Our extract: pg 288 to 291

 We’re inclined to feel sympathy for Heathcliff- “Nobody loves you- nobody will cry for you, when you die!”  He is portrayed as a passionate character, bordering insane- “I’ll have her in my arms again! If she be cold, I’ll think it is this north wind that chills me; and if she be motionless, it is sleep.”  He is a troubled character-”Disturbed her? No! She has disturbed me, night and day, through eighteen years-incessantly-remorselessly-.”  Aggressive- “ ‘You shall be sorry to be yourself presently,’ said her father-in-law, ‘if you stand there another minute.’ ”

 Catherine doesn’t respect or likes Heathcliff. - “He’s your son. But I’m glad I’ve a better, to forgive it.”  Catherine is not afraid of him, despite Heathcliff’s violent speech.  Nelly has a motherly relationship with Heathcliff.  She is not afraid to give him a scolding- “ ‘You were very wicked, Mr. Heathcliff!’ I exclaimed; ‘were you not ashamed to disturb the dead?’ ”  Nelly still sees him as a savage, due to use of the word, “wicked.”

 “Catherine spoke with a kind of dreamy triumph.”- Juxtaposing behaviorism, as dreary is associated with sadness, and to be triumphant is positive.  “Draws pleasure from the grief of her enemies.”- Paradox idea of sadness being the cause of her happiness.  “She scornfully withdrew.”-Use of short sentences replicates sharpness of Catherine's movements.  Contradictory diction used to describe Catherine represents her unstable nature, like a storm.  Reflects the late Catherine’s qualities as well.

 Use of dashes within disjointed speech shows that he struggles to talk about the painful topic.  Lack of connectives shows that he is-to-the point.  “She showed herself, as she often was in life, a devil to me! And, since then, sometimes more, and sometimes less, I’ve been the sport of that intolerable torture!”- Contradictory, as he describes love of his life as a devil, and says that loving her is torture.  “Relinquished by labor of agony and turned consoled at once: unspeakably consoled.”- Contradicting, as he finds consolation in agony.  Heathcliff’s juxtaposing diction mirrors Catherine’s.  Diction portrays complexity of Heathcliff and late Catherine’s relationship.

 Use of old English- “yesternight” meaning yesterday night.  Use of intense diction and plosive sounds- “casting back a look that cut my heart.”  Cutting also refers to when the late Catherine cut her hand on the window.  Shows her refusing to let go of her hold on Heathcliff.

 Constant references with Catherine and the earth. – “she had been dissolved into the earth.”  Emphasizes that she is a woman of nature, untamable.  Reference of how Catherine and Heathcliff used to in the dirt.  Theme of nature portrays the advancing of time and development of feelings- “The day she was buried there came a fall of snow. In the evening I went to the churchyard. It blew a bleak as winter –”  With advancing of time comes theme of renewal.

 Religious references to death. - “Lonely, like the devil, and envious like him?”  Direct references to Catherine’s death.  Mention of graves and coffins.  Theme of death gives a realistic edge.

 During the 18th century, gothic novels were a craze.  Wuthering Heights has gothic elements.  Heathcliff has, “a strong belief in ghosts”.  Shows his dismissal of the fact that Catherine has left him and the mortal world.  Supernatural theme corresponds with the motif of renewal- Catherine,“enters into the spirit of her new family.”  Supernatural elements could merely be hallucinations- “I was wild after she died.”

 Repetition of “nobody” and “dead”.  As if he was thinking aloud.  Repetition for clarification.  Repetition for emphasis.

 “It blew bleak as winter.”-Soft ‘b’contrasts with the harsh image of winter.  “A sudden sense of relief flowed”- Sibilance represents sound of water flowing.  Relief is compared to nature.

 “Heathcliff is me.”- Catherine is being submissive.  They are both, “Children of the storm”.  Soulmates- becoming each other, as one.  Sacrifices her identity and becomes Heathcliff.