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    Nelly resumes her story. Catherine and Edgar are living a happy life together, but that changes once Heathcliff pays a visit to the Grange. Heathcliff is going to move back to Wuthering Heights. His visits causes Isabella to realize her love for him. Chapter 11: Nelly talks to Hareton as she makes her way to Heights, and since she left him there, he lacks an education. Nelly turns back to the Grange. Isabella and Catherine bicker about…

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    Nelly watched, crouched behind a shelf containing large bags of flour in the corner of the shed, as Noyes' softened stature began to grow hardened and confused. The sheriff blocked the door but he did not draw his weapon. For a moment Nelly thought Noyes would try to run, after all he was being accused of being a convict, however he made no movement at all. His eyes darted from the sheriff to the shelf and then back to the sheriff. It dawned on Nelly that her hidden identity had been discovered,…

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    Nelly ran from her hiding spot. "Father! He's an innocent man. It was wrong of me to accuse Noyes of being an outlaw!", exclaimed Nelly as she ran up to the crowd of people."Nelly get back, you have no business being in here!", said Camden. "Sir, I assure you I am no outlaw. I am just looking for a job.", said Noyes laying on the ground under the sheriff's restraint."Is what he says true sheriff?",Camden questioned. "What the boy says is true.He is defiantly not an outlaw.",said the sheriff as…

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    selfishness and greed. The heroine Nelly Lenz went through all the difficulties and survived in the Nazi concentration camp. All she wants to do after returning from the hell is finding her husband Johnny and hoping to start a new life with him again. Unfortunately, Johnny doesn’t recognize her and even ask her to help him get the heritage. Does he…

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    Nelly and Edgar are both very well acquainted with Catherine and she is consistently emotional with both of them. However, like with most things, personal experiences and feelings affect how a situation is viewed. This causes Edgar and Nelly to perceive Catherine’s behavior very differently. Edgar’s views of Catherine are clouded by his romantic feelings to her and the fact that they are married which comes with a set of social standards that they are both held accountable for. Nelly is more of…

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    rubble. Buildings destroyed, homes deserted and roads flooded with abandoned cars. Nelly hid behind a crumbled stone wall, Nelly was a lean girl with blonde curly hair that bounced in the subtle wind, as the huge, horrendous green monster, with piercing red eyes and red spikes towering up his back, stomped past Nelly. Just as the monster passed, Nelly peeped around the crumbled stone to be met with big fiery red eyes. Nelly launched herself backwards, hitting her head on another piece of rubble.…

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    savage turned lady that resonates and shifts throughout the passage. Emily Brontë’s, Wuthering Heights, depicts the struggles of a developing relationship between young Catherine Earnshaw and wild-eyed Heathcliff through the constant point of view of Nelly Dean and the starkly contrasting diction she utilizes in reference…

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    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…

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    the sheriff with a smirk on his face. Nelly is watching from behind the stranger holding her father at gun point. She was terrified at what might happen if the sheriff didn't put down his gun. As she is thinking about what might happen she notices a rope that was lying a few feet in front of her. While making an attempt to get the rope without being seen, the stranger is slowly backing up to the door to escape. After what felt like forever to Nelly she finally had the rope in her hand.…

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    When Edgar tries to calm Catherine down, Catherine strikes him. Using a simile, Nelly says, “He possessed the power to depart as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed, or a bird half eaten” (71) describing him as a cat. The dog motif is used here again, as the cat can be compared to the dog, depicting that…

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