Wuthering Heights

By: Emily Bront

Reading, Analysis, Vocabulary, and Study Materials

Honors English I
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Wuthering Heights- List of Assignments

Take notes with each reading assignment (Post-its or notebook).

Come prepared with questions and comments to add to discussion.

Be prepared for announced and unannounced reading quizzes.

For each chapter you read, use the novels context clues to help you define vocabulary words (including part of speech).

#1- Read chapter 1 #2- Read chapter 2-3 #3- Read chapters 4-5 #4- Read chapters 6-7 #5- Read chapters 8-9 #6- Read chapters 10-11 BE PREPARED FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ #1- CHAPTERS 1-9! #7- Read chapters 12-13 #8- Read chapters 14-15 BE PREPARED FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ #2- CHAPTERS 10-13! #9- Read chapters 16-17 #10- Read chapters 18-20 #11- Read chapters 21-22 #12- Read chapters 23-25 BE PREPARED FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ #3- CHAPTERS 13-21! #13- Read chapters 26-28 #14- Read chapters 29-31 #15- Read chapters 32-33 #16- Read chapter 34 #17- Bring completed characters list, themes list, symbolism tracking chart, and literary style charts to class. BE PREPARED FOR VOCABULARY QUIZ #4- CHAPTERS 22-34! #18- Literary Criticism Writing Assignment due (see handout for information and directions) #19- Study for test: Characters- roles, quotes, interrelation with plot events o Characterization- dynamic vs. static, round vs. flat, protagonist vs. antagonist The family tree Plot events Use of narrators and the impact of narration on the story Themes, Symbols, and Metaphors o Representations / examples of themes in the story o Symbolic associations to setting o Metaphors (repeated through generations) o Important quotes associated with themes, symbols, and metaphors Framework story and introductory notes Introductory Emily Bronte information and research Bring your book with Post-it notes or other notes

#20- Analytical Research Paper- source/ evidence cards, thesis, and works cited due #21- Analytical Research Paper- outline and works cited due #22- Analytical Research Paper- rough draft and works cited due #23- Analytical Research Paper- finished product- DUE

Wuthering Heights Vocabulary Study

Word Chapter 1 Misanthropist
A perfect misanthropist's Heaven -- and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us.

Page Num. 9

Context Definition

Part of Speec h

Dictionary Definition

Soliloquised (Soliloquized)
" The Lord help us! he soliloquised in an undertone of peevish displeasure, while relieving me of my horse

10, 33

Penetralium (sing.) Penetralia (pl.)

I had no desire to aggravate his impatience, previous to inspecting the penetralium.

10

Sundry
Above the chimney were sundry villainous old guns, and a couple of horse-pistols, and, by way of ornament, three gaudily painted canisters disposed along its ledge.

11

Physiognomy
I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam, that she suddenly broke into a fury, and leapt on my knees.

12

Laconic
He -- probably swayed by prudential considerations of the folly of offending a good tenant -- relaxed, a little, in the laconic style of chipping off his pronouns

14

Chapter 2 Churlish
" you deserve perpetual isolation from your species for your churlish inhospitality.

15 18

Sagacity
" Oh, indeed! Well then, I must trust to my own sagacity."

Taciturn
They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn

18

Guffaw
two hairy monsters flew at my throat, bearing me down, and extinguishing the light, while a mingled guffaw, from Heathcliff and Hareton, put the copestone on my rage and humiliation.

23

Chapter 3 Vapid
In vapid listlessness I leant my head against the

24

window, and continued spelling over Catherine Earnshaw

Asseverated
"Joseph asseverated, 'owd Nick' would fetch us as sure as we were living; and, so comforted, we each sought a separate nook to await his advent.

26

Word Lachrymose
I suppose Catherine fulfilled her project, for the next sentence took up another subject; she waxed lachrymose.

Page Num. 27

Context Definition

Part of Speec h

Dictionary Definition

Garret
"All day had been flooding with rain; we could not go garret

34

Orison
Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orisons, sotto voce , in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner, for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts.

34

Sotto voce
Hareton Earnshaw was performing his orisons, sotto voce , in a series of curses directed against every object he touched, while he rummaged a corner, for a spade or shovel to dig through the drifts.

34

Chapters 4-5 Vindictive

He complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive -- I was deceived, completely, as you will hear.

44

Curate
At last, our curate, (we had a curate then who made the living answer by teaching the little Lintons and Earnshaws, and farming his bit of land himself,) he advised that the young man should be sent to college

45

Reprobate
He encouraged him to regard Hindley as a reprobate; and, night after night, he regularly grumbled out a long string of tales against Heathcliff and Catherine; always minding to flatter Earnshaw's weakness by heaping the heaviest blame on the last.

45

Chide(d)
The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet, she got chided more than any of us

46

Reproof(s)
His peevish reproofs wakened in her a naughty delight to provoke him

46

Chapter 6 Cant
" Don't you cant, Nelly, he said

51

Vociferate(d)
I did, though, I vociferated curses enough to annihilate any fiend in Christendom, and I got a stone and thrust it between his jaws, and tried with all my might to cram it down his throat.

52

Word Culpable
What culpable carelessness in her brother! exclaimed Mr. Linton, turning from me to Catherine.

Page Num. 53

Context Definition

Part of Speec h

Dictionary Definition

Chapters 7-8 Dour

He managed to continue work till nine o'clock, and, then, marched dumb and dour, to his chamber.

58 64 74

Prognosticate
I prognosticate for myself an obstinate cold, at least. "

Askance
The soft thing looked askance through the window -he possessed the power to depart, as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed, or a bird half eaten.

Chapter 9 Vagaries
He held the knife in his hand, and pushed its point between my teeth: but, for my part I was never much afraid of his vagaries.

76

Perdition
" Not I! On the contrary, I shall have great pleasure in sending it to perdition, to punish its maker, exclaimed the blasphemer, Here's to its hearty damnation! "

78

Sententiously
" There are many things to be considered, before that question can be answered properly, I said sententiously

79

Expostulations
heedless of my expostulations, and the growling thunder, and the great drops that began to plash around her, she remained calling, at intervals, and then listening, and then crying outright.

86

Convalescent
when Catherine was convalescent, she insisted on conveying her to Thrushcross Grange; for which deliverance we were very grateful.

89

Caprices
He was rather too indulgent in humouring her caprices.

90 90

Munificent
The former offered me munificent wages.

*End of test 1

Chapter 10 Dilatory
Oh, these bleak winds, and bitter, northern skies, and impassable roads, and dilatory country surgeons!

91

Phalanx
Keep your fingers from that bitter phalanx of vials.

92 Page Num. 96 96 96, 101 Context Definition

Part of Speech

Word Droll
Mrs. Linton eyed him with a droll expression -- half angry, half laughing at his fastidiousness.

Dictionary Definition

Fastidiousness
Mrs. Linton eyed him with a droll expression -- half angry, half laughing at his fastidiousness.

Degradation
His countenance was much older in expression, and decision of feature than Mr. Linton's; it looked intelligent, and retained no marks of former degradation.

Presentiment
I mused -- I had a presentiment, in the bottom of my heart, that he had better have remained away.

98 100

Abjured
Mr. Linton had not only abjured his peevishness (though his spirits seemed still subdued by Catherine's exuberance of vivacity) but he ventured no objection to her taking Isabella with her to Wuthering Heights, in the afternoon

Reciprocation
He would have recoiled still more had he been aware that her attachment rose unsolicited, and was bestowed where it awakened no reciprocation of sentiment

101

Peremptorily
Mrs. Linton peremptorily insisted that she should get to-bed; and, having scolded her heartily, threatened to send for the doctor.

102, 118 102 103

Impertinent
" You are an impertinent little monkey! exclaimed Mrs. Linton, in surprise.

Emphatically
" I wouldn't be you for a kingdom, then! Catherine declared, emphatically -- and she seemed to speak sincerely.

Mawkish
You'd hear of odd things, if I lived alone with that mawkish, waxen face; the most ordinary would be painting on its white the colours of the rainbow, and turning the blue eyes, black, every day or two; they detestably resemble Linton's. "

107

Chapter 11 Propitiate
Fit to cry, I took an orange from my pocket, and offered it to propitiate him.

109

Impudence

111

There was another rapid glance at the house, and supposing himself unseen, the scoundrel had the impudence to embrace her.

