English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
02 Blog: Wuthering Heights
Tragic Love
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Europa Yang
Lockwood's nightmare serves to evoke a sense of intense tragedy defining the love shared by Catherine and Heathcliff, a key theme that is then elaborated upon as the story unfolds. It sets up the framing of how there is a mystery buried within the surface of Lockwood's story. The dream...
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Posted by eyang on September 23, 2003 at 09:56 AM
Is Nelly a Trustworthy Narrator
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Meredeth Lammert
Because Nelly was treated by her master as practically one of his own children she now not only subconsciously views herself as an equal but often acts like and treats herself as an equal to her early playmates and now masters: Hindley and Catherine. Catherine scolds Nelly at one...
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Posted by mlammert on September 23, 2003 at 09:52 AM
Nelly as a Biased Narrator
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Liz Button
Nelly can be deemed to be an even less reliable narrator than the governess in The Turn of the Screw, though not for her delusions of ghosts, but for her delusions of grandeur. It is evident that Nelly envies Catherine her social station, beauty, and consequent suitors, whereas Nelly...
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Posted by ebutton on September 23, 2003 at 09:51 AM
Ambiguity
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Alex Smith
Bronte’s framing of Lockwood’s odd dream in Chapter 3 leaves a lot of ambiguity as to the true interpretation of his vision of the chapel and ideas of “sin” and “transgressions” as well as his vision of a young girl Catherine Linton, and how the two are connected. In his...
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Posted by asmith9 on September 23, 2003 at 09:42 AM
The Lockwood Frame
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jennifer Bernstein
The choice between forgiveness and revenge is a topic which Lockwood unconsciously tackles in a strange dream, a decision Heathcliff must make himself about his love and family, and perhaps most importantly, one the reader must consider while observing the strange passion between Heathcliff and Catherine. Lockwood, after blaming the...
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Posted by jbernste on September 23, 2003 at 09:38 AM
Eternal Commitment
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Mike Stratton
The dream, which Lockwood has in chapter three, seems to act as a catalyst to show the commitment and passion that Heathcliff and Catherine shared. The two lovers in youth disobeyed authority to escape with one another, and also in Catherine’s death still hold a bond of commitment. Lockwoods...
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Posted by mstratto on September 23, 2003 at 09:27 AM
The Reliability of Nelly
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jeff Nolin
Nelly may be a reliable narrator in terms of presenting us with the facts of the happenings at Wuthering Heights, but because she tells the story from her own point of view (based only on her own experiences with the characters) she doesn’t know about characters thoughts and feelings (unless...
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Posted by jnolin on September 23, 2003 at 08:54 AM
Nelly's questionable intent
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Monica Ruzicka
Any narration is fashioned so that truth cannot be extracted with absolute certainty. In the case of Nelly, time and personal biases guide her tale, forcing the reader to question her true intention. As with any circumstance drawn from memory, one must question the accuracy of her dialogues and the...
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Posted by mruzicka on September 23, 2003 at 08:34 AM
No Trespassing
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jin-Sun Kim
In chapter 3, Lockwood experiences a nightmare, which alludes to the romance of Heathcliff and Catherine. In this dream, he meets young Catherine as a ghost who struggles to be let into Wuthering Heights. However, Lockwood prevents her from entering the house by fighting her. This relates to the forbidden...
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Posted by jkim3 on September 23, 2003 at 08:18 AM
Lockwood's Dream
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Drew Fulton
After Lockwood’s nightmare and Heathcliff’s entrance into the room, Lockwood witnesses a strange scene where Heathcliff begins muttering and sobbing, begging for Cathy to come back to him. The juxtaposition of the terror that the ghost had just caused Lockwood in the dream with the great desire that Heathcliff has...
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Posted by afulton on September 23, 2003 at 06:53 AM
Lockwood's Dream
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Alex Krippner
The emotionally violent interactions between Catherine and Heathcliff in Chapter 16 relate back to the occurrences pertaining to Lockwood’s dream in Chapter 3. The story of Catherine and Heathcliff's young lives as told by the housekeeper are framed between the dream and the events it foreshadows. Perhaps the framing attempts...
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Posted by kkrippne on September 23, 2003 at 04:07 AM
Dreams
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jeb Bobseine
Lockwood dreams of listening to a sermon, of attempting to walk out and being beaten for sins that he finds inexplicable. “Where [Jabes Branderham] searched for [the sins], I cannot tell(19).” In this lack of comprehension of why he must suffer can be found an echo of the relationship between...
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Posted by jbobsein on September 23, 2003 at 03:49 AM
See you in my dreams
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Dan Herzberg
Emily Bronte utilizes the technique of foreshadowing in Chapter 3 and achieves a sense of mystery and intrigue to draw the reader into her story. As Lockwood is led to his room for the night, we are told that Heathcliff “never let anybody lodge there willingly (p.15).” However, we are...
