Wuthering Heights Becca Udall P 2 By: Emily Bronte

EMILY BRONTE Born July, Lived a closely guarded life in Haworth, a Yorkshire village in the moors of England. ( The setting of “Wuthering Heights”. Raised very religiously by her aunt Wuthering Heights is her only novel Died December, Died 1848

P r o t a g o n i s t Heathcliff He is the main character the book follows all the way through. The book is about him and follows his wants for revenge Catherine She is the heroine She is a very stubborn and really selfish person but loves Heathcliff but chooses someone richer to marry because she wants to be rich

A n t a g o n i s t Heathcliff Because he is very harsh and rude and just wants revenge

Favorite Character Heathcliff He really is a terrible person but he is what makes the book interesting

Least Favorite Character Nelly She is whiney and usually gets in the way. I think that she is annoying.

the book is two generations the story of heath cliff and catherine and the second is more young catherine and her story In or around two neighboring houses on the Yorkshire moors Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Setting

Exposistion *Heathcliff arrives at Wuthering Heights *Hindley uses abusive treatment to Heathcliff *Heathcliff and Catherine become friends and they play on the moors

Rising Action *Catherine takes her first visit to Thrushcross Grange, the rich neighboring estate this is when she starts to become a lady and social class starts to matter. * Heathcliff is forced to sleep in the barn. *Heathcliff overhears a conversation between Catherine and Nelly Catherine saying it would “degrade” her to marry him. *Drives him to run away and pursue his vengeance.

Climax *Heathcliff comes back to find Catherine dying. *Catherine dies and this just makes Heathcliff want to get more revenge on people and act more cruel.

Falling Action *Heathcliff takes possession of young Linton who is his son that he abandoned as a child with his wife. *Heathcliff is raising Hareton his nephew to a well hated brother as a servant just like he was treated when he was little. *Catherine has had child named “Catherine” before she died. Heathcliff kiddnaps her and locks her and Linton away *Heathcliff forces Catherine and Linton to marry. *Heathcliff inherits Thrushcross Grange.

Resolution *Hareton and young Catherine are to be engaged to be married, promising an end to the cycle of revenge.

Themes *Revenge *The destructiveness of a love that never changes *Social Class

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