Presumptuous
Catherine angrily insisted on silence, and threatened to order me out of the kitchen, if I dared to be so presumptuous as to put in my insolent tongue.

111

Word Insolent
Catherine angrily insisted on silence, and threatened to order me out of the kitchen, if I dared to be so presumptuous as to put in my insolent tongue.

Page Num. 111

Context Definition

Part of Speech

Dictionary Definition

Approbation
" He might spare himself the trouble, said Heathcliff, I could do as well without his approbation

112

Intractable
The spirit which served her was growing intractable: she could neither lay nor control it.

113 114 114 117 118

Ignominious
Three minutes' delay will render it involuntary and ignominious. "

Derision
Heathcliff measured the height and breadth of the speaker with an eye full of derision.

Stolidity
The stolidity with which I received these instructions was, no doubt, rather exasperating.

Compunction
Mr. Linton stood looking at her in sudden compunction and fear.

Chapter 12 Lethargy
" Has he fallen into a lethargy, or is he dead? "

120 123, 130 124

Countenance
Trembling and bewildered, she held me fast, but the horror gradually passed from her countenance; its paleness gave place to a glow of shame.

Paroxysm
I swept it along the carpet, and then, memory burst in -- my late anguish was swallowed in a paroxysm of despair -- I cannot say why I felt so wildly wretched -- it must have been temporary derangement for there is scarcely cause

Haggardness
He was silent; the haggardness of Mrs. Linton's appearance smote him speechless, and he could only glance from her to me in horrified astonishment.

126

Smote
He was silent; the haggardness of Mrs. Linton's appearance smote him speechless, and he could only glance from her to me in horrified astonishment.

126

Chapter 13 Recompense

132

though Kenneth remarked that what he saved from the grave would only recompense his care by forming the source of constant future anxiety

Sanguine
hour after hour, he would sit beside her, tracing the gradual return to bodily health, and flattering his too sanguine hopes with the illusion that her mind would settle back to its right balance also, and she would soon be entirely her former self.

132

Word Despondency
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.

Page Num. 133

Context Definition

Part of Speech

Dictionary Definition

Obviate
To obviate the fatigue of mounting and descending the stairs, we fitted up this, where you lie at present

133

Vouchsafed
Mr. Earnshaw vouchsafed no answer.

137

*End of test 2 Chapter 13 (continued) Glowered

meanwhile, the infant ruffian continued sucking; and glowered up at me defyingly, as he slavered into the jug.

140

Adjuration
He made no reply to this adjuration.

141 141

Festoons
But they had evidently experienced rough usage, the vallances hung in festoons, wrenched from their rings.

Proxy
He told me of Catherine's illness, and accused my brother of causing it; promising that I should be Edgar's proxy in suffering, till he could get a hold of him.

143

Chapter 14 Ardent
As soon as I had perused this epistle, I went to the master, and informed him that his sister had arrived at the Heights, and sent me a letter expressing her sorrow for Mrs. Linton's situation, and her ardent desire to see him.

143

Wan
Her pretty face was wan and listless.

144 145

Importuned
She wouldn't understand the hint, but followed me to a sideboard, where I went to lay my bonnet, and importuned me in a whisper to give her directly what I had brought.

Alacrity
" He turns you adrift on the world with surprising alacrity. "

147

Iteration
I tried to smooth away all disquietude on the subject, by affirming, with frequent iteration, that, that betrayal of trust, if it merited so harsh an appellation, should be the last.

151

Dree
But here is Kenneth -- I'll go down, and tell him how my history is dree, as we say, and will serve to wile away another morning.

152

Word Chapter 15 Petulantly

At other times, she would turn petulantly away, and hide her face in her hands, or even push him off angrily.

Page Num. 153

Context Definition

Part of Speech

Dictionary Definition

Chapter 16 Heterodox
I declined answering Mrs. Dean's question, which struck me as something heterodox.

162 164 164

Decease
Mrs. Linton's funeral was appointed to take place on the Friday following her decease.

Repose
Heathcliff spent his nights, at least, outside, equally a stranger to repose.

Chapter 17 Stanchions
The stanchions stood too close to suffer his shoulders to follow; and I smiled, exulting in my fancied security.

172

Preter-human
He exerted preter-human self-denial in abstaining from finishing him, completely.

