Wuthering HeightsWuthering Heights

Text: Barnes & Noble Classics EditionText: Barnes & Noble Classics Edition

Chapter 3Chapter 3

• Discuss the scene in which Lockwood meets Catherine’s ghost.

• What is the purpose of this scene?

• p. 25.

Chapters 5-6Chapters 5-6

• Discuss the childhood relationship between Heathcliff and Hindley (p. 39),

• Discuss the early relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. Why was this a critical time in Heathcliff’s life (p. 42)?

Chapter 9Chapter 9

• Discuss the scene in which Catherine talks to Nelly about her feelings for Edgar Linton and Heathcliff (pp. 77-82).

Chapter 11Chapter 11

• Discuss the confrontation between Edgar and Heathcliff. What does this scene reveal (pp. 114-115)?

• Discuss Heathcliff and Isabella’s marriage.

Chapter 16Chapter 16

• Discuss the decline and death of Catherine (p. 163).

• Is there resolution between Heathcliff and Catherine (p. 165)?

Chapter 19Chapter 19

• Discuss Cathy’s early relationship with Linton (p. 196).

Chapter 22Chapter 22

• How does Heathcliff exploit Catherine and Linton?

Chapter 23Chapter 23

• Analyze Linton’s character development in the scene in which he manipulates Cathy into staying with him (p. 233).

Chapter 28Chapter 28

• Discuss Cathy and Linton’s marriage

(pp. 269-271).

Chapter 29Chapter 29

• Discuss the scene in which Heathcliff visits Catherine’s grave.

• What arrangements does he make with the sexton?

• pp. 277-278.

Chapter 32Chapter 32

• Discuss the reconciliation between Cathy and Hareton (p. 304).

Chapter 34Chapter 34

• Discuss the death of Heathcliff (p. 323).

• Discuss the legacy of Catherine and Heathcliff (p. 325).

Discuss the following themesDiscuss the following themes::

• The clash of economic interests and social classes.

• Striving for transcendence [transcendence: passing beyond a human limit, existing above and independent of this world].

• The abusive patriarch and patriarchal family.

• Study of childhood and the family.

• Is John Hagan right that "Wuthering Heights is such a remarkable work partly because it persuades us forcibly to pity victims and victimizers alike"?

• The abusive patriarch and patriarchal family.

• Study of childhood and the family.

• The effects of intense suffering.