Wuthering Heights
Techniques focus
Characterization: the act of creating
and developing a character
Wuthering Heights
Techniques focus
Direct characterization: the
writer tells / states what a
character’s traits are.
Indirect characterization: the writer reveals
indirectly what a character’s traits are:
* through what a character says, thinks, or does
* through a description of the character’s appearance
* through a character’s statements, thoughts, or
actions
* through other others’ statements, thoughts, or
actions relating to the character
Imagery: descriptive language used in literature to
create sensory experiences (sight, sound, smell, taste,
touch). Imagery enriches writing by making it more
vivid, setting a tone, suggesting emotions, and guiding
readers’ reactions.
Symbolism
and motifs in
Wuthering
Heights
The moors play an important
part in establishing the mood
of
Wuthering Heights.
.
Moors are open areas,
wet, wild, and relatively
infertile.
The Moors
As the novel opens,
Lockwood fears
walking through the
moors at night.
Catherine and Heathcliff spend
much of their childhood
escaping to and rambling
on the moors,
symbolizing their wild
inclinations.
Catherine and
Heathcliff
are buried on the
moors because
0f their fondness
for the wildness
they represent.
The Moors also represent danger
Nelly and Catherine
are feared to have
drowned in the moors.
G
H
O
S
T
S
ockwood is awakened by Catherine’s ghos
as he slumbers at Wuthering Heights.
Heathc
Heathcliff
yearns for
Heathcliff craves the past
And longs for the ghost
Of Catherine to haunt him.
the past
and longs
for the ghost of
Catherine to haunt him.
At the end of
the novel,
rumors persist
that Catherine
and Heathcliff
roam the moors
at night.
WEATHER
The extreme wind
prevalent at
Wuthering Heights
symbolizes the
hardness of its
inhabitants
Wind and rain or sleet are present
when old Mr. Earnshaw dies,
when Heathcliff leaves,
when Catherine is buried, and
when Heathcliff dies.
Windows and Doors
Wuthering Heights
characters are often
impeded by locked
windows and doors.
• LoLLoc
Lockwood finds
Wuthering Heights
locked as he arrive
Nelly and Catherine
are locked in rooms
at Wuthering Heights
with windows too
small to escape throug
Heathcliff is locked outside Wuthering
Heights and can’t get in through the
locked door or narrow window.
At other times windows are
intentionally left open
• He
Heathcliff opens
a window to let
Catherine’s gho
enter.
Nelly opens a
window to let
Heathcliff enter
Catherine’s room
at Thrushcross
Grange.
Catherine’s Locket
Catherine’s Locket
Books and Education
Works Cited
Lorcher, Trent. "Symbolism in Wuthering Heights."
Bright Hub. Web. 12 Mar. 2010.
“The Reader’s Guide to Emily Jane Bronte’s ‘Wuthering
Heights.’” Web. 30 Mar. 2010.