WUTHERING HEIGHTS

EMILY BRONTE

EXTENDED ESSAY TEXT 2

Wuthering Heights

Lesson 6

LQ: Am I able to build a critical view

of Heathcliff?

THE BIG PICTURE

Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore and evaluate through detailed and sophisticated critical analysis how writers use these aspects to create meaning.

Good Progress: you will show awareness of structure, form, language, themes and contexts, and comment on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted

Excellent Progress: you will explore structure, form, language, themes and contexts, commenting on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted.

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Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18th/early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif,

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Throughout the novel, Nelly is referred to as ‘Mrs Dean’, ‘Nelly’ and ‘Nell’. Which name would suggest that another character feels:Comfortable and equal to her?Above her socially?That she is revered?That they need to show a formality and distance?

Why is it important that Nelly has this ability to change and be seen differently?

 Apart from insults, Heathcliff is only ever referred to as Heathcliff. Why? What does this suggest?

HOMEWORK

Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18th/early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif,

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Write 2 PETER paragraphs to answer the following:

How is language used to present the differences between two characters of your choice in WH?

HEATHCLIFF – TASK 1

Read through the quotations relating to Heathcliff.

1. How can the names be grouped? What do you

notice?

2. Where do the names place Heathcliff in terms

of his status and position in society? Is his

position fixed?

Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18th/early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif,

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HEATHCLIFF – TASK 2Read ‘Characteristics of the

Byronic Hero’ and ‘Heathcliff’

Create a Character Map of

Heathcliff either as a spider

diagram/table/outline of the

figure. Include quotations,

close references to the text

and alternative/critical

interpretations

Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18th/early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif,

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You should cover: Character traits

Physical description

Actions they take

Behaviour

Images with which they are

associated

What they say

What others (including you,

other critics etc) say about him.

HEATHCLIFF – YOUR FINDINGS

Look over your work; decide whether you

think Heathcliff is a Byronic Hero or a

monster.

Prepare to deliver your character map and

your decision in a 2 minute presentation to

the class.

Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18th/early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif,

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EXT: is Othello a Tragic Hero? How do these characters compare and

contrast?

PLENARY As people feed

back note down

opposing views to

your own, you can

refer to these as

alternative

interpretations in

your coursework.

Novel, Genre: Romanticism / Realism / Gothic (mysterious family relationships, vulnerable heroines, secrets, wild landscapes). Setting: Yorkshire, England, late 18th/early 19th century. Protagonist, Antagonist, Narrative (story-within-a-story), Point of View, Structure, Symbol, Motif,

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LQ: Am I able to build a critical view of Heathcliff?

Outstanding Progress: you will confidently explore and evaluate through detailed and sophisticated critical analysis how writers use these aspects to create meaning.

Good Progress: you will show awareness of structure, form, language, themes and contexts, and comment on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted

Excellent Progress: you will explore structure, form, language, themes and contexts, commenting on specific aspects with reference to how characters could be interpreted.