Wuthering Heights Chapters 1-9
Narrative Voices
Lockwood: The Narrative Frame
Ellen Dean: The Witness
What are his values?
What kind of narrator is he and how do we know this?
What is his position at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange?
What is her position at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange?
What kind of narrator is she and how do we know this?
How does she respond to the characters around her?
Context
Genre
Set: 1771-1803
Published: 1847 (Victorian)
What are some key features of the Gothic genre?:
How does the novel relate to Romanticism as a literary movement?
How was gender viewed?
How was social class viewed?
How does this help us to understand Heathcliff?
Who wrote the novel? What pseudonym did they use and why?
Characterisation
How does Catherine change in chapters 1-9?
How does Heathcliff change?
How is Edgar Linton presented?
Location
How is Wuthering Heights represented? What is its significance?
How is Thrushcross Grange represented? What is its significance?
How are the Yorkshire moors represented? What is its significance?
Why is he there?
Imagery and Symbolism
Significance of weather
Examples of animal imagery
Significance of barriers
How is the novel structured?
Relationships
How is Hindley presented? Who is his wife?
How do relationships develop in chapters 1-9?