Wuthering Heights
Webquest Questions
http://www.online-literature.com/bronte/
Answer the following questions:
1. When was Emily Bronte born? When did she die?
2. Where was she from?
3. Under what name was the novel Wuthering Heights first penned? (What was
Emily Bronte’s pseudonym?)
4. When and where was the story set?
5. What themes does Bronte explore in the novel?
6. Who were Bronte’s parents?
7. How did her mother die? How old was Emily?
8. How many older sisters did she have?
9. What did her sisters, Maria and Elizabeth, die of?
10. How did Emily and her sister Charlotte entertain themselves?
11. What were the children’s imaginary worlds called?
12. What school did Emily enroll at in 1835? Why did she return home?
13. Where did she travel to in 1842?
14. What did she study?
15. How did her brother, Branwell, cause her family trouble?
16. How did Emily die?
17. Where does her body remain?
http://www.north-york-moors.com/
Click on “enter site”
Answer the following questions:
1. Where are the Yorkshire Moors located?
2. List three popular destinations within the Moors.
Click on “Views”
3. Describe the pictures you see. What do the Moors look like?
http://www.iln.org.uk/iln_years/year/1847.htm
Answer the following questions:
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What other novel was published in 1847 (by Emily’s sister)?
What was happening in California?
In the January 16th news, what was happening in the county of Cork?
Whose house was sold on September 18?
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/novel_19c/wuthering/romantic.html
Answer the following questions:
1. Wuthering Heights is considered a Romantic novel; what is another name for
“Romantic” literature?
2. What are the major characteristics of the Romantic novel? (there are 6 bullets)
3. During what years did the Romantic period occur?
4. Emily and her sisters were called the “Romantic ______________”.
5. What contributed to the Romantic Rebels myth?
6. Who were some other Romantic writers? How old were they when they died?
7. How old are the characters in Wuthering Heights when they die?
8. List 5 Romantic elements in Wuthering Heights.
If you have time, check out the following sites and tell me what you learn about
Gothic Literature!
http://www.scepticthomas.com/gothic/gothic.htm
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/gothic/gothic.html