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Posted by dherzber on September 23, 2003 at 03:24 AM
Come to my window
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Matthew Roy
In Wuthering Heights, Bronte uses the dream scene with Mr. Lockwood to show the apparent love still felt between Mr. Heathcliff and Catherine Linton/Earnshaw. During Lockwood’s dream, he hears the branch of a fir tree tapping teasingly at the window by his bed. In an effort to stop the noise,...
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Posted by mroy on September 23, 2003 at 02:50 AM
Catherine the ghost
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Aki Makino
The dream Mr. Lockwood experienced in chapter three is proof of a tragic relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. The two were in love with each other, but because of their social status and Catherine’s pride, their marriage was forbidden. During the discussion between Catherine and Mrs. Dean (60-63), Catherine argues...
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Posted by amakino on September 23, 2003 at 02:49 AM
"Procrastinated Opportunity for Retribution"
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Eric Davich
Lockwood’s dream includes a very pertinent quote said by the “famous preacher, Jabes Branderham.” The mention is implying the sin “First of the Seventy-First” (19). As the footnote on the bottom of the page explains, the passage refers to “relishing his [Branderham’s] procrastinated opportunity for retribution” (19). This is easily...
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Posted by edavich on September 23, 2003 at 02:17 AM
Lockwood's Dream
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Julie Calareso
Lockwood’s dream in chapter three has a great deal to do with Heathcliff and Catherine’s love story. After Catherine has died in labor in chapter sixteen, Heathcliff yearns to be haunted by the spirit of his love, and begs Catherine’s soul to relentlessly do so, in any manner. “Catherine Earnshaw,...
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Posted by jcalares on September 23, 2003 at 02:03 AM
Tell-Tale Undertones
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Nicole Colucci
Though ostensibly Nelly is portrayed as a reliable narrator, her biased opinion frequently shines through and should not be disregarded by readers. It is important to consider, first of all, the fact that Nelly grew up waiting on Catherine’s every need. It is only natural for Nelly to be...
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Posted by ncolucci on September 23, 2003 at 02:02 AM
A Subtle Message
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Ryan Hurd
Ryan Hurd English 104 9/23/03 Lockwood had seen the names, “Catherine Earnshaw, Catherine Heathcliff and Catherine Linton” scratched into the ledge near his bed before he nodded off to sleep. Coincidentally, he had a dream in which he reaches out of his window to stop the tapping of what is...
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Posted by rhurd on September 23, 2003 at 01:50 AM
The dream
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jannelle Richardson
Emily Bronte frames Lockwood within the story of Catherine and Heathcliff by way of dreams in order to foreshadow the novel. There are several elements within the dream that are metaphorically used to signify the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff. For example in the dream Lockwood is told “that I...
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Posted by jrichar2 on September 23, 2003 at 01:43 AM
Does Nelly Have a Hidden Agenda?
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Eli Maitland
It is certain that Nelly cannot be a truly unbiased narrator because of her many years spent as an integral part of the different characters' lives. Her views of the events which took place may be somewhat skewed: "I could not half tell what an infernal house we had" (52)....
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Posted by emaitlan on September 23, 2003 at 01:33 AM
The Least Biased Character
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Kelsey Hughes
While reading Wuthering Heights, a novel in which there is a main character telling the story, it is necessary to decide the motives and views of this narrator. Nelly Dean, in my opinion, is the least likely character to be biased in the telling of this story. Other readers might...
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Posted by khughes2 on September 23, 2003 at 01:31 AM
Judgment, Friendship, and Equality: The Demise of the Reliable Narrator
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Katie Mitterling
Desperate to be a part of either the Earnshaw or Linton families, Nelly’s commentary seems to constantly jump from commendation to criticism depending on which family member’s favor she is attempting to gain. As the novel progresses, it becomes apparent that Nelly views herself as being detached from the...
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Posted by kmitterl on September 23, 2003 at 01:21 AM
Delusions
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jim Light
Reminiscent of Douglas in The Turn of the Screw, Lockwood constructs his own terse yet poignant framing of Wuthering Heights. But unlike the removed Douglas, Lockwood physically frames himself with the ghost of Catherine, seemingly “stepping into” Heathcliff’s position. It begins when Lockwood falls asleep and has a dream about...
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Posted by jlight on September 23, 2003 at 01:13 AM
Eager for Drama
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Frank Chi
While narrating the turbulent history of Wuthering Heights, Nelly conveys an underlying sense of frustration and wonder. Her role as a servant situates her in observation of this tragic drama of emotional distraught and class tension. Though attempting to narrate as an observer, she consistently displays her own opinions of...
