{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30260453","dateCreated":"1289873288","smartDate":"Nov 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"luisuarez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/luisuarez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1302804674\/luisuarez-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30260453"},"dateDigested":1531973953,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly","description":"In the book \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d, the two main characters, Heathcliff and Catherine, seem to take dominance on over what happens in the book. But what we don\u2019t take into notice is that Nelly Dean is also a very big part of the book. This is because of her role inside it, which is that of a Narrator. Since Nelly Dean is a narrator in the book, most of the things that happen and the actions are told throughout her eyes. In other words, all the things that happen in this book are biased by the role of Nelly Dean, because she is the narrator of the story.
\nSince Nelly has known Catherine and Heathcliff almost throughout her whole life, it is evidently that she knows details and things that not many know. But a problem with believing everything that is spoken by Nelly is that we can never know if what she says is true or not. For we only have her point of view in the things that happen in Wuthering Heights. Therefore, her role as the narrator takes a much more important \u201cvoice\u201d in the book, even though we don\u2019t notice it immediately. Her point of view is the only \u201clens\u201d we have to this story. So it is important to know that most of the opinions and things that happen are influenced by the Character of Nelly. Nelly Dean is a certain type of person; she appears to be sensitive and much influenced by her opinion towards people. For instance we can see that she has a strong opinion towards every character on the book. With Catherine, we can see a tone of contempt in the things that Nelly say to the readers. For example, in this quote \u201c\u2026she put us all past our patience fifty times and oftener in a day; from the hour she came down stairs, till the hour she went to bed\u201d (pg 98) This shows that Nelly disliked the actions of Catherine, and Nelly didn\u2019t like to have her in Wuthering Heights. IN the part in which she says, \u201cshe put us all past our patience\u201d, this immediately shapes our way of seeing Catherine, even though we can determine if it\u2019s true or not. In the other hand, we see that Catherine trusts Nelly, \u201cNelly will you keep a secret for me?\u201d (pg.75). this shows that within Wuthering Heights, people can be very arrogant and indirect, for we can see that Catherine trusts Nelly, even though she doesn\u2019t deserve this trust. Therefore in terms of the narrator, it is important to not believe everything that Nelly says, because it is evident that she will tweak and change the real events. So in terms of the events that happen in the book, we can\u2019t be sure that they are really this way, because evidently Nelly changes the event according on how she sees them.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30295059","body":"Thanks Luis,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289928473","smartDate":"Nov 16, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30118961","dateCreated":"1289599652","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cristinarojas1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cristinarojas1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30118961"},"dateDigested":1531973953,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly","description":"The novel \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d is narrated by one of the characters in the story, Nelly Dean; a character that seems to be irrelevant to the plot of the novel and many times goes unnoticed. Never the less, she is an active participant in the novel who influences many of the events and arguments that go on in the story. The story is told through Nelly\u2019s eyes as she was a first hand witness of the story, yet she is not only present during the novel, she is actually part of it. Nelly is the cause for many of the conflicts in the story, for example when Catherine was talking to Nelly about marrying Edgar, she knew Heathcliff was overhearing and she didn\u2019t tell Catherine, then when Heathcliff left, Nelly knew he hadn\u2019t heard Catherine tell her \u201cMy love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath--a source of little visible delight, but necessary. Nelly, I am Heathcliff! He's always, always in my mind.\u201d (Page 80) When Heathcliff returns Nelly never tells him Catherine actually loved him, if she would have told him then Heathcliff would have become such a violent person, and he would have been less resentful towards Catherine and would have treated her better. Nelly\u2019s actions are very sneaky and silent; she is very particular with what she tells others and what she doesn\u2019t, she is a very subtle manipulator. Nelly also influenced Edgar\u2019s vision of Catherine after she had a tantrum and hits Haerton as a baby and Edgar himself. She tells Edgar that Catherine is \u201cmischievous and wayward\u201d (Page 53), helping him change his perspective on her. It raises his awareness that Catherine has this other side; however he is not able to foresee the problems that this could bring in the future and that Catherine will die some time after showing her dark side a second time to Edgar during another argument. As the narrator, Nelly gives her opinions on people, she is used to telling the truth because of her submissive role as a servant. Yet she doesn\u2019t always tell the entire truth, and she is not reliable as a narrator. Nelly also plays a crucial role is delivering the letters between Heathcliff and Catherine, she also goes against her master and lies to him when she allows Catherine and Heathcliff to meet behind his back without being caught. Here, Nelly is hiding information from Edgar the same way she didn\u2019t tell Heathcliff that Catherine loved him. Nelly is very deeply connected to the characters of the story, because she grew up next to them, which made her develop feelings towards them. Nelly cares a lot about Heathcliff, so much that it may even be said that she loves him. Her love for Heathcliff takes a role when Nelly is telling the story because it influences the way we as readers perceive and feel about Heathcliff, Nelly makes it seem as if Heathcliff is the \u201cvictim\u201d in the story, making us feel sympathy for him; where as for Catherine she helps us perceive her differently because of the way she describes her, \u201cAt fifteen she was the queen of the country-side\u201d (Page 64) making her seem arrogant and selfish. Nelly plays a very important part in the story, without her, the entire story could be perceived differently.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30216487","body":"Thanks Christina,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289841469","smartDate":"Nov 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30107367","dateCreated":"1289588000","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"gmurphy3","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/gmurphy3","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30107367"},"dateDigested":1531973953,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly","description":" In \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d by Emily Bronte, the role of Nelly is more prominent than it appears to be. Nelly is the narrator and everything we are told is from her point of view, but she is hardly inactive in the story. Nelly is ever-present in the story. In every scene she is casually listening to the other characters. She seems to be just a bystander, but if we look at her actions and the way she tells the story we can see that she has an opinion about everything that goes on. She gives subtle hints as to how she feels. We don\u2019t know Nelly\u2019s exact purpose in the novel, but there are a few ways to interpret her presence.
\n Nelly has known Catherine and Heathcliff almost their whole lives. She plays a big role in their relationship because of her role in their family. She is the maid; her job is to take care of the house and to take care of Catherine. She also takes care and looks out for the family members in an emotional way. She is always there to offer her advice and to listen to people\u2019s problems. Catherine and other characters trust and respect Nelly. Because of this, she witnesses a lot of things and sees people\u2019s reactions to what goes on. She knows details about Catherine and Heathcliff\u2019s relationship that not a lot of others would. This makes Nelly a suitable narrator because she has actually witnessed everything first hand. However, we cannot fully trust Nelly. We have no way of knowing whether or not she is telling us the complete truth.
\n As a character, Nelly can get a bit annoying at times. She seems to love drama and excitement. She insinuates things to people that make them angry at one another and spills secrets that cause turmoil in the household. She could easily be nonparticipant in the story but instead she chooses to get herself involved in lot of scenarios, especially with Heathcliff and Catherine. There has to be a reason behind her actions. One idea is that Nelly is in love with Heathcliff. It sounds crazy and irrational but there is evidence to back up Nelly\u2019s possible feelings. \u201c \u2018Oh, Nelly!\u2019 she added petulantly, jerking her head away from my hands, \u2018you\u2019ve combed my hair quite out of curl! That\u2019s enough; let me alone.\u2019 \u201c [Pg 67] In this scene, Nelly is combing Catherine\u2019s hair when Heathcliff comes in the room. As Catherine and Heathcliff start to fight, Nelly starts to brush Catherine\u2019s hair harder and harder because she is angry, to the point where Catherine has to tell her to stop. This shows that Nelly is angry at Catherine for being hostile with Heathcliff, hinting that she might have feelings for him. \u201cHush, hush! He\u2019s a human being\u2026Be more charitable; there are worse men than he is yet.\u201d [Pg 166] Nelly gets angry at Catherine for speaking badly of Heathcliff and defends him, again showing that Nelly is affectionate towards him. There is also some evidence that Nelly feels slight animosity towards Catherine, probably because she is jealous of her relationship with Heathcliff. \u201cI was out of patience with her folly!\u201d [Pg 80] Nelly easily gets mad at Catherine.
\n In conclusion, Nelly Dean is extremely important in \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d. Although we don\u2019t know her exact reason for retelling the story, we can see that she is obviously very passionate about it. She would have to be, because she is retelling a story that happened 23 years ago that she was not even involved in. We see everything through Nelly, she is our window into the story.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30216265","body":"Thanks Grace,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289841321","smartDate":"Nov 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30102319","dateCreated":"1289583574","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"cecyrodriguez","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cecyrodriguez","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30102319"},"dateDigested":1531973954,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly :D","description":"CECILIA RODRIGUEZ
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\n\u201cWuthering Heights\u201d by Emily Bronte is told by two narrators, John Lockwood and Ellen \u201cNelly\u201d Dean. John tells us through his journal, but never has direct contact with the people in story at the time. Unlike John, Nelly dean has direct contact and interaction with all the main characters. Nelly\u2019s opinion on events can be felt and seen through her actions. Her intentions might not be direct, but the way it is presented, and the way she involves herself with others reveal her deep jealousy for Catherine.
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\nNelly, Hindley, Catherine and Healthcliff all grew up at Wuthering Heights. During which Catherine and Healthcliff grew a strong bond. As the story continues, it feels like Nelly is left apart more and more, because she is not part of the family. She isn\u2019t friends with Healthcliff or Catherine, or even Hindley, but she does get along with them and is respected by them. Nelly seems na\u00efve and helpful to everyone at Wuthering Heights, even if she is not deeply connected to anyone. She is just there. But when Catherine accepts Edgar\u2019s marriage proposal, Nelly is not only a witness, but also a participant of what happens next.
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\n\u201cIs she sorry for her shameful conduct? I asked myself. That would be a novelty: but she may come to point, as she will-I shan\u2019t help her! No she felt small trouble regarding any subject, save her own concerns. \u2018Oh, dear!\u2019 she cried at last. \u2018I\u2019m very unhappy!\u2019 \u201cA pity,\u2019 Observed I. \u2018 You\u2019re hard to please: so many friends and so few cares, and cant make yourself content.\u2019\u201d (Page75)
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\nIn this passage Catherine comes to Nelly to tell her how unhappy she is by deciding to marry Edgar. Nelly\u2019s jealousy for her is felt when she doesn\u2019t understand how a woman like her can be unhappy when she has so many friends and not many troubles. Instead of giving her advice or letting her continue with the story, Nelly tells Catherine what she is thinking and showing she\u2019s upset. Clearly, Nelly doesn\u2019t have that many friends or is wanted by different men, even though she is only about 5 years older than her. She can\u2019t understand why Catherine tells her she is upset for wanting to marry Edgar.
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\n\u201cAt fifteen she was the queen of the country-side; she had no peer: and she did turn out a haughty, headstrong creature! I own I did not like her (75).\u201d
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\nThis passage reinforces how Nelly is very critical of Catherine and shows it through her narration. She also witnesses everything Catherine and Healthcliff go through and participates in her own way. When she sees Catherine calling names at Healthcliff and pushing him away, Nelly reacts and messes up Catherine\u2019s hair.
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\nCatherine is a good narrator, because she is always present when something major is happening and has an insight to Catherine and Healthcliff relationship. She does, however, have a strong opinion on Catherine and is very jealous of her, and through her actions and words we can see this.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30216063","body":"Thanks Cecilia,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289841200","smartDate":"Nov 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30101223","dateCreated":"1289582401","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"eli-picado","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/eli-picado","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1283475869\/eli-picado-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30101223"},"dateDigested":1531973954,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Wiki Response 10","description":"In Emily Bronte\u00b4s, \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d, the story exposes us a lot of complex characters. However, the most important character of the novel is Ellen Dean (Nelly). She plays a motherly role for the siblings at Wuthering Heights, and continues that role when they have already grown. This fact allows makes her part of the story, but is also gives her an opinion. This influences her narration. For example, when she is describing Catherine\u00b4s corpse, she uses these words: \u201cHer brow smooth, her lids closed, her lips wearing the expression of a smile- no angel in heaven could be more beautiful than she appeared,\u201d (page 159). Here, Nelly doesn\u00b4t provide us with an objective description of how she looked, but with the image she conceived of it. She even compares Catherine with an angel, what could transmit the reader the sympathy Nelly felt for her when she knew she was dead. Also, the plot of the story is presented with a framed narration. A framed narration is when a character of the novel begins telling a story to another character, and that secondary story becomes the main plot. So, in a way it could be explained with the phrase: \u201ca story within another story\u201d. In \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d case, Nelly is the secondary narrator, what, for me, converts her in the main character. I believe that, even if the story\u00b4s main theme is Catherine and Heathcliff\u00b4s love, the fact that Nelly is narrating it, turns her in the main character because by giving us her perspective, her opinion and her reactions, she camouflages her own story in the narration. For example, when Heathcliff falls ill, little time after Mr. Earnshaw brings him to the house; Nelly takes care of him. She describes how she perceives the event: \u201cI changed my ideas. Heathcliff was dangerously sick, and while he lay at the worst he would have me constantly by his pillow; I suppose he felt I did a good deal for him, and he hadn\u00b4t the wit to guess that I was compelled to do it,\u201d (page 37). Again, this event is narrated from Nelly\u00b4s perspective, what provide us only with her impressions and her interactions with Heathcliff, what give us the story partly. So the novel is not about Catherine and Heathcliff\u00b4s love, but it is about how Nelly lived it. There are also elements in her narration that suggests that Nelly\u00b4s involvement is because she also has feelings for Heathcliff. For example, when Nelly begins to tell the story to Mr. Lockwood, she describes young Catherine with these words: \u201cAt fifteen she was the queen of the country-side; she had no peer; and she did turn out a haughty, headstrong creature! I own I did not like her, after infancy was past; and I vexed her frequently by trying to bring down her arrogance: she never took an aversion to me, though. She had a wondrous constancy to old attachments: even Heathcliff kept his hold on her affections unalterably,\u201d (page 64). With this words Nelly describes how much she disliked Catherine, even when they were young, and her mentioning of Heathcliff\u00b4s attachment to Catherine suggests that she didn\u00b4t dislike her only because of her beauty, but because of her relationship with Heathcliff, too.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30215661","body":"Original Eli,
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\nGood work,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289840986","smartDate":"Nov 15, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30073223","dateCreated":"1289529990","smartDate":"Nov 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"marinacoccaro","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/marinacoccaro","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30073223"},"dateDigested":1531973954,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly","description":"
\nWhen reading Wuthering Heights, it\u2019s easy to ignore the role of secondary character Nelly Dean and focus more on the love of the Catherine and Heathcliff. What most of the readers don\u2019t realize is that Nelly is an active participant in this novel, and we see everything that\u2019s happening through her eyes. She provides us with her own perspective of the truth, therefore not offering all of it and leaving a bit of mystery in the air. Nelly skips minor details and gives her own point of view and interpretation of what is going on in the lives of Heathcliff and Cathy. She is constantly giving her opinions as well, and therefore has an emotional involvement in the story. We readers have many doubts of what is actually happening, since we don\u2019t know if it\u2019s reliable to completely trust this strange lady.
\nThanks do Nelly, we view Catherine as a very arrogant and self centered person that only cares about her own benefits. \u201cI own I did not like her (Catherine), after her infancy was past; and I vexed her frequently by trying to bring down her arrogance\u2026\u201d (pg 64). According to Nelly, Cathy has an insatiable hunger for Edgar\u2019s wealth and power, and is very materialistic as well. \u201cNelly, I see now, you think me a selfish wretch; but did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married we should be beggars? Whereas, if I marry Linton, I can aid Heathcliff to rise, and place him out of my brother's power?,\u201d(page 79). Whenever Cathy and Heathcliff are having an important discussion, Nelly is always present, carefully listening to their deepest secrets. \u201c\u2018Oh Nelly\u2019, she added petulantly, jerking her head away from my hands, \u2018you\u2019ve combed my hair quite out of curl! That\u2019s enough; let me alone\u2019\u201d (pg 67). Nelly is most of the time playing minor roles, but they are always taking place during very relevant moments of the story. Her affection for Heathcliff is also evident throughout the entire novel. When Isabella is insulting him and calling him a monster, Nelly says \u201cHush, hush! He is a human being\u2026there are more worse men than he is\u201d. (pg 166). She tends to defend Heathcliff and give a cold hearted image of Cathy, making her look evil and unfair. Us readers end up acquiring a lot of sympathy to Heatchliff, and that\u2019s mainly due to the way Nelly tells the story.
