Wuthering Heights

Form:

• takes the form of a diary (indicated by the opening date of 1801)
• the realism of the diary form contrasts with the otherness of the events that take place in the novel.

• A letter is used. It's used for Isabella so that we can heat her voice and see what has happened in her absence.

• Most of the narrative is in the feminine voice of Nelly.
• People have noted that this is a comment upon the underlying reliance of males on women.

Structure:

• Dual Narrative. Lockwood recounting Nelly's retelling of the events.
• Nelly sometimes takes on the voice of other characters, like when she reads Isabella's letter.

• The story within a story structure is mirrored in the room within a room of the oak cupboard where Cathy sleeps. This shows the complicated nature of the plot and relationships within the novel.

Language:

• Poetic…