Wuthering Heights / Answers
of Final Revision
Comment on the following
quotations:
1- Heathcliff said to Nelly on the Christmas
day at Wuthering Heights.
Hindley made fun of Heathcliff in front of
Edgar.
Heathcliff threw the apple pie plate towards
Edgar’s face.
Hindley locked Heathcliff in the room and
didn’t attend the party.
Heathcliff decided to seek revenge on
Hindley. (Theme of revenge)
Heathcliff wanted to appear pleasant to
please Catherine.
2- Hindley said these words to Heathcliff in
WH.
Catherine stayed at the Grange for five
weeks.
Catherine changed after she stayed there and
returned back as a real lady. Hindley told
Heathcliff
to come and welcome her as the rest of the servants.
It shows how Hindley degraded Heathcliff and
treated him as a servant. (revenge)
3- Hindley to Heathcliff in WH on Christmas
day.
Catherine stayed at the Grange and changed a
lot.
Edgar was invited to attend the Christmas
party.
Heathcliff cleaned himself and wanted to be
better than Edgar.
Hindley didn’t like that and insulted him in
front of Edgar. He remembered Mr. Linton’s words about Heathcliff.
4- Old Catherine to Heathcliff in WH.
The confrontation between Catherine and
Heathcliff,
Catherine stayed at the Grange for five
weeks and returned back with a great change in her character and her
appearance.
Catherine liked the Grange’s life and liked
Edgar too.
Catherine compared Edgar’s talk to
Heathcliff’s.
Catherine found that Heathcliff’s company is
nothing as he says nothing in comparison to Edgar.
5- Catherine the ghost to Mr. Lockwood in
WH.
Mr. lockwood went to rent The Grange and the
weather was so harsh.
He couldn’t return back because of the
harshness of the weather.
The dogs attacked him for seizing the lamp from
Joseph and his nose bled.
Zillah took him to stay at Catherine’s room.
He saw Joseph’s nightmare then woke up at a
knocking on the window and he thought it was a branch but he found it was
Catherine’s ghost which asked him to enter the house as she has been wandering
for about twenty years.
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6-
Mr. Earnshaw said this to Mrs Earnshaw in Wuthering Heights after returning
from Liverpool.
Mr. Earnshaw brought with him a dark skinned
gypsy.
Everyone in the family was shocked and
didn’t accept the child.
The children were angry as they didn’t
receive their gifts.
Mr. Earnshaw considered the boy as a gift
though the others considered him as a devil
because
of his dark skin.
This quotation also is a foreshadowing for
Heathcliff’s character who turned to be a real
devil
seeking all the time for revenge and ruined the lives of all those around him.
7- Old Catherine said this to Nelly in
Wuthering Heights after Edgar proposed to her.
Catherine was confused between marrying
Edgar or Heathcliff.
Heathcliff would degrade her but marrying
Edgar would make her a great woman.
She would help Heathcliff with Edgar’s
money.
She compared her love to Heathcliff to the
unchangeable rocks and her love to Edgar to the changeable leaves.
She wanted to know Nelly’s opinion who
blamed Catherine.
8- Edgar said this to Old Catherine in the
Grange after their marriage when Heathcliff
returned
after 3 years of absence in the Grange.
Heathcliff overheard Catherine’s confession
to Nelly so, he ran away for 3 years.
Losing hope of his return after being
seriously sick, Catherine married Edgar.
When he returned, Catherine was overjoyed
which Edgar could easily observe.
Edgar considered him a runaway servant so
the kitchen would be the most suitable place
to
receive him.
Catherine convinced Edgar telling him that
she couldn’t stay in the kitchen.
Edgar was shocked when seeing Heathcliff
changed and said to him,” Sit down, sir.”
9- Isabella said this to old Catherine in
the Grange after confessing her love to Heathcliff.
After
Heathcliff’s return, Isabella was deceived by his appearance and fell for him.
She was angry with Catherine as she wanted
everyone to love her and didn’t give Heathcliff
a
chance to see anybody else.
Catherine did everything she could to make
Isabella realize that Heathcliff would never
love
her.
Catherine told Isabella that, as she spent
her childhood with Heathcliff, she was his friend
and
knew him well.
Catherine told her that Heathcliff would
never love a Linton and would marry her for her
money
and talked badly about his character supported by Nelly.
Isabella accused Catherine of being worse
than 20 enemies to talk like that about a friend.
Heathcliff was able to trick Isabella, she
ran away with him and married him and later on
she
discovered his real character.
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10- Heathcliff said this to old Catherine in
the Grange after his trial to hold
Isabella.
After Heathcliff knew that Isabella loved
him, he planned to act as if he loved her to
win
her. One day he found her alone in the garden and tried to hold her.
Nelly saw him from the window and told old
Catherine who furiously blamed Heathcliff and
ordered
him to stay away from Isabella as Catherine was jealous.
Heathcliff told Catherine to stay away from
them as they were free to do what they wanted and if Isabella didn’t object,
Catherine shouldn’t interfere.
A quarrel between Heathcliff and Edgar
followed this conversation which led to Edgar disowning his sister as
Heathcliff was able to trick her into marrying him.
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Edgar said this to Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights when Nelly told him about
Heathcliff's plan to deceive Isabella. Edgar felt that
Heathcliff could ruin every pure person.
Edgar
quarrelled with Heathcliff.
Edgar
asked Heathcliff to go out and never to
return back.
Catherine
locked herself in her room and prevented herself from eating.
Edgar locked
himself in his library.
Catherine
became ill.
Catherine
decided to break their heart by breaking her own.
12-
Catherine to Edgar at the kitchen in the Grange .
Edgar
asked Nelly to bring strong men . ( servants)
Catherine
locked the door and threw the key in the hottest part in the fire.
Catherine
asked Edgar either to fight him back or apologize to him.
Edgar
quarrelled with Heathcliff.
Catherine
asked Heathcliff to leave after seeing
the servants coming from the back door
of the kitchen.
This
quarrel led to Catherine's illness.
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13- Catherine said this to Edgar at the Grange
during her illness.
Catherine's illness turned to be madness as she
started to torn the bed sheets by her teeth.
Catherine blamed Edgar for leaving her in her
illness and didn't ask about her.
Edgar
informed Catherine that Nelly didn't tell him about her illness.
Nelly didn't tell Edgar as she thought she was
pretending.
Edgar shouted at Nelly and blamed her for not
telling him.
14- Edgar said this to Nelly at the Grange about Isabella after
knowing about her
escaping with Heathcliff
as was seen by some servants in Gimmerton with Heathcliff.
Heathcliff ran away with Isabella to take his revenge on Edgar
and to take her money.
Isabella sent a note To Edgar to announce her marriage from
Heathcliff and ask for
forgiveness. Edgar warned
Isabella before running away.
15-Heathcliff
said this to Nelly at Wuthering Heights when she went to visit Isabella after
receiving her letter.
Nelly
found Isabella in a very bad condition.
She
appeared completely different one in her appearance.
Nelly
asked Heathcliff to have pity on
Isabella.
Heathcliff
explained to Nelly that Isabella doesn't deserve any mercy as she saw him
hanging her dog and she didn't hate him.
Heathcliff
told Nelly to tell Edgar that Isabella brought shame to the Lintons .
16- These words were
said by Heathcliff to Nelly when Edgar asked for Hareton to come
and live with him in the grange after Hindley’s death.
Heathcliff refused to give Hareton to Edgar claiming that he
wishes to raise him up on his own.
Heathcliff asked for his
son in return so Edgar never mentioned it again not to harm Linton.
Heathcliff had a plan in
mind to take his revenge from Edgar.
Heathcliff enjoyed seeing
Hareton a copycat of himself.
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17- These words were
said by young Cathy to Zillah when she learned that Hareton is her cousin.
Cathy was shocked when she knew that Hareton is her cousin as she
thought him a servant in the house.
Hareton was uneducated, and Heathcliff had degraded him so much
to the extent that Cathy refused the
idea that he is her cousin.
Cathy mentioned in her words that her father went to fetch her
cousin (Linton) from London.
Hareton got embarrassed and tried to offer her a present which
she refused.
18- These words were
said by Heathcliff to Nelly when she took Linton his son to him.
Heathcliff referred to Linton, his own son, as his property.
Heathcliff wished that his son would help him fulfill his plans
of revenge.
Heathcliff made fun of him with Joseph and Hareton the moment he
saw him.
Heathcliff prepared a room especially for him and prepared for
his education as he wanted him to be the most important gentleman in the area.
He was planning that his son would help him achieving his
targets.
19- Heathcliff said these
words to Nelly about Hareton when she went to the Heights with Cathy.
Heathcliff was enjoying Hareton’s sufferings having felt them
himself.
Hareton turned to be a copycat of Heathcliff.
Heathcliff ordered Hareton to walk with Linton and Cathy and he
ordered him not to fix his eyes on the lady and to keep silent.
Hareton obeyed his orders like a loyal dog.
Hareton considered Heathcliff as a father to him.
20- These words were said by young Cathy to Linton when she
went to visit him in Wuthering
Heights.
Linton admired Cathy and he told her that she is kind.
Cathy told Linton that she wished he were her brother but he told
her he wished she was his wife as his father said.
Cathy replied by telling him the above words giving evidence of
Heathcliff and Isabella.
Linton told her that her mother ( old Catherine) didn’t love her
father (Edgar) but she loved his father (Heathcliff).
Cathy couldn’t believe him but he kept on saying (she did) until
Cathy pushed his chair and he got breathless and coughed.
He blamed Cathy but then the quarrel ended up and Cathy helped
him.
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21-
Hareton said this to Linton, at W.H in one of Cathy's visits to Linton during
Nelly's and
Edgar's sickness.
Hareton
was embarrassed as when he read for her the letters she asked him for the
figures so he was angry and told them
to leave the kitchen and to read anywhere else
because that was his place. After that
Linton blamed Cathy for what happened.
Hareton
was jealous of Linton as young Cathy cared for him.
22-
Linton said this to Cathy, in one of their meetings near W.H.
As
he couldn’t walk to a place they agreed on. The meeting was extremely boring as
Linton
was very tired and not interested in
Cathy, so it was very clear that he was on a duty and
he was expecting his father anytime.
He
was afraid of his father as he used to treat him badly.
Cathy
was able to realize that Linton was forced to go to their meeting.
23-
Cathy said this to Linton, on one of their meeting near W.H.
As
she was very angry because her father was very sick, and she has to leave him
and go
to meet Linton, so she told him that
she knew that he is pretending to love her and it was a
plan from Heathcliff.
24-
Heathcliff said this to Nelly, in W.H.
Revealing
part of his revenge plan to take the Grange, so he set a trap when both Edgar
and
Linton were getting worse.
Heathcliff
feared that Linton’s death before Edgar would spoil his plan of taking the
Grange.
This
led to Heathcliff setting a trap to make Linton and Cathy marry quickly.
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25-
Heathcliff said this to Cathy, in W.H.
When
he trapped Cathy and Nelly, and Cathy begged him to leave to go for her father
as he
was very sick and she will come back
anyway to marry Linton. But he refused and told her the
above words.
Heathcliff
was pleased to feel that Edgar would think that Cathy grew tired of nursing
her father, that’s why she ran away.
26-
Heathcliff said it to Nelly, at the Grange, after Edgar's death.
Cathy
hurried to her father to see him for the last time.
Cathy
kissed her father on his death bed.
After
the funeral, Heathcliff showed up to take Cathy back to the Heights.
Nelly
begged Heathcliff to leave Cathy in the Grange and send Linton to her but
Heathcliff
refused, telling her these words.