173 175 182

Basilisk
his basilisk eyes were nearly quenched by sleeplessness

Inveterate
In that manner, Hareton, who should now be the first gentleman in the neighbourhood, was reduced to a state of complete dependence on his father's inveterate enemy.

Chapter 18 Lamentations
Pausing in her lamentations, she surveyed him with a glance of awe

190

Chapter 19 Effeminate
A pale, delicate, effeminate boy, who might have been taken for my master's younger brother, so strong was the resemblance, but there was a sickly peevishness in his aspect, that Edgar Linton never had.

193

Incipient
he put his fingers to his eyes to remove incipient tears.

194

Trepidation
" I shall ask him what he wants first, I said, in considerable trepidation.

195

Chapter 20 Languid
Not a morsel, I thought: surveying with regret the white complexion, and slim frame of my companion, and his large languid eyes...

199

Word Vestige
surveying with regret the white complexion, and slim frame of my companion, and his large languid eyes... his mother's eyes save that, unless a morbid touchiness kindled them, a moment, they had not a vestige of her sparkling spirit.

Page Num. 199

Context Definition

Part of Speech

Dictionary Definition

Ague
Heathcliff having stared his son into an ague of confusion, uttered

200 201

Filial
" No? What a shame of your mother, never to waken your filial regard for me!

Chapter 21 Salubrious
His features were pretty yet, and his eye and complexion brighter lustre borrowed from the salubrious air and genial sun.

208

Mitigated
Linton's looks and movements were very languid, and his form extremely slight; but there was a grace in his manner that mitigated these defects, and rendered him not unpleasing.

208

Paltry
I'll pit him against that paltry creature, unless it bestir itself briskly.

209

Bathos
And he'll never be able to emerge from his bathos of coarseness, and ignorance.

211

Chagrin
Next day it all came out, sadly to my chagrin.

213 217

Copious
Gradually however they expanded into copious love letters, foolish as the age of the writer rendered natural, yet with touches, here and there, which I thought, were borrowed from a more experienced source.

Epistle
but I succeeded in abstracting the epistle

217 219

Supplicated
She earnestly supplicated that I would spare her one or two.

*End of test 3 Chapter 22 Diurnal

I esteemed it a duty to supply its lack, as much as possible, with mine; an inefficient substitute, for I could only spare two or three hours, from my numerous diurnal occupations, to follow her footsteps, and then, my society was obviously less desirable than his.

220

Word Blanched
" No, she repeated, and continued sauntering on, pausing, at intervals, to muse over a bit of moss, or a tuft of blanched grass, or a fungus spreading its bright orange among the heaps of brown foliage; and, ever and anon, her hand was lifted to her averted face.

Page Num. 221

Context Definition

Part of Speech

Dictionary Definition

Bugbear
And invent bugbear stories to terrify her from my door-stones?

224 226

Credulity
What use were anger and protestations against her silly credulity?

Chapter 23 Conjectured
Happily, as Mr. Heathcliff conjectured, he'll not win twenty!

233

Chapter 24 Interdict
In vain she wept and writhed against the interdict.

244 247

Chapter 25 Intimated
so, instead of penning his peculiar personal sufferings, and distresses, the themes constantly uppermost in his thoughts, he harped on the cruel obligation of being held asunder from his friend and love; and gently intimated that Mr. Linton must allow an interview soon, or he should fear he was purposely deceiving him with empty promises.

Chapter 26 Pettishness
The pettishness that might be caressed into fondness

249 250

Solace
Cathy began to seek solace in looking for bilberries

Chapter 27 Fain
Catherine, we would fain have deluded, yet, but her own quick spirit refused to delude her.

252 255

Affectations
I desire an explanation -- playing and trifling are completely banished out of my mind: and I can't dance attendance on your affectations, now! "

Attenuated

255

 But my father threatened me, gasped the boy, clasping his attenuated fingers, and I dread him -- I dread him! I dare not tell!

Magnanimity
Her magnanimity provoked his tears.

255 260

Conceit
I've a very good mind to shake you severely, for your contemptible treachery, and your imbecile conceit. "

Word Chapter 28 Notwithstanding

Her accomplice suffered for his share in the escape, notwithstanding his timid contrivances.

