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Wuthering Heights
Homework #4 pages 77-109, chapters 8 and 9
9 points

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences.

1. What can we learn about Hindley’s character from his reaction to his wife’s illness?

2. Compare the Catherine that the Lintons see to the Catherine that Nelly and the rest of the house sees.

3. How does Healthcliff change mentally and physically in reaction to his treatment at Wuthering
Heights? Do you think this is on purpose? Why or why not?

4. On page 86, Nelly says that Linton considered Cathy his “idol.”
Look this word up (don’t guess at the definition.) How does Linton
view Cathy?
5. Why does Nelly say that Linton is “doomed” when he returns to Catherine on page 88 after her
tantrum? What is she foreshadowing?

6. Explain Catherine’s views on marriage.

7. Look at the metaphors that Catherine uses to describe her connection to Linton versus her connection
to Healthcliff. They are on pages 98 and 100. How do these chosen metaphors relate to the
characters of the two men?

8. At the bottom of page 99 Catherine lays out her two options for marriage. Which would you choose
and why?

9. What is the connection between weather and plot at the end of this section?

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