Thematic Analysis of Chapters 11 & 12 in Wuthering Heights
In Chapters 11 and 12 of Wuthering Heights, tensions escalate as Heathcliff's actions lead to dramatic confrontations and unsettling revelations among the characters. The narrative unfolds with conflicts, betrayals, and emotional distress, setting the stage for further turmoil and consequences in the story.
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Wuthering Heights- Lectures 11 &12 ( Thematic Analysis) Prepared By Dr. Ali Badeen Mohammed
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS Analysis of Chapter 11 Heathcliff comes to the Grange to find Isabella in the garden. Ellen sees them talking and then embracing. Catherine also sees, so she asks Heathcliff what is he hiding. They fight. Heathcliff says that Catherine has treated him badly so that he seeks revenge. Ellen sees Edgar in the house and tells him what she has seen between Heathcliff and Isabella. Heathcliff and Catherine continues fighting in the kitchen. Edgar has a few servants waiting outside. He goes into the kitchen and tells Catherine that he has been too merciful, but from now on Heathcliff is not welcome in his home. Heathcliff is amused by Linton's fears, When Linton asks Ellen to let the servants in, Catherine realizes what is going on and locks the door. Scolding Edgar for not being a man to face Heathcliff alone, Edgar is quite frightened and he springs up to strike Heathcliff hard in the throat. He then runs out to get men to help him. Heathcliff wants to stay, but when he other men, he thinks it is better to escape. Catherine is quite distressed and has Ellen go upstairs with her. Catherine tells her that she will break both of their hearts by breaking her own. Edgar comes in and asks Catherine if she will have no more to do with Heathcliff now. She shouts at him to leave her alone. Ellen brings her some water, but she will not drink. Edgar gets quite worried about her disturbance. Ellen tells him that she is just acting hysterically. Next, Catherine does not eat at all and she wants no food. Edgar spends his time in the library reading, and does not ask about Catherine. He tries to talk to Isabella about what happened with Heathcliff, but she will not talk to him about it. Therefore, he can do nothing but warn her that if she were to encourage him they could no longer be family.
Analysis of Chapter 12 Ellen decides to escape for the doctor, but when she enters the garden, she sees Isabella s dog. She releases it and runs on. The doctor asks about Heathcliff and says that he had heard that he and Isabella had been seen together the night before. This news frightens Ellen. Therefore, when she goes into Isabella s room, she finds it empty. She does not want to tell Edgar about it for he is busy with Catherine. The doctor tells them to keep Catherine in perfect peacefulness. They all are busy taking care of her. Eventually, a maid comes to say that Isabella has eloped with Heathcliff. She says that she heard it from another that they were seen together in the middle of the night. Linton says that no one is to go after them as Isabella went of her own consensus. He says that they are to talk of her no more. For while he did not repudiate her, she disowned him.
Analysis of Chapter 13 Isabella writes that they are at Wuthering Heights, and that she has just found out about Catherine s illness. She asks Ellen to tell Edgar that she would like to see him and Catherine. The rest of the letter she says is only for Ellen. She asks if Heathcliff is a man or a devil or mad. She regrets her time at the Heights. She tells how Joseph was not welcoming, and how Hareton said he would make the dog attack her and would not let her in the house. She says how she found that Hindley is so strange and careless. She tells that she asks Hindley there where she should sleep, and he told her that she should go to Heathcliff's room, However, he tells her that she needs be careful and to lock the door for if he finds it open, he would shoot Heathcliff. He shows her a pistol. Isabella tells Ellen that he is clearly mad. Isabella found Joseph and asked him to show her to a room. He tried to show her to a small and dirty room and there were no other rooms. She had got frustrated. She ended up her letter staying that she spent the night on a chair in Hareton s room. When Heathcliff asked her what she was doing, she replied that he had the key to their room in his pocket. He replied that it will never be their room. Isabella writes that Heathcliff is trying to make her hate him, and that she is frightened of him. She asks Ellen not to tell anyone at the Grange about this, but to come there herself as soon as possible.
Analysis of Chapter 14 Ellen tells Edgar that she has received a letter from Isabella in which she asks him forgiveness and she wants to see him. He replies that he will not see or write her, but he tells Ellen to tell her he s not mad at her. Ellen goes to Wuthering Heights. Hindley is out, but Heathcliff is here. The place is very much deserted. Isabella is expecting a letter from her brother. She is saddened when Ellen tells her that she has nothing for her. Heathcliff asks for Catherine and tells Ellen that she has to arrange a way for him to see her. She does not want to because the fight between him and Edgar caused Catherine serious illness. Heathcliff tells Ellen that Isabella is crazy and full of misbeliefs. He tells her that he never told her that he loves her, and that she even went with him when she saw him executing her little dog. He tells Ellen that Isabella can leave if she wishes. Isabella tells Ellen that she should not believe it because she had formerly tried to leave. Heathcliff pushes Isabella out of the room and tries to persuade Ellen to help him see Catherine again. He persuades her that it would be better for her to help him so that he does not meet Linton and annoy Catherine more. He hands her a letter to Catherine.
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