Heights 2

Passage:

He got onto the bed, and wrenched open the lattice, bursting, as he pulled at it, into an uncontrollable passion of tears. "Come in!come in!" he sobbed. "Cathy, do come. Oh, do - once more! Oh! my heart's darling! hear me this time, Catherine, at last!"

The spectre showed a spectre's ordinary caprice: it gave no sign of being, but the snow and wind whirled wildly through, even reaching my station, and blowing out the light.



-I think this passage is significant because it shows the depth of Heathcliff's character and the reason why he is so cold. This passage shows the reader that Healthcliff has a conflict to solve within himself - one that he has been battling for quite a while. This also introduces Catherine as another main part of the plot.

-The language used in this passage is all very strong and passionate. When I read them, I felt all of the emotion that was built up inside of the character come out with each world. The use of the word "uncontrollable" plays a large roll in showing the importance of this passage, and of Catherine to the story. Until now, besides being a little angry, Healthcliff always seemed to have control over everything. The lines about the spectre show how the nature and weather in Wuthering Heights represent the storm that is occuring within Heathcliff, and how this issue places a dark cloud over everyone involved.

Heights 1

Passage:

"Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Helthcliff's dwelling.
'Wuthering' being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the
atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather"

-I chose this passage because it introduces the most important aspect of the book- where it got its title. This sets up how the reader first views where the story is going to take place. It is signifcant to the book because the first idea created about the setting is how future events will be seen and interpreted.

-The passage foreshadows what might happen or become the central conflict within the book. The "atmospheric tumult" and "stormy weather" may represent issues that will come about between the main character and Mr. Heathcliff. Also, the diction and syntax of the first sentence make Wuthering Heights more a possesion of Mr. Heathliff, rather than a place where he lives. This creates an idea that there may be something that will come between this, or change this.