Heathcliff
is planning revenge from Cathy, he wishes to degrade them to the state of
servants as a sort of revenge from
their parents.
They
will be serving on their own lands without wages.
He
made Cathy walk all the way to the Heights.
27-
Young Cathy said this to Heathcliff, at the grange, after Edgar's death.
After
Edgar's death, and after his funeral, Heathcliff showed up to take Cathy back
to the
Heights.
Heathcliff
asked her to stay beside Linton as his wife.
Cathy
expressed her love to Linton, and she would be glad to be beside him and to
take care
of him as a loyal wife, while Heathcliff
himself no body loved him or cared about
him.
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28-
Heathcliff said this to Cathy, at Wuthering Heights.
When
Linton was dying and Cathy begged him to bring a doctor to see Linton, but he
refused and told her to nurse him by
herself if she cared for him.
Heathcliff
prevented Hareton from helping her.
Cathy
stayed beside him till he died after few hours as she was a faithful wife.
Heathcliff
appeared as a heartless father who cared about nothing except achieving g his
plans as he was using Linton just as a
tool to be the master of the Grange.
As
Heathcliff had already made Linton sign papers of giving his father the Grange
during
Cathy’s absence after Edgar’s death,
Linton became nothing to him.
29-
Cathy said this to Hareton and Zillah, at Wutherting Heights.
When
Hareton asked Zillah to tell Cathy to read for them, Cathy refused as she was
angry
with all of them for not helping her in
nursing Linton and she reminded them with the time she
needed help and no one gave her a hand
because of Heathcliff's orders.
She
told them that she is only down from her room because of the cold weather not
to
amuse them.
30-
Nelly said this to Hareton, at Wuthering Heights.
She
was advising him to rebuild his relation with his cousin and forget about the
past after
Cathy's many attempts to apologize to
him to forgive her for her bad behavior and the way
she embarrassed him before.
He
was angry with her and felt that she hated him because whenever he tried to
show
her that he improved himself, she
either made fun of him or embarrassed him.
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31.
Heathcliff said that to Cathy and Hareton when he heard laughter. It was said
while
they were having their meal. Although
Nelly warned Cathy not to talk to or notice her cousin
too much as Heathcliff would be angry
with both of them, yet she started to move closer to
Hareton and pushed flowers into the
food on his plate until he laughed softly.
It
shows how wicked Heathcliff was as he considered laughing a kind of disease
which he
cured them of by making them
miserable.
32.
Cathy said that to Heathcliff when Josef discovered the attack on his precious
bushes
which Cathy persuaded Hareton to clear
in order to bring some plants over from the Grange.
Heathcliff asked Cathy who had given
her permission to touch them. She reminded him that
he had taken all her land. However, he
declined that she had ever had any as according to Mr.
Linton's will the land belonged to
Isabella's son after Edgar's death.
33. This is said by Heathcliff to Nelly after he
found it useless to execute his revenge plan
on his enemies' children when the
right time came. It was not that he was showing generosity
but he lost the power to enjoy their
destruction. He admitted that a strange change was
taking place inside him. He started to
take no notice in his daily life that he hardly
remembered to eat or drink. He could
see Old Catherine's face everywhere. He could see her
face shaped on stones, in every cloud,
in every tree. For some days after the evening, he
talked to Nelly about the change he
felt was taking place, Heathcliff avoided meeting them at
meals. Then a change took place in
which he became bright and cheerful, very much excited,
wild and glad. He admitted to Nelly
that he became within sight of his
heaven. It was only a
few hours before his death.
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34. This is said by Heathcliff to Nelly after he
found it useless to execute his revenge plan
on his enemies' children when the
right time came. He confessed to Nelly his feelings towards
Hareton. He felt for him in a variety
of ways. To him, Hareton is a vivid picture of his own
youth. Heathcliff had gone through
what Hareton was going through then. Also, Hareton's
extreme likeness to Catherine
connected him with her in Heathcliff's mind. For some days
after the evening, he talked to Nelly
about the change he felt was taking place, Heathcliff
avoided meeting them at meals. Then a
change took place in which he became bright and
cheerful, very much excited, wild and
glad. He admitted to Nelly that he became within sight
of his heaven. It was only afew hours
before his death.
