Entry 1:
Passage: “But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman” (Page 3).
Situation: Lockwood makes this remark when he first meets Mr. Heathcliff, the landlord.
Importance: This shows just how much confusion there is with who exactly Heathcliff is.
Analysis: Throughout the duration of the novel, a great deal of confusion surrounds what exactly Heathcliff’s character is. Heathcliff is not friendly towards those who visit his estate. While he dresses very nice and appears to be a well mannered man, he is not. The way someone appears is not always the way they really are. The quote you can’t judge a book by it’s cover applies to this situation …show more content…
and what does not recall her? I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped in the flags! Every cloud, in every tree- filling the air at night, and caught in glimpses in every object by day- I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women- my own features- mock me with a resemblances. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her” (Page 295).
Situation: This is said by Heathcliff to Nelly about Catherine.
Importance: Heathcliff sees Catherine everywhere he looks and it is a constant reminder of the fact that he no longer has her.
Analysis: Catherine has just died and Heathcliff feels as though he can not escape her death and that everything serves as a reminder of her. Everywhere he looks, he sees her, regardless of the fact that some of the places where he sees her, she does not have correlation with. Everything in his life related to her. He says that the world is a ‘collection of memoranda’. Memoranda is defined as being “a short note written as a reminder”, meaning once again, that everything almost screams Catherine and he feels almost as though he is trapped, in a world full of constant reminders of his
Passage: “But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark-skinned gypsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman” (Page 3).
Situation: Lockwood makes this remark when he first meets Mr. Heathcliff, the landlord.
Importance: This shows just how much confusion there is with who exactly Heathcliff is.
Analysis: Throughout the duration of the novel, a great deal of confusion surrounds what exactly Heathcliff’s character is. Heathcliff is not friendly towards those who visit his estate. While he dresses very nice and appears to be a well mannered man, he is not. The way someone appears is not always the way they really are. The quote you can’t judge a book by it’s cover applies to this situation …show more content…
and what does not recall her? I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped in the flags! Every cloud, in every tree- filling the air at night, and caught in glimpses in every object by day- I am surrounded with her image! The most ordinary faces of men and women- my own features- mock me with a resemblances. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her” (Page 295).
Situation: This is said by Heathcliff to Nelly about Catherine.
Importance: Heathcliff sees Catherine everywhere he looks and it is a constant reminder of the fact that he no longer has her.
Analysis: Catherine has just died and Heathcliff feels as though he can not escape her death and that everything serves as a reminder of her. Everywhere he looks, he sees her, regardless of the fact that some of the places where he sees her, she does not have correlation with. Everything in his life related to her. He says that the world is a ‘collection of memoranda’. Memoranda is defined as being “a short note written as a reminder”, meaning once again, that everything almost screams Catherine and he feels almost as though he is trapped, in a world full of constant reminders of his