Emily's mother, Maria, died at a young age just 9 months after giving birth to Emily's sister, Anne. ... We see this reflected in Wuthering Heights as it is Nelly Dean who raises Catherine and Hareton, due to both their mothers dying at childbirth. ... We are told by Nelly Dean, the narrator in chapter 5, that Cathy is "a wild, wick slip" this mono-syllabic alliterative noun phrase describes Cathy as spontaneous, impulsive and full of life! ... How can a girl of such a young age accept those words? Similarly, how can a woman who is merely "whistling" her rage co...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

When the narrator first describes the area he sys how beautiful it is and then says, "Heathcliff the solitary neighbour." ... In the first chapter the very first description of Heathcliff is portrayed before anything really happens. ... The snow in the start of Chapter Two reflects the atmosphere inside Wuthering Heights and the mood of Heathcliff. ... When Mr Earnshaw died it was the son whom took control in that era. This was Hindley, we have known from the start that Hindley hated Heathcliff. ...

• Word Count: 1562
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

From the chapter's inception, Bronte effectively employs Nelly's narration to communicate her own ideas surrounding death. ... She die screaming and cussing.' While the misuse of present tense 'die' insinuates her lack of education and perhaps therefore her lack of ability to properly express herself in the letters, it also displays how Celie can relay what should be a traumatic and horrifying event in a factual manner. ... Bronte here conveys the all-encompassing nature of death and grief, as well as the deep-felt capacity for empathy humans have that we may appear ...

• Word Count: 1639
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Desperate to see her father before he dies, Cathy agrees and marries Linton in order to be allowed access to the Grange. ... This relationship is out of keeping however, with the rest of the book and turns the final chapters into that of a typical novel of the rime with the usual happy ending that has become accustomed to most novels in English Literature. ... It would degrade [her] to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how [she] loves him; and that not because he is handsome, Nelly, but because he is more [herself] than [she] is". ... He doesn't stay long enough to hear how ...

• Word Count: 2116
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate