Author: Emily Bronte
Life: 1818 - 1848
Publication Date: 1847
Setting: 1760 - 1800 in Yorkshire
Theme: Love, hate, revenge.
Plot Synopsis: Catherine and Heathcliff are childhood friends and soon fall in love with one another. As they grow into adulthood things in their family and their love lives go awry.
Characters:
Heathcliff- An orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights. He falls in love with Catherine and later seeks revenge on her, Hindley, and Edgar. [Antagonist]
Catherine- She was the daughter of Mr. Earnshaw. Her ambition to climb the social latter takes front seat to her love for Heathcliff, and she ends up humiliating him. [Antagonist]
Edgar Linton- A tender, constant, but cowardly man. Cathering marries him because of his social rank and he is "pleasant to be with". Because of his lack of power, he falls victim to Heathcliff. [Protagonist]
Nelly Dean- Grew up with Hindley and Catherine as their servant and continued along with Catherine on her journey to womanhood. She's sensible and compassionate. [Protagonist]
Lockwood- Gentleman who owns the Grange and finds out how horrible of a man Heathcliff is.
Young Catherine- Edgar and Catherine's daughter. Bouyant, spoiled, loving, and arrogant at times. She falls prey to Heathcliff's act of revenge. [Protagonist]
Hareton- Son of Frances and Hindley. After Hindley passes, Heathcliff assumes custody of him and raises him to be a lowly field worker. Thus seeking revenge on Hindley. [Protagonist]
Linton- Heathcliff and Isabella's son. He is Heathcliff's main component in his plan for revenge. He uses his weak, incompetant son by having him marry Young Catherine. Heathcliff then assumes all of her assets. [Antagonist]
Isabella- Falls madley in love with Heathcliff, but is merely a pawn in his plot.
Mr. Earnshaw- Catherine's father. [Protagonist]
Mrs. Earnshaw- Catherine's monther. [Protagonist]
Work: I wish I had read the book before watching the movie because it would have given me better insight as to what was going on. The whole plot of the movie was very thought out and intricate. It was definitely interesting to me and had me reeled in until the end.
Personal Response: The movie was rather long, but I was able to get through all of it. I really got into the film; I felt hate, remorse, and like for a lot of the characters. I thought I was going to pinpoint what exactly this movie was about, but I was wrong. There were plenty of plot twists and things that I was not expecting; it was great.
when you have time, you can read the book. nice work here. during the course of the year, everyone will be asked to read at least one outside of class novel each term, so this can be one of them and then you can think about the difference between the book and the movie.
good work
ms. g
good work
ms. g
So you liked the movie? I remember I read the book a couple of years ago and I had found it hard to read and follow... maybe I should try again now that I'm older.
Yeah, it was pretty good.
I ended up with such hate for some characters I wanted to yell at the TV, lol.
I ended up with such hate for some characters I wanted to yell at the TV, lol.