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Answer the following
questions:-
1- a-
Heathcliff said this to Nelly.
b-
Heathcliff felt excited and was eager to reach his heaven. Heathcliff's heaven
was to
die and be with Catherine forever.
c-
In his last days, Heathcliff underwent a lot of changes. He used to sleep in
Catherine's
bedroom. He ate once every 24 hours.
He was cheerful and talked to others in a nice way. He
was calm and excited. He used to stare
at walls and talk to someone not seen by others.
2- Opinion
Question: (Imagine you are Linton and describe your feelings when you heard him
say "property & it"
mentioning the story from the time Nelly took him to Wuthering
Heights till the meeting with his
father). Talk as if you are Linton saying “I”.
3- a-
Hindley said this to Heathcliff on Christmas Day.
b-
Hindley was angry and annoyed when he saw Heathcliff clean and cheerful. He
didn't
want any further relation between
Catherine and Heathcliff as he considered him no more
than a servant especially after Mr.
Linton warned him to take care of his sister.
c-
The result was that Hindley and Edgar kept mocking at Heathcliff's hair.
Heathcliff
became angry and threw a hot apple pie
on Edgar's face. Hindley punished Heathcliff by
locking him in a room and he was
deprived of spending a happy Christmas with Catherine.
Catherine sneaked to him in his prison
and then Nelly got them out of the room. At the end
he was thinking deeply how he would
take his revenge on Hindley.
4- a- Heathcliff said this to Nelly on
Christmas Day after he had got out of the room
where Hindley locked him up because he
threw a hot apple pie on Edgar's face.
b-
Heathcliff took his revenge by:
ü stopping Hareton's education.
ü teaching Hareton to swear and curse.
ü lending money to Hindley who couldn't pay him back so
taking Wuthering Heights instead.
ü making Hareton do services in the house as a servant.
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5-Give the theme, give evidence and
discuss:
Revenge:
Heathcliff taking revenge. (through the whole
novel)
Hindley
taking revenge on Heathcliff. (through the whole novel)
Class
discrimination (distinction):
Edgar
andHindley making fun of Heathcliff. (Ch. 8)
Cathy
treating Hareton. (Ch. 22)
Catherine
choosing Edgar not Heathcliff because he was rich. (Ch. 10)
Edgar’s treatment changed towards
Heathcliff when he returned rich. (Ch. 11)
Love: Heathcliff and Catherine's
love.(through the whole novel)
(or any other themes
with justifications that you know)
6- Catherine
and young Cathy:
Both
had the same eyes and a certain width of forehead.
Both
liked the moors at an early age.
Both
had high spirits but Catherine was rough and wild while young Cathy's heart was
kind
and loving.
Both
educated their lovers; Catherine educated Heathcliff and young Cathy educated
Hareton.
Both
had the same name but Edgar used to call his daughter Cathy to make her name
different from her mother’s.
(or
any other points of comparison that you know)
7- Opinion Question:
(You
should advise young Cathy either to continue her relationship with Heathcliff
and
Linton or to stay away from them and
obey her father giving evidence and explaining why you
gave this piece of advice
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8-
In Thrushcross Grange lived the Linton family. The two children lived a happy
and
healthy life till they knew the
Earnshaws and started visiting Wuthering Heights. As long as
young Cathy was sheltered in the
Grange by her father, nothing happened to ruin her life
except after going to the Heights.
When Mr. Earnshaw was alive he didn’t treat his children as
he treated Heathcliff which created an
atmosphere of jealousy and hatred which
consequently led to Hindley taking
revenge when he became master and later on Heathcliff
taking revenge after he returned from
the three years of absence. Hareton wasn’t raised in a
healthy atmosphere as long as
Heathcliff was alive, only improved after young Cathy went to
live there .Linton, Heathcliff’s son,
lived a miserable life in Wuthering Heights concerning his
bad health and his father’s ill
treatment. The atmosphere in the Grange was full of love and
sacrifice while in the Heights was
full of hatred and revenge.
