Wuthering Heights Volume 1 Chapter 1

 Wuthering Heights begins with the narrator, a Mr. Lockwood, visiting his landlord, a Mr. Heathcliff, at his house, Wuthering Heights. We are given a rather vapid description of the building's outward appearance before Mr. Lockwood is ushered inside the old house. Once inside Mr. Lockwood describes the inside of the dwelling before first drawing our attention to a nursing mother dog and her litter of puppies, and then to Mr. Heathcliff himself. Mr. Lockwood briefly tells of his own reputation and how undeserved it is. Mr. Lockwood then tries to pet the nursing dog, and is surprised when it growls at him, and then he proceeds to make faces at some already upset farm dogs, and is surprised when they make to attack him. Mr. Heathcliff returns from the cellar to see Mr. Lockwood standing on his hearth with a poker surrounded by dogs trying to attack him, and appears utterly unsurprised. After the dogs are taken care of by a servant, our chapter comes to a close after Mr. Heathcliff and Mr. Lockwood share a glass of wine, and Mr. Lockwood returns to his home. 

The first chapter of Wuthering Heights is told in a manner that comes off as mournful regardless of where, when, or why, you read it. This first chapter was very unremarkable the first time I read it through, and even- though less so- the second. It wasn't until I sat down to read it the third time that I realized that it was meant to sound so dreary. I can't yet see why the author would want to set such a mood for the first chapter of her book, but time shall tell. The overall style of writing fits with the mood the chapter sets, where even the dog attack is told in a toneless manner where you don't feel exited when reading it, but rather like you where reading the description of Wuthering Heights. This first chapter is unremarkable by way of content, but fascinating when you think about mood and writing and I hope that this style continues in the book.

                              

Wuthering Heights Vocabulary, Pt. II

blackguard       expostulated     cambric     equanimity     prognosticate     consumption     dissipation petulantly        consternation    vociferating  vagaries       winsome            munificent        dilatory sizar                 protract         abjured        avarice      mitigating      propitiate    approbation  compunction    pertinaciously   deranged   paroxysm   recantation  scruple  sovereign

Directions: From the list above, find a synonym for each word or definition below and write it on the line. All the words will not be used.

1. stability, evenness of temper
2. intemperance
3. villain
4. hesitation or sense of regret
5. principle
6. spasm
7. greed
8. insane
9. slow
10. gold coin
11. foretell
12. conciliate
13. lengthen
14. generous
15. tuberculosis

Wuthering Heights Vocabulary

misanthropist: A person who dislikes and avoids people/ Arlin Cord is often a misanthropist.

soliloquize: To talk to yourself even though there are others present/ I am often scolded for my soliloquizes.

sundry: Diverse or full of variety/ A zoo does well to be sundry.  

impertinence: Rude or insolent/ Villains do better to be well developed and interesting rather than depending on impertinence.

tacit: To be understood even though unstated/ A threat is most persuasive when tacit.

physiognomy: To attempt to determine a personality based on facial features/  

dispatch: To send out/ The letters where quickly dispatched.

prudential: Practical or prudent/ Though stunning my plans aren't often prudential.

laconic: Quiet or using few words/ Laconic characters often come of as passive to me.

churlish: Rude or difficult/

assiduity: Persistent or diligent/

sagacity: Sane or having a sound mind/

taciturn: Quiet or reluctant to speak/

miscreants: ruffians or trouble makers/ My friends and I are often mislabeled as miscreants.

vapid: lifeless or unexciting/ I can hardly be described as vapid.

asseverate: To support or encourage/ It's not often that I asseverate someone.

lachrymose: Sad or mournful/

querulous: Complaining/

vindictive: Vengeful or seeking revenge/

curate: To maintain and provide care for/ A museum requires someone to curate it.

vociferate: To cry out loudly or to shout/

culpable: Guilty or deserving of blame/ Those who are culpable hardly ever thinks themselves so.

execrations: To execrate/ In case of emergency substitute one cup owl pellets for two cups snail execrations.

Wuthering Heights Prereading Survey

Anticipation Guide
Write "A" next to statements with which you agree.
If you disagree, write "D."
If you're not sure, write "NS."

After you have read the novel, look at your answers again and see if you want to change any of them.

1. True love is forever-once you are in love with someone, no one else will do.
A
2. Sometimes, a slow steady fire is better than a raging inferno.
A
3. The worst thing about a broken heart is that it keeps beating.
A
4. love and romance are the same thing.
D
5. All you need is love." (The Beatles)
A but Godly love not person to person
6. Success is the best revenge.
A
7. The taste of revenge is a/ways sweet.
D
8. "Conscience is born of love.(Shakespeare)
A
9. If a person is born into a certain social class, he or she should marry within that class.
D
10. When women marry, they should give all of their property and money to their husbands.
D
11 . Marrying one's cousin can be financially advantageous.
D
12. If you are truly in love, death cannot separate you spiritually.
A but in a you will be reunited in the afterlife way
13. There is a difference between love and obsession.
A
14. "It lies not in our power to love or hate For will in us is overruled by fate. (Christopher Marlowe)
D
15. People who have had few advantages should be forgiven for their actions, no matter how cruel.
D