me? and what

does not recall her? I cannot look down to this floor,

but her features are shaped on the flags! In every

cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught

by glimpses in every object by day, I am surrounded

by her image! The most ordinary faces of men and

women—my own features mock me with a

resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection

of memoranda that she did exist , and that I have lost

her!”