Wuthering Heights

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In the novel Wuthering Heights Lockwoods overnight stay could be

perceived as a satisfactory opening. To help me assess this I had to

decide on what I thought a satisfactory opening to be.

In the novel Wuthering Heights Lockwoods overnight stay could be

perceived as a satisfactory opening. To help me assess this I had to

decide on what I thought a satisfactory opening to be. I decided on a

certain criteria that I believed a satisfactory opening would include.

The criteria I decided upon was; Emily BrontÑ‘ securing the readers

attention, establishing the genre of the novel, establishing some of

the characters and the theme and introducing the setting.

In these opening chapters Emily Bront manages to establish the

character of Lockwood. In the novel we can see that Lockwood

represents culture and there is a comment made by Lockwood at the

start of the chapter that backs up this culture attitude. The house

keeper makes the main meal of the day for 12pm and Lockwood is not

happy with this arrangement as he says" she could not or would not

comprehend my request that I might be served at five." In the city it

was normal to dine at five but in the country the people awoke much

earlier and worked hard therefore wanted a sufficient meal at 12pm. He

also looks rather arrogant, as he does not want to change from his

routine when after all he is the guest. Soon after that he encounters

a servant girl cleaning out the fires in the house. He was quite

annoyed at the fact dust was being created as she carried out her

duties. Lockwood described the dust as "infernal." The use of that one

word manipulates the reader into perceiving Lockwood as a rather

arrogant man, because the girl is only performing her duties. The fact

the girl was cleaning annoyed him enough to make him leave the house

and cross the moors to Wuthering Heights. After a rather enforced

entrance to the grounds Lockwood knocks on the door expecting to be

immediately admitted. There is a delayed response to Lockwoods

knocking and Lockwood seems to become rather agitated and enraged by

this. He then calls the occupants of Wuthering Heights, "wretched

inmates!" Then continues with saying, "they deserve preputal isolation

from their species for their churlish inhospitality." His anger

continues, as he becomes physically angry and "grasped the latch and

shook it." Lockwood is quite determined to gain entrance to Wuthering

Heights but with this intention he is being increasing rude. As Joseph

responds to his knocking and shaking Lockwood diverts his anger

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Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights