This section of the novel (look at chapter 16 as a starting point) is filled with symbolism. What are some significant symbols and how do they enhance the novel?
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I'm going to focus on the symbols of moors and spectors.
MOORS: Strongly represent the wild power of nature. At the start of the novel and a few times afterward, the moors surrounding the church are described as having the ability to suck one in. Also, Heathcliff and Catherine played on these moors as children...the moor's misty, mysterious character parallels the two's occluded future relationship.
SPECTORS/GHOSTS: These enhance the novel by helping to bridge the gap between the layers multi-generational tales in the novel. For example, early on, when the ghost of the young girl is at the window, it brings together the complicated generations of the Wuthering Heights home for Lockwood.
i definetly agree with Sarah's posting about moors and ghosts. Sarah talks about the power of nature and i think not only the power of nature but the supreme exsitence of it in wuthering heights is really important. The whole scene with the gun-knife really shows how animalistic this place is. How it is its own society but that maybe this society was shunned by others because it was so different. i really think that the ghosts are extremely important. Not only do they emphasize the generational gap but also the subconscience. Of course that is a little off because it is being told by Nelly but the subconscience tells the reader of the true hopes and ideas of the dreamer tor the person who sees these beings. I think the ghosts also emphasize the relationships that are in the book. They are so advanced. What i mean is that they have been developed so long that they are one. for example with Heathcliff and Catherine. These strong relationships create bonds that will bring theses subconscience images. Kate
I thought the point Sarah brought up about the moors was very interesting. Catherine is burried "to the surprise of the villagers" in a "corner of the kirk yard" with the moor so close there are plants spilling over into the yard from it. Her connection to the moors continued even after she died. The moors is also where little Catherine meets Heathcliff and Hareton. The moors are a significant location in the story other than the two house holds. Their "misty, mysterious character" is reflected past Catherine and Heathcliff's childhood and into the next generations'
One small symbol that really stood out to me was the locket around Catherine's neck. Nelly says she goes to check on her body to find a piece of Edgar's hair on the ground- Heathcliff replaced the locket with his own hair. She puts both hairs, intertwined, into the locket. This scenario was like a small version of the big story- Heathcliff is trying to replace Edgar in Catherine's life and instead they are left with only eachother to battle it out after she dies.
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I'm going to focus on the symbols of moors and spectors.
MOORS: Strongly represent the wild power of nature. At the start of the novel and a few times afterward, the moors surrounding the church are described as having the ability to suck one in. Also, Heathcliff and Catherine played on these moors as children...the moor's misty, mysterious character parallels the two's occluded future relationship.
SPECTORS/GHOSTS: These enhance the novel by helping to bridge the gap between the layers multi-generational tales in the novel. For example, early on, when the ghost of the young girl is at the window, it brings together the complicated generations of the Wuthering Heights home for Lockwood.
-Sarah
i definetly agree with Sarah's posting about moors and ghosts. Sarah talks about the power of nature and i think not only the power of nature but the supreme exsitence of it in wuthering heights is really important. The whole scene with the gun-knife really shows how animalistic this place is. How it is its own society but that maybe this society was shunned by others because it was so different.
i really think that the ghosts are extremely important. Not only do they emphasize the generational gap but also the subconscience. Of course that is a little off because it is being told by Nelly but the subconscience tells the reader of the true hopes and ideas of the dreamer tor the person who sees these beings.
I think the ghosts also emphasize the relationships that are in the book. They are so advanced. What i mean is that they have been developed so long that they are one. for example with Heathcliff and Catherine. These strong relationships create bonds that will bring theses subconscience images.
Kate
I thought the point Sarah brought up about the moors was very interesting. Catherine is burried "to the surprise of the villagers" in a "corner of the kirk yard" with the moor so close there are plants spilling over into the yard from it. Her connection to the moors continued even after she died.
The moors is also where little Catherine meets Heathcliff and Hareton. The moors are a significant location in the story other than the two house holds. Their "misty, mysterious character" is reflected past Catherine and Heathcliff's childhood and into the next generations'
One small symbol that really stood out to me was the locket around Catherine's neck. Nelly says she goes to check on her body to find a piece of Edgar's hair on the ground- Heathcliff replaced the locket with his own hair. She puts both hairs, intertwined, into the locket. This scenario was like a small version of the big story- Heathcliff is trying to replace Edgar in Catherine's life and instead they are left with only eachother to battle it out after she dies.
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