Book Report on "Wuthering Heights"

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E. Motif of the "apparition."

Chapter 12

A. Metaphor: "our fiery Catherine was no better than a wailing child."

B. Allusion: "Myself!' she gasped, 'and the clock is striking twelve! It's true, then! that's dreadful!'"

C. Point-of-View: "While Miss Linton moped about the park and garden, always silent, and almost always in tears; and her brother shut himself up among books that he never opened -- wearying, I guessed, with a continual vague expectation that Catherine, repenting her conduct, would come of her own accord to ask pardon, and seek a reconciliation"

D. Imagery: "While untying the knot round the hook, it seemed to me that I repeatedly caught the beat of horses' feet galloping at some distance"

E. Motif of birds: "That's a turkey's,' she murmured to herself; 'and this is a wild duck's; and this is a pigeon's. Ah, they put pigeons' feathers in the pillows -- no wonder I couldn't die!"

Chapter 13

A. Metaphor: "as if we lived in an ancient castle."

B. Allusion: "his health and strength were being sacrificed to preserve a mere ruin of humanity"

C. Point-of-View: "We knew she was really better, and, therefore, decided that long confinement to a single place produced much of this despondency, and it might be partially removed by a change of scene." (use of first person plural)

D. Imagery: "Linton lavished on her the kindest caresses, and tried to cheer her by the fondest words; but, vaguely regarding the flowers, she let the tears collect on her lashes and stream down her cheeks unheeding."

E. Symbol of "mounting and descending the stairs," representing her roler coaster emotions.

Chapter 14

A. Metaphor: "If he loved with all the powers of his puny being, he couldn't love as much in eighty years as I could in a day. And Catherine has a heart as deep as I have: the sea could be as readily contained in that horse-trough as her whole affection be monopolised by him. Tush! He is scarcely a degree dearer to her than her dog, or her horse."

B. Allusion: "As soon as I had perused this epistle…"

C. Point-of-View: "And yet,' I interrupted, 'you have no scruples in completely ruining all hopes of her perfect restoration, by thrusting yourself into her remembrance now, when she has nearly forgotten you, and involving her in a new tumult of discord and distress.'"

D. Imagery: "Her pretty face was wan and listless; her hair uncurled: some locks hanging lankly down, and some carelessly twisted round her head."

E. Characterization and theme: "Whatever he may pretend, he wishes to provoke Edgar to desperation: he says he has married me on purpose to obtain power over him; and he sha'n't obtain it -- I'll die first! I just hope, I pray, that he may forget his diabolical prudence and kill me."

Chapter 15

A. Metaphor: "the scarcely perceptible wind fluttered its leaves at intervals."

B. Allusion: "Then, the paleness of her face -- its haggard aspect having vanished as she recovered flesh -- and the peculiar expression arising from her mental state"

C. Point-of-View: "Another week over -- and I am so many days nearer health, and spring! I have now heard all my neighbour's history, at different sittings, as the housekeeper could spare time from more important occupations. I'll continue it in her own words, only a little condensed. She is, on the whole, a very fair narrator, and I don't think I could improve her style."

D. Imagery: "A book lay spread on the sill before her, and the scarcely perceptible wind fluttered its leaves at intervals."

E. Motif of death: "The two, to a cool spectator, made a strange and fearful picture."

Chapter 16

A. Metaphor: "howled, not like a man, but like a savage beast being goaded to death with knives and spears" (simile)

B. Allusion: "perhaps, he might catch the gallop of the messenger going to Gimmerton"

C. Point-of-View: "And -- did she ever mention me?' he asked, hesitating, as if he dreaded the answer to his question would introduce details that he could not bear to hear."

D. Imagery: "Her brow smooth, her lids closed, her lips wearing the expression of a smile; no angel in heaven could be more beautiful than she appeared."

E. Motif and Theme of birth and death together: "About twelve o'clock that night was born the Catherine you saw at Wuthering Heights: a puny, seven-months' child; and two hours after the mother died, having never recovered sufficient consciousness to miss Heathcliff, or know Edgar"

Chapter 17

A. Metaphor: "Necessity compelled me to seek shelter here; though, if I had not learned he was out of the way, I'd have halted at the kitchen, washed my face, warmed myself, got you to bring what I wanted, and departed again to anywhere out of the reach of my accursed -- of that incarnate goblin! incarnate goblin"

B. Allusion: "One might suppose you had never opened a Bible in your life. If God afflict your enemies, surely that ought to suffice you. It is both mean and presumptuous to add your torture to his!" OR "that fool's body should be buried at the cross-roads, without ceremony of any kind"

C. Point-of-View: "My anger was greater than my astonishment for a minute. I supposed it one of the maids, and I cried -- 'Have done! How dare you show your giddiness here; What would Mr. Linton say if he heard you?'"

D. Imagery: "I bounded, leaped, and flew down the steep road; then, quitting its windings, shot direct across the moor, rolling over banks, and wading through marshes: precipitating myself, in fact, towards the beacon-light of the Grange."

E. Theme of property ownership: "His father died in debt,' he said; 'the whole property is mortgaged, and the sole chance for the natural heir is to allow him an opportunity of creating some interest in the creditor's heart, that he may be inclined to deal leniently towards him.'"

Chapter 18

A. Metaphor: "For the rest, after the first six months, she grew like a larch," (simile)

B. Allusion: "I entered, and beheld my stray lamb seated on the hearth, rocking herself in a little chair that had been her mother's when a child."

C. Point-of-View: "This, however, is not making progress with my story."

D. Imagery: "The abrupt descent of Penistone Crags particularly attracted her notice; especially when the setting sun shone on it and the topmost heights, and the whole extent of landscape besides lay in shadow."

E. Characterization and foreshadowing: "After all, she was a sweet little girl."

Chapter 19

A. Metaphor: "sanguine anticipations"

B. Allusion: "in her new black frock" (allusion to death)

C. Point-of-View: Nelly's: "A letter, edged with black, announced the day of my master's return."

D. Imagery: "we strolled leisurely over the swells and hollows of mossy turf, under shadow of the trees. "

E. Characterization: "He was asleep in a corner, wrapped in a warm, fur-lined cloak, as if it had been winter. A pale, delicate, effeminate boy."

Chapter 20

A. Metaphor: "I softened off the matter by stating that he was going to spend some time with his father,"

B. Allusion: "all children love their parents" (allusion to 10 Commandments)

C. Point-of-View: "Mr. Linton commissioned me to take the boy home early, on Catherine's pony."

D. Imagery: "The pure heather-scented air, the bright sunshine, and the gentle canter of Minny,"

E. Theme and Motif of Wuthering Heights: "He surveyed the carved front and low-browed lattices, the straggling gooseberry-bushes and crooked firs, with solemn intentness, and then shook his head: his private feelings entirely disapproved of the exterior of his new abode."

Chapter 21

A. Metaphor: "Loving!' cried I, as scornfully as I could utter the word. 'Loving! Did anybody ever hear the like! I might just as well talk of loving the miller who comes once a year to buy our corn." (comment on Catherine's puppy love)

B. Allusion: "No, that man is not my son," (Heathcliff denying his own son)

C. Point-of-View: "My curiosity and suspicions were roused; I determined to take a peep at her mysterious treasures; so, at night, as soon as she and my master were safe upstairs, I searched, and readily found among my house keys one that would fit the lock." (Nelly being nosy)

D. Imagery: "her figure was both plump and slender, elastic as steel, and her whole aspect sparkling with health and spirits."

E. Theme of Wuthering Heights and land ownership: "The Heights were Heathcliff's land,"

Chapter 22

A. Metaphor: "a fresh watery afternoon,"

B. Allusion: "about as starved and suckless as you: your cheeks are bloodless;" and "you dropped Linton with it into a Slough of Despond"

C. Point-of-View: Nelly's motherly concern: "And often, from the side of my eye, I could detect her raising a hand, and brushing something off her cheek. I gazed round for a… READ MORE

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