Introduction

• Overview
• Author
• Emily Brontë
• Year Published
• 1847
• Type
• Novel
• Genre
• Romance
• Perspective and Narrator
• There are two central narrators in Wuthering Heights. One is framed, or
nested, inside the other. Mr. Lockwood initially narrates the novel, and
Mrs. Dean relates a large portion of the story to him within Lockwood's
narration. Both narrators use a first-person point of view.
• Tense
• Wuthering Heights is told in past tense.
• About the Title
• Wuthering Heights is the name of the Yorkshire estate
on which much of the novel's action takes place.
Wuthering is an adjective that refers to
turbulent(rough, stormy) weather created by strong
winds that accompany storms. Wuthering Heights
signifies the symbolic winds that batter and twist
characters in the novel as they struggle to maintain
their privilege, wealth, and ancient family estates, or
endure suffering at the hands of other characters.
The difference between Wuthering
Heights and Thrush Cross Grange
• 1. Wuthering heights and Thrushcross grange are two
places depicted in the novel Wuthering heights that
illustrate two different moods.
2.While Wuthering Heights depicts a stormy mood, the
Thrushcross grange depicts a calm mood.
3.Wuthering Heights are packed with working class
whereas Thrushcross grange has residents who belong
to a higher stratum in the social ladder.
• 4.Wuthering Heights has a surrounding that is
depicted as dark and cold, which reflects the
darker side of life; there is a feeling of storm in
this place. Thrushcross Grange is depicted as
more bright and warm, which reflects the
brighter side of life.
• 5. Wuthering Heights is a farmhouse that is
situated on top of Yorkshire moors. On the
contrary, Thrushcross Grange is situated lower in
the valley and is close to civilization.
6.Wuthering Heights symbolizes jealousy, anger
and hatred. One can see that there is much
tension in the house as depicted by the
characters. On the contrary, Thrushcross Grange
reflects love, kindness and peace.
 Literary Context

• Wuthering Heights was a unique novel for its

time and still resists attempts to fit it neatly
into a specific literary genre. Instead the novel
is its own creature, a hybrid that combines
various genres, including romanticism, gothic
literature, and realism.
• Gothic literature aims to fascinate and terrify readers.
It generally includes grotesque(ugly) or monstrous
characters, violent or otherwise disturbing events,
strange, elaborate settings (such as crumbling castles
or dark, twisted forests), supernatural beings such as
ghosts and demons, and disturbing imagery such as
dripping daggers or broken mirrors. Characters in
gothic literature frequently transgress traditional social
boundaries or categories, such as the living and the
dead, animal and human, or traditional male and
female roles. Wuthering Heights with its violent
characters and events, and stormy moors, displays
many of the qualities of the genre.
• Romanticism, which was predominant in a
wide variety of artistic forms, emphasized the
power of imagination and emotion over the
rational and scientific and the freedom of
individual self-expression, which might come
in conflict with society. Antihero protagonists,
like Heathcliff, were common, functioning as a
means for rebellion against the calm,
harmony, and balance associated with
classicism.
• The literary movement lasted into the mid-19th
century and led to the construction of Gothic
architecture in cities and a Gothic revival in
general. The genius, sublime qualities of nature,
and supernatural were lauded in Romanticism.
Wordsworth's "The spontaneous overflow of
powerful feelings" was the motto. The spirit of
Wuthering Heights with its powerful and
evocative natural imagery and fanciful and
sometimes irrational leanings embodies the
genre.
• Characters and events in Wuthering Heights
are typical of gothic and romantic literature,
but the novel also falls in the genre of realism.
Its focus on the manipulation of property and
marriage, the death of numerous characters
from consumption, the prejudice against
Heathcliff, and the struggle of Cathy and
Heathcliff against the constraits of class and
society are rooted in painful realities of the
Victorian era.
 Characters
• Heathcliff: An orphan brought to live at
Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw who falls in
unbreakable love with his daughter, Catherine.
• Catherine Earnshaw: The daughter of Mr.
Earnshaw. She is free-spirited, beautiful, and
often arrogant. Torn between her passion for
Heathcliff and her social ambition.
• Hindley Earnshaw: Catherine’s brother who use
to abuse Heathcliff. He marries Frances, and had
a son called Hareton.Edgar Linton
• Mr. Earnshaw: Catherine and Hindley’s father.
He adopts Heathcliff.
• Mrs. Earnshaw: Catherine and Hindley’s
mother who hates Heathcliff
• Edgar Linton: He contrasts Heathcliff with his
manners and lifestyle. Catherine chooses him
over Heathcliff.
• Isabella Linton: She fell in love with Heathcliff
and becomes a chess piece in Heathcliff’s
revenge. She gave birth to Linton, her and
Heathcliff’s son.
• Mr. Linton: Edgar and Isabella’s father. He raised
Isabella and Edgar with manners.
• Mrs. Linton: Edgar and Isabella’s mother. Taught
Catherine to be a lady and have social ambitions.
• Hareton Earnshaw: The son of Hindley and
Frances, raised by Nelly. His look reminds
Heathcliff of Catherine.
• Catherine Linton (Cathy): The daughter of
Catherine and Edgar. She is unaware of her
parent’s history and like her mother, a free spirit.
• Linton Heathcliff: The son of Heathcliff and
Isabella. He is a very weak and resembles
Heathcliffs.
• Lockwood: The first narrator of the novel. He
rents Thrushcross Grange from Heathcliff.
• Ellen Dean (Nelly): A servant for both
generations of the Earnshaw and Linton
families.
• Joseph: An elderly servant at Wuthering
Heights.
• Frances Earnshaw: Hindley’s wife, who treats
Heathcliff cruelly
• Zillah: The housekeeper at Wuthering Heights
later in the story.
• Mr. Green: Edgar Linton’s lawyer.