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Posted by fchi on September 23, 2003 at 12:53 AM
Dreaming
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Dan Yingst
Lockwood’s horrific dream in chapter three is a reflection of the soon-to-be revealed relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. When Lockwood reaches for a tree branch which has broken through the window pane, he finds “a little, ice-cold hand” (20). The ghost cries that it is Catherine Linton, who was lost...
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Posted by dyingst on September 23, 2003 at 12:30 AM
To Be But One Sensible Soul
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Greg Pearson
Surrounded by people beset with major emotional crises, Nelly Dean presents herself as the lone voice of reason in the saga of Wuthering Heights. She was “convinced that the Grange had but one sensible soul in its walls, and that lodged in [her] body” (94). And while the reader might...
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Posted by gpearson on September 23, 2003 at 12:14 AM
Cathy Finally Returns
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Chris Johnson
Bronte uses Lockwood’s dream to show how the Catherine that Heathcliff loved was the one that disappeared after her introduction to Thrushcross Grange and the Lintons - the “child” Catherine whose home was Wuthering Heights. It’s almost only in her youngest form, the form from the dream, that Catherine spends...
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Posted by cjohnso2 on September 23, 2003 at 12:06 AM
A love/hate relationship
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Alix Roy
Catherine Linton’s eerie return from the grave in chapter three provides valuable insight into the true nature of the bond between Catherine and Heathcliff. While the relationship between these two is one of passionate love, at times it is easy to distinguish a hidden frustration or anger. Heathcliff’s remarks to...
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Posted by aroy on September 23, 2003 at 12:04 AM
Jealous Narrator?
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Merrie Railsback
In any narrative, it becomes very important to judge the credibility of the narrator. In Wuthering Heights, the reliability of the narrator, Nelly Dean, is questionable. Immediately, it becomes evident that Nelly is far too involved in the story to give an unbiased perspective. Her entire life revolves around...
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Posted by mrailsba on September 22, 2003 at 11:50 PM
Nelly's Motives
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Emily Sheffield
Although it is difficult not to want so fervently to believe the kind-hearted servent Nelly, and view her as an unbiased narrator, it is clear in the discussion that takes place between Nelly and Cathy in chapter 9 that Nelly could have her own personal motives for her behavior toward...
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Posted by esheffie on September 22, 2003 at 11:23 PM
Dreamweaver...
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Kendall Brown
Lockwood’s dream in chapter three serves as foreshadowing for the volatile pairing of Catherine and Heathcliff; one where pride complicates a mutually obsessive relationship. Growing up, the two formed a bond that was demonstrated to Lockwood through the contents of Catherine’s diaries that reminisced about the hours that they spent...
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Posted by kbrown2 on September 22, 2003 at 11:03 PM
Bias Narrator?
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Ged Wieschhoff
So far, Nelly seems to be a truthful and informing narrator. Nelly has given us, the reader, very few reasons to question the veracity of her story; however, it seems virtually impossible for a narrator as involved in their story as Nelly is, to be able to recount the events...
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Posted by gwieschh on September 22, 2003 at 10:49 PM
changing opinions
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Erica Michel
In Wuthering Heights it quickly becomes apparent that Nelly is not a reliable narrator. When telling the story of Heathcliff to Mr. Lockwood she constantly changes her opinion of people to fit the situation. For example, when it is Christmas time and Nelly is reminiscing of times when the...
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Posted by emichel on September 22, 2003 at 10:38 PM
Nelly the unreliable
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Tasha Graff
Nelly Dean is an unreliable narrator, and far from objective. From the beginning of her narration, her bias against Heathcliff is clear. When Heathcliff returns from his long, mysterious absence, Nelly imparts her opinion by saying she “had a presentiment, in the bottom of [her] heart, that he had...
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Posted by tgraff on September 22, 2003 at 10:07 PM
A Character & A Storyteller
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jade Dunn
From our first youthful experience with the childhood game of Telephone, we all became quickly aware of the fact that every time words pass through a different mind and come out through a different mouth, they are targets for change. Whether the cause be a bad memory, impaired hearing,...
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Posted by jdunn2 on September 22, 2003 at 10:06 PM
Honesty of Ellen Dean
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Torri Parker
I would deem her a trustworthy narrator to a certain extent. It seems that she herself might possibly have been jealous of Catherine. After growing up with them, and then becoming their servant, it is ironic that the question of her (Ellen) ever forming a relationship of her own never...
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Posted by cparker on September 22, 2003 at 09:51 PM
Hidden Agenda
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Taneisha Wilson
Ellen Dean affectionately called Nelly is a trustworthy narrator-- to a certain extent. Lockwood describes her as, “…on the whole a fair narrator and I don’t think I could improve on her style”(121). Nelly in a sense is a fair narrator in that she gives equal attention to all...