Page Num. 271

Context Definition

Part of Speech

Dictionary Definition

Chapter 29 Musing
Now musing mournfully, one of us despairingly, on our loss; now venturing conjectures as to the gloomy future.

271

Chapter 30 Evinced
Catherine evinced a child's annoyance at this neglect.

277

Chapter 31 Adroitly
and, as I fancied, adroitly dropped Mrs. Dean's note onto her knee, unnoticed by Hareton -- but she asked aloud

284

Emulous
" He is not envious but emulous of your attainments -- He'll be a clever scholar in a few years! "

286 287

Conflagration
Yes, thats all the good that such a brute as you can get from them! cried Catherine, sucking her damaged lip, and watching the conflagration with indignant eyes.

Saturnine
With Mr. Heathcliff, grim and saturnine, on the one hand, and Hareton absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal

288

Chapter 32 Malappropriated
She seemed willing to do her best; though she thrust the hearth-brush into the grates in mistake for the poker, and malappropriated several other articles of her craft

290

Obstinate
When Hareton was there, she generally paused in an interesting part, and left the book lying about -that she did repeatedly; but he was as obstinate as a mule

296

Automatons
they sat like automatons, one on each side of the fire

296

Chapter 33

Impracticable
speedily found it would be impracticable to retain my charge beside me, as heretofore.

300 301

Discretion
to-day, she stole nearer to Hareton, and I presently saw she would have no more discretion in her friendship, than she had in her hostility.

Waxing
Catherine was waxing cross at this.

304 Page Num. 305 Context Definition

Part of Speech

Word Antipathy
She showed a good heart, thenceforth, in avoiding both complaints and expressions of antipathy concerning Heathcliff.

Dictionary Definition

Chapter 34 Misgivings
It was too irksome to lie up there, harassing my brain with a hundred idle misgivings.

315 320

Levity
I believe the dead are at peace, but it is not right to speak of them with levity.

Tracking Characterization throughout the Novel

Character Heathcliff Description Traits / Personality Evidence / Quotes / Support from Novel

Mr. Lockwood

Joseph

Hareton Earnshaw

Cathy Linton Heathcliff Ellen Nelly Dean

Zillah Catherine Earnshaw

Edgar Linton

Isabella Linton

Hindley Earnshaw

Frances Earnshaw

(This is not an exhaustive list.) Provide an explanation of how the theme operates within the novel. Use complete sentences and specific examples / quotes to support your conclusions. THEME Make sure to interpret your quotes. THEME THEME 1. The conflict between good and evil

Possible Themes within Wuthering Heights:

2. The nature of love

3. The darkness of the human soul

4. Civility (rationality) versus passion

5. The clash between different social classes

6. The search for a higher emotional existence

7. The patriarchal family (family hierarchy) and the role of children

8. The effects of intense suffering and emotional pain

9. Confinement and escape from circumstances

10. Displacement and exile

11. Communication and understanding

Now list and support your own themes from the story: 12.

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16. **To see how these themes (and others) relate directly to Wuthering Heights, visit the excellent Internet site from which some of this information was derived: http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/themes.html

Tracking Symbolism throughout the Novel

Directions: Complete the chart for Wuthering Heights. An example is provided for you. SYMBOL CHAPTER # ACTION / CONTEXT WITHIN NOVEL QUOTATION AND PARENTHETICAL CITATION INTERPRETATION / EXPLANATION OF MEANING

BOOKS

KEYS / LOCKS

DOORS / WINDOWS

NATURE

II

Lockwood arrives at Wuthering Heights a second time.

on that bleak hill-top the earth was hard with a black frost

The bleak nature of the landscape mirrors the harshness of its inhabitants.

GHOSTS

PROPERTY

Tracking Historical Literary Style and Authorial Motivation throughout the Novel
Gothic Elements in Wuthering Heights:
Gothic Element / Characteristic Quote and Parenthetical Citation Interpretation / Explanation

Romantic Elements in Wuthering Heights:

Romantic Element / Characteristic Quote and Parenthetical Citation Interpretation / Explanation

Authorial Motivation- Connections / Similarities to Emily Bronts Life:

Connection / Similarity to Emily Bronts life Quote and Parenthetical Citation Interpretation / Explanation