List
the ten themes presented on this page, and briefly describe each in
your own words:
Which
theme do you find the most compelling
and why (give evidence from the novel in your reply - preferably
additional evidence to that which is presented at the site.
Rather
than the traditional sense of religion, in which we consider a
particular religion or denomination, what form does religion take in
this novel?
What
did Otto refer to as "the numinous"?
What
qualities of the numinous give rise to "numinous dread"?
What
two feelings does "numinous dread" inspire?
Traversi
sees the
novel as a quest for religious experience toward what higher goal?
According
to Winnifrith, the religious idea behind the story is that salvation is
won by suffering...explain this idea as it pertains to the novel.
Scroll
down and read "Wuthering Heights as a Metaphysical Novel" ...according
to Van Ghent, the impetus of life is towards what?
In
your own
words, how do the relationships between Catherine and Heathcliff and
Cathy and Hareton express this metaphysical idea?
Click
on the
"Two Children Figure" -- explain the two children figure and where else
in Bronte's writing this figure appears.
Scroll
back up to
"Wuthering Heights as a Religious Novel" and click on the "English
Gothic" link and read through the bulleted list of gothic features but
do not copy them - do copy the material listed about the features of
gothic literature that come immediately afterward:
Scroll
down
and read "the Gothic and Wuthering Heights" and list ways in which the
novel is presented as gothic:
Scroll
down and read "A Feminist
Theory of the Gothic and Wuthering Heights" -- what does Ellen Moers
say heroinism accomplished for women writers in an era in which their
roles were too narrowly defined?
List
the first three forms of
heroines mentioned:
In
your own words, explain the importance
of the brother/sister relationship in Gothic fiction:
Read
through the list of romantic elements in Wuthering Heights -- based on
this list, come up with your own list of concerns in the literary
period of romanticism (i.e.what underlying ideas prompted the elements?)
Read
the lyrics inspired by the novel - then listen to/watch a version of "Wuthering Heights" at http://youtube.com by one of the following artists: Kate
Bush Hayley
Westenra Pat
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