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Posted by twilson on September 22, 2003 at 09:43 PM
Nelly's Emotional Involvement
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Britta Bene
Throughout the first sixteen chapters we can perceive Nelly as a relatively reliable narrator. Nevertheless, despite her belief that “the Grange had but one sensible soul in its walls, and that lodged in [her] body” (94), we must not forget that Mrs. Dean’s strong relationship with the protagonists and their...
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Posted by bbene on September 22, 2003 at 09:28 PM
Nelly's Jealousy
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Niki Alvarez
Based on the reading through chapter 16, it seems that Nelly is, for the most part, a reliable narrator yet she seems to over exaggerate Catherine’s selfishness and Heathcliff’s “half-civilized ferocity” (87) at times. Throughout the latter chapters, Nelly tries harder and harder to win the approval of Edgar Linton...
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Posted by nalvarez on September 22, 2003 at 09:24 PM
Class Tensions
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Molly McCarter
Nelly’s reliability is undermined by an internal conflict in which she is obliged to act one way, but feels another. In her narration, she attempts to portray herself as an invisible observer, which is, of course, how she is supposed to act. Her social standing demands that she be without...
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Posted by mmccarte on September 22, 2003 at 09:22 PM
Contributing to the Disturbance
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Sophie Wiss
In the novel Wuthering Heights we are forced to believe that our narrator, Nelly, is telling the whole story to Mr. Lockwood as it happened, since we have nothing else to go by. However, in her own words, Nelly confesses to certain information she discloses to Linton and Heathcliff...
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Posted by swiss on September 22, 2003 at 09:20 PM
Forgiveness From the Heart
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Ryan Helminiak
The theme of the hypocrisy of Heathcliff and Catherine's love is first revealed to Mr. Lockwood in a parable-like dream early on in the book when his dream about a sermon on forgiveness turns into a lynching. In the dream, Lockwood and the pastor both refuse to forgive the 491st...
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Posted by rhelmini on September 22, 2003 at 09:09 PM
"...a child's face looking through the window"
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Meghan Gillis
By hearing Catherine’s cries through Lockwood’s dream in Chapter 3, Heathcliff’s demands seem to have been met in that, “Catherine Earnshaw, may you not rest, as long as I am living! You said I killed you- haunt me, then! The murdered do haunt their murderers… Be with me always-take...
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Posted by mgillis on September 22, 2003 at 09:01 PM
Nelly shows signs of envy as a narrator
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Emily Hubbard
Nelly’s narration often shows biases, which could be attributed to her personal feelings towards the characters. Nelly seems resentful and somewhat jealous of her counterparts, which could explain her critical attitude. The person that Nelly seems to be most harsh to is Catherine, because Nelly has always been inferior...
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Posted by ehubbard on September 22, 2003 at 08:55 PM
“Seventy Times Seven”: Thou Shalt Forgive
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Jason Lewis
When questioned about forgiveness, Jesus replied “I will not say unto thee, Until seven times seven: but, Until seven times seventy.” (Matthew 18.21-35 (Bronte, 19)) Christ claimed that man should forgive his fellow brethren an infinite number of times. In his dream, Mr. Lockwood encounters the famous Jabes Branderham...
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Posted by jlewis2 on September 22, 2003 at 07:55 PM
Nelly and Hareton
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Kira Chappelle
In Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, the reader may expect Ellen Dean (Nelly), the head servant, to be the “eyes and ears” of the household, and therefore an insightful and honest narrator. In truth, Nelly is deeply involved in the drama, and is taken into the confidences of Catherine, Heathcliff,...
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Posted by kchappel on September 22, 2003 at 07:28 PM
Lockwood's Dream
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Andrew Morrison
Matthew 18:21-22 - Then Peter approaching him said, Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? Till seven times? Jesus saith to him, I say not to thee till seven times, but till seventy times seven. ---- Mr. Lockwood’s dream begins with him hearing and...
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Posted by amorriso on September 22, 2003 at 07:11 PM
Consequenses of Lacking Forgiveness
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Alex Paul
Although it is easy to miss the significance of Lockwood’s dream in chapter three, upon a close observation of the text (along with some biblical research), it is easy to understand that the underlying message of his vision concerns forgiveness. At one point in St. Luke’s gospel, Jesus asks a...
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Posted by apaul on September 22, 2003 at 09:08 AM
02 Blog
Category: 02 Blog: Wuthering Heights | Mark Phillipson
Second blog (02 Blog): Must be posted before class on Tuesday, September 23. Make sure you assign your post to two categories: '02 Blog: Turn of the Screw' and 'your name'. Assigned postings should be 100 – 200 words long. Be concise and specific: quote details to back up your...
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Posted by mphillip on September 18, 2003 at 09:31 AM