Questions
Research mid-19th-century American views of motherhood and domesticity and compare those views to Stowe’s portrayal of mothers and motherhood. Look at actual 19th-century slave narratives […]
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Compare and Contrast
1850: The U.S. Congress voted to pass the Fugitive Slave Law, which required Northerners to return runaway slaves to their Southern masters and tightened restrictions […]
Further Reading
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself, Douglass’s autobiography, was first published in 1845. Douglass tells of his life […]
About the Author
Emily Jane Bronte, born July 30, 1818, in Thornton, Yorkshire, England, moved with her family to the village of Haworth in Yorkshire when she was […]
Themes and Characters
The most basic theme of Wuthering Heights is that one must be true to oneself or suffer dire consequences. In marrying Edgar Linton, Catherine (Cathy) […]
Literary Qualities
Wuthering Heights has confounded those critics who attempt to place it in any one literary genre. For its depiction of the intensely individualistic personalities of […]
Social Sensitivity
The basic plot of Wuthering Heights may seem to be a timeless love story, but the Characters and situations reflect many of the real social […]
Ideas and Topics for Papers
TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Based on his reactions to his treatment by the inhabitants of Wuthering Heights, what kind of society is Lockwood used to? […]