How Does Catherine Earnshaw Use Imagery In Wuthering Heights

Catherine Earnshaw returns to Wuthering Heights after her stay at Thrushcross Grange. Page 47. “The mistress visited her often, in the interval, and commenced her plan of reform by trying to raise her self-respect with fine clothes and flattery, which she took readily; so that, instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into the house, and rushing to squeeze us all breathless, there lighted from a handsome black pony a very dignified person, with brown ringlets falling from the cover of a feathered beaver, and a long cloth habit, which she was obliged to hold up with both hands that she might sail in” (Bronte 47). Imagery

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Visual Imagery At this point in the novel, Catherine Earnshaw is the physical representation of

Page 15. “On opening the little door, two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light, while a mingled guffaw from Heathcliff and Hareton put the copestone on my rage and humiliation” (Bronte 15). POV Lockwood

(affecting the work – advantage/ disadvantages) Though Lockwood’s background is not completely clear, his demeanor fits in with people who represent culture. With this in mind, the attack on Lockwood by the dogs can be seen as a representation of the conflict between nature and culture. In addition, Lockwood is attacked at Wuthering Heights, which also represents nature.

Nelly describes young Heathcliff upon his arrival at Wuthering Heights. Page 33. “He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment: he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath, and open his eyes as if he had hurt himself by accident, and nobody was to blame. This endurance made old Earnshaw furious, when he discovered his son persecuting the poor, fatherless child, as he called him. He took to Heathcliff strangely, believing all he said (for that matter, he said precious little, and generally the truth), and petting him up far above Cathy, who was too mischievous and wayward for a favourite” (Bronte

Page 296. “I lingered round them, under that benign sky; watched the moths fluttering among the heath, and hare-bells; listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass; and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers, for the sleepers in that quiet earth” (Bronte 296).

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Atmosphere/ Ambiance Throughout the majority of the novel, Heathcliff, Catherine, and Edgar have all been in some form of unrest thanks to the love triangle that existed between them. However, as Lockwood describes it, there appears to be a restoration of harmony in each of their lives as they rest in peace under the calming atmosphere of the moors.

Cathy struggles to climb over the wall that divides the road between Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Page 204. “But the return was no such easy matter; the stones were smooth and neatly cemented, and the rosebushes and blackberry stragglers could yield no assistance in re-ascending. I, like a fool, didn’t recollect that till I heard her laughing and exclaiming- ‘Ellen! You’ll have to fetch the key, or else I must run round to the porter’s lodge. I can’t scale the ramparts on this side!’ ”(Bronte