Literary devices in Wuthering Heights The novel, Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte relates a story of passionate love which ends in despair and melancholy for both Catherine and Heathcliff who are the main characters of the novel. ... Well, Heathcliff, have you forgotten me?' ... Emily Bronte employs a number of literary techniques in her novel to heighten the attitude of the characters or to intensify the meaning of the events happening. The author uses irony to make the reader enjoy the situations in which the reader knows more than the characters in the story. Irony actually takes t...

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• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Each character in the novel has the ability to portray an entire group of people. Heathcliff represents the working class hero come good. ... Bronte presents this with her marriage to Edgar Linton, denying her genuine, but concealed, feelings for Heathcliff. ... No major characters are missing. ... How the characters look, what the setting appears like, and even the emotions felt by the characters are left to the reader to decide upon. ...

• Word Count: 1550
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate