About Bronte
Characters & Plot
Narrative Technique
Literary Devices
Themes/Motifs
100
The place where Emily Bronte grew up
What is the moors of Yorkshire, England?
100
The cause of Hindley's downward spiral into drinking and gambling
What is the death of Francis?
100
The basic type of narrative point-of-view in Wuthering Heights
What is first-person narration?
100
A mysterious character, like Heathcliff, who is appealing, yet dangerous
What is Byronic or Satanic hero?
100
Characters like Lockwood, Heathcliff, Francis, and Hareton are all on the outs with regards to this motif
What is the insider/outside motif?
200
The year Wuthering Heights was published
What is 1847?
200
The reason Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights for a mysterious absence
What is the result of overhearing Catherine say it would degrade her to marry him?
200
The narrative role played by Mr. Lockwood
What is frame narrator?
200
The twisted trees and stormy weather surrounding Wuthering Heights
What are (nature) symbols of the twisted and unpleasant characters who reside at The Heights?
200
The character used specifically by Bronte to highlight the theme of religious hypocrisy
Who is Joseph?
300
The profession of Bronte's father, Patrick Bronte
What is church rector?
300
The way in which Heathcliff becomes master or owner of The Heights
What is the result of having mortgages transferred to him in exchange for paying off Hindley's gambling debt?
300
The main, primary, or interior narrator
What is Nelly or Ellen Dean?
300
Heathcliff's literary relationship to Edgar Linton, which is opposite in every possible manner (physical, behavioral, and societal)
What is character foils?
300
Elements like Catherine's dilemma about who to marry, Isabella's confinement in a loveless marriage, Ellen and young Cathy's literal confinement at the Heights and many other situations in the story
What is the theme of imprisonment or incarceration?
400
Emily Bronte's pseudonym or pen-name
What is Ellis Bell?
400
the character Hareton most closely resembles in physical appearance
Who is Catherine Earnshaw (his aunt)?
400
A minor narration delivered by a character through dialogue, a letter, etc.
What is a teritiary narrative?
400
The preoccupation with or fear of death exhibited by Francis
What is foreshadowing?
400
The quote, "Now my bonny lad, you are mine! And we'll see if one tree won't grow as crooked as another, with the same wind to twist it!"
What is dialogue that supports the theme of Nature vs. Nurture?
500
The disease that took Emily's Bronte's life at the age of 30 and also killed off several characters in her novel
What is tuberculosis (or consumption)?
500
The character who will (symbolically) stay behind at Wuthering Heights at the end of the novel
Who is Joseph?
500
the amount of time covered in the interior narrative or flashback
What is 30 years?
500
The wedding of Hareton and Catherine to occur on New Year's Day
What is symbolic of a new beginning at the novel's end?
500
The theme/motif that ties characters like Linton, Francis, Catherine Earnshaw, and (later) Heathcliff together.
What is the theme of illness/sickness/death?
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