Nelly Dean

introduced, however for this synopsis the most noteworthy people are the following. Heathcliff, a vengeful, bitter, orphan, who is more than meets the eye. Lockwood, a curious man who is intrigued by the unknown and is often in denial because of it. Nelly Dean, a servant of many, is the keeper of all that goes on in Wuthering Heights. Hindley is a drunk who is Heathcliff’s sole enemy. Catherine is the self-destructive soulmate of Heathcliff. These characters are the foundation of the illustrious…

The black dog is a malicious spirit and an omen of death. Heathcliff is the black dog that haunts the moors of Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights, and she uses dogs as both hallmarks for Heathcliff’s savage behavior and heralds of his misdeeds. The canine comparisons also bleed into descriptions of Hareton, whom Heathcliff raised in his image. Additionally, the actions of the dogs, as well as Heathcliff’s actions towards them, give insight into his beastly character and foreshadow his…

he is a "dark skinned gypsy." Heathcliff came from a low social class and was not well-bred like most of his counterparts. Lockwood, however, can relate to him. Incorrectly, people assume they both have kind hearts. 3. pg. 27 Nelly Dean gives insight into…

attention is her most prominent narcissistic character trait. Pairing with her narcissistic qualities and actions, Catherine exhibits her melodramatic trait to gain more attention and care. Catherine physically attacked Nelly Dean and Edgar Linton; she pinched and slapped Nelly and slapped Edgar. Catherine slaps Edgar because she is upset at everyone: “…and Edgar thoughtlessly laid hold of her hands to deliver him. In an instant one was wrung free, and the astonished young man felt it applied…

all day” (Bronte 37); the moors represented an escape from the harsh, iron-fisted rule of Hindley, and isolated as they were in northern England Heathcliff and Catherine only had each other to rely on for company and amusement. Catherine states “Nelly, I am Heathcliff .. our separation again -- it is impractical” (Bronte 64), explicitly declaring their inseparability and highlighting the intensity of their connection. So as Catherine is swept away to Thrushcross Grange, and Heathcliff…

within a story. The first narrator we are introduced to is Lockwood who presents a ‘mysterious’ family that he meets on the moors. This encounter leads him to seek answers and finds them in the inner story told by a maid for the Earnshaw family – Nelly Dean. Nelly ‘waits not further invitation to her story’ and begins to tell Lockwood whilst trying to be an objective eyewitness to the tale. However, it becomes clear to the reader that because of the combination of narrators, we are distanced…

in love with him thanks to her fascination with the Heathcliff’s richly endowed Byronic qualities. Heathcliff, even though he despised her, married her as a mean of revenge. Moreover, he kept Cathy, the only daughter of his beloved Catherine, and Nelly at the Wuthering Heights until he successfully forced Cathy to agree to get married with his son Linton (who suffered from weakness, sickness and was likely to die soon) to become a landowner of not only Wuthering Heights but also Thrushcross…

In Wuthering Heights, some of the characters speak exclusively in the local dialect (the case of Joseph), other use it only to a certain extent and in certain situations (Mr Earnshaw, Hindley, Nelly), while there are other characters whose speech develops from a West Yorkshire dialect to Standard English when their social status changes (the case of Heathcliff and Hareton). Emily Brontë “gives her characters distinctive ways of speaking, according to their station in life and according to…

ultimately leading to his downfall. Bronte’s novel centers on the tempestuous characters of Catherine Earnshaw, a young headstrong girl in love with her childhood friend Heathcliff, a young orphaned boy whose parentage is unknown and is told through Nelly Dean, whose mother was a servant at Wuthering Heights, where Heathcliff, Catherine, and her brother Hindley were raised. Furthermore, Heathcliff allows…

injury to another. Manipulation manifests itself in multiple forms throughout the novel. One way manipulation is subtly shown is through Nelly Dean. This begins at the beginning of her tale, as she introduces Heathcliff to Mr. Lockwood, calling him a "dark, dirty gypsy child.” At the beginning of her story, Heathcliff is not even referred to as a man, rather Nelly supplies the pronoun of “it. This is an attempt to influence Mr. Lockwood’s opinion of Heathcliff in a negative way. She also…