1. Senior Project Review Wuthering Heights Focus Final results Tuesday Self Reflection/ Peer Reflection Discussion Character Patterns and Theme

2. Final judging sheets are coming in, Results Tuesday What comments did you receive? Self grade and Peer grade Overall comments: those who watched presentations did better overall Judges want to see more focus on the paper, process – how you are affected by the Senior Project Judges were impressed by how much you have grown Final comments: Make sure you focus on each part of the project, do not put all of your eggs in one basket CONGRATULATIONS!!!

3. Patterns in literature When characters develop readers notice patterns in their behavior, triggers set of similar responses and reactions. To recognize the patterns of characters you must look at the patterns found in the genre. Gothic Literature: elements associated with the Gothic novel

4. Elements of the Gothic Novel What did you find? Connect the patterns of genre to the novel Mysterious/exotic Complex characters, complex plot Contrasting elements Details Morbid setting of main plot/ pleasant setting of sub-plot Villains/ angels foils Rolling moors, limited vision, What is beyond the hills? Heathcliff: love for Catherine, hate for Linton, despise Catherine: death scene Wuthering Heights/ Thrushcross Grange Hareton/Linton Joseph/Nelly Dean

5. Patterns of genre cont. Emphasis on character reaction, not realistic nature Perverse and unnatural Pleasure within pain Relies on reader’s interpretation to create meaning, meaning is not inherent Dark- rejection of reason Grotesque elements as seen in character, setting, and plot Heathcliff: death of Catherine promotes further revenge seeking actions Linton death of Catherine promotes rejection of quality of life, distance from family, depression Catherine: why reject the man she loves to marry another to help the original? Is Cathy following the same pattern as her mother?

6. Narrator Who are the narrators? Who is the principle narrator? What bias does this add to the novel? Why choose this narrator?

7. Critical Themes Death, dying Love (What type/ how displayed?) Revenge: Reaction over reason Duality: Wuthering Heights/Thrushcross Grange Lintons/Heathcliff, Isabelle/ Heathcliff, Cathy/Catherine, Hareton/Linton Evil overrides good Pleasure with pain

8. Patterns in opposition Chapter 17, close to 18 reactions of fathers towards offspring (179) Chapter 9 Catherine’s reasons for marrying: focus on irony and contradiction Chapter 10: Arrival of Heathcliff at Thrushcross Grange Nelly cares for Hareton (8), Nelly cares for Linton (19) Two sides of Catherine (8) (11) Reflection of Heathcliff’s change, development in the end: control in and out, similarities to Catherine, (14) (33- 34 ) Cathy similarities to Catherine (18)