Wuthering Heights Close Analysis

Chapter 9 (I am Heathcliff!)

• Hyperbolic language throughout- themes of execessive emotions and reflects Cathy's behaviour
• Repetition of "always"- shows how Heathcliff has effected her mentally
• Uses nature similes to describe her loves for Edgar and Heathcliff- suggests her connection to nature
• "My love for Linton is like foliage in the woods: time will change it, I'm well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath, a source of little visible delight, but nessecary". reflects their social statuses- Edgar is higher class, like trees which are high, whilst Heathcliff is low class and dirty, like the ground
• Reflects how she feels: her love for Edgar will peter out eventually whilst her love for Heathcliff will stay forever
• "What were the use of my creation?"- suggests she believe that she is more important then anyone else- the Queen of the Countryside
• Imperative sentence-"so don't talk of our separation again"- shows she is ignoring…