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When Catherine discussed with Nelly how she was confused between Edgar and
Heathcliff, she compared her love to
Heathcliff to the rocks which would never change while
her love for Edgar was compared to the
leaves of trees which could easily change or fade. She
loved Heathcliff as he shared with her
all her childhood but when she wanted to marry, she
said she would choose Edgar as he
would give her the most comfortable and richest life while
Heathcliff would degrade her. She
married Edgar after 3 years of Heathcliff’s absence as
she might have lost hope of
Heathcliff’s return. It seems that Catherine regretted her choice
of husband because as soon as
Heathcliff returned, she started to suffer again, was jealous
when she saw the relationship between
Heathcliff and Isabella. Also more than once she took
Heathcliff’s side in front of her
husband (Quarrel when she locked the door not to let Edgar
get an outside help
– Explain).
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10-
Heathcliff could be a victim and a victimizer; a victim to Mr. Earnshaw who
treated him
better than anybody else which led to
everybody’s hatred especially Hindley who seized the
first chance and tried to take revenge
(Discuss). He could also be a victimizer and his victims
are Hareton, Young Cathy and Linton
(Discuss how he treated everyone of them).
11-
The event could be:
a.
Heathcliff listening to half the conversation
between Catherine and Nelly or
b.
Heathcliff returned after 3 years of absence or
c.
Catherine married Edgar
(Any answer should be supported with
evidence and why you chose it. Second part of question
is an opinion question).
12-
What Mr. Earnshaw said is a foreshadowing to Heathcliff’s character as being a
devil.
Throughout the story Heathcliff’s
character revealed to be really a devil.
a.
He made use of Hindley who needed money to take Wuthering Heights.
b.
He took revenge on more than one character.
c.
He even treated his son in the rudest way.
d.
He misused Isabella’s love to him.
e.
He used his son to take Thrushcross Grange.
(Any point, and you can have a lot
more points, needs to be elaborated and discussed.)
13-
Edgar Linton was a rich, sympathetic, aristocratic, peaceful character. He was
used to
luxurious life in the Grange. He was a
loyal and loving husband (Explain).
He was a loving and overprotecting
father (Explain).
ü He did anything that could please his wife. (Give
evidence)
ü He was a faithful husband. (Give evidence)
ü He was a good brother. (Give evidence)
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14-
Young Cathy was trapped by Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. She met Linton who
acted as if he was afraid of his
father to drag her with Nelly to Wuthering Heights. There
they were locked by Heathcliff till
young Cathy married Linton. (Explain thoroughly Chs. 29,
30) Heathcliff did that to make sure
that Linton married Cathy before he would die. He
wanted also to make sure that the
property would be his (Heathcliff’s) even if Linton died
before his uncle. Cathy married Linton
and she was able to convince Linton to set her free to
go and see her father who died shortly
after her arrival. After Edgar’s funeral Heathcliff
went to take Cathy to live with them
in Wuthering Heights. After Linton’s death, Heathcliff
showed Cathy Linton’s will in which he
made Linton write everything for his father. This
happened during Cathy’s absence for
her father’s funeral. (Explain thoroughly)
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Hareton's education was stopped by Heathcliff as Hindley stopped Heathcliff's
education. He was taught by Heathcliff
to swear and curse and to be proud of his condition as
was Heathcliff. When young Cathy went
to live in the Heights, she taught Hareton to read and
write as Heathcliff was taught by
Catherine to read and write. Whenever Heathcliff looked
at him, he remembered himself. When
Linton and young Cathy made fun of Hareton, he
remembered when
Hindley and Edgar made fun of him in Christmas so Heathcliff looked at
them a hateful
look. Hareton tried to clean himself when Cathy was in her second visit to the
Heights as
Heathcliff tried to clean himself on Christmas.
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