\nWhen Mr. Lockwood first visits Wuthering Heights, he asks her the story behind that property. It is peculiar that Nelly is willing to tell him the lives of her old masters to a complete stranger. It\u2019s also a bit depressing for a woman to tell such a long story unless she has a very good reason. Nelly is also the one responsible for the connection between Heathcliff and Catherine, since she delivers the letter written by him to Cathy and agrees on making them reunite once again. She plays a very relevant role; if it was not for her, both lovers probably wouldn\u2019t be able to re encounter each other and relive their vivid passion all over again. \u201cI grew uncomfortable\u2026the man whom I sent off (Edgar) returned from his errand\u2026\u201d (pg 156). She is an immensely important character, not only because the story is told through her perspective, but because by understanding her feelings and personality we are able to acquire a deeper insight of all events that took place in the book.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30092673","body":"Thanks Marina,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289575489","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30071011","dateCreated":"1289527889","smartDate":"Nov 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"alabuda","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/alabuda","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30071011"},"dateDigested":1531973954,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly ","description":"Nelly Dean is a very influential woman. Not only is she telling the long story of Catherine and Heathcliff to Lockwood, but she also takes a huge part in it. It would be proper of her to refuse explaining such an intimate story to a stranger, but instead she happily agrees, \u201cOh, certainly, sir!\u201d (page.34). It gives the reader the idea that Nelly has to have a pretty strong reason for spending many days discussing a story with an unknown man. She is influencing the readers by putting her own perspective into the picture. We can see it clearly when Heathcliff comes into the room where Nelly is combing Catherine\u2019s hair. Nelly states, \u201cCatherine reflected an instant, with knitted brows-she found it needful to smooth the way for an intrusion.\u201d (pg.67). How can Nelly possibly know what Catherine thought of Heathcliff\u2019s appearance? Maybe Catherine did not think of Heathcliff as an intruder? This sort of editorial behavior influences the reader\u2019s point of view. Nelly shows much less sympathy for Catherine than for Heathcliff. She proves it clearly when Catherine comes up to her to share a secret with her about Edgar. Catherine feels really sad and Nelly notices it, yet, she comments rather ignorantly on the observation, \u201cThere followed another long pause, during which I perceived drop or two trickle from Catherine\u2019s cheek to the flags. Is she sorry for her shameful conduct? I asked myself. That will be a novelty: but she may come to the point and she will-I shan\u2019t help her!\u201d (pg.75) Nelly is not willing to help the Catherine because of the way she has treated Heathcliff. Nelly is not really pleased with her mistress\u2019 company, yet she cannot say anything. That is why she listens to Catherine, but she not really enthusiastic about it. \u201c\u2019Nelly will you keep a secret for me?\u2019 she [Catherine] pursued\u2026 \u2018Is it worth keeping?\u2019 I inquired, less sulkily.\u201d (pg.75). Because of Nelly\u2019s point of view the book doesn\u2019t transmit positive feelings towards Catherine. Heathcliff, on the other hand, is very adored by Nelly. The readers feel empathy towards Heathcliff because of the way Nelly presents his character. We feel pity for Heathcliff because of all the pain that he has suffered from. Sometimes Heathcliff\u2019s cruel actions cannot be forgotten, but Nelly defends him as much as she can. When Isabella talks to Nelly about how cruel and heartless her husband is, the maid protects him at all costs, \u201cHush, hush! He\u2019s a human being. Be more charitable; there are worse men than he is!\u201d (page.166). The readers might assume that Nelly fees affection towards Heathcliff, and that is the main reason why she protects him so bravely. For example, when Catherine dies, Nelly was most concerned about how Heathcliff will deal with the loss of his true love, \u201cI was weeping as much for him as her\u2026 and a foolish notion struck me that his heart was quelled,\u201d (page.161). Nelly is not only the narrator of the story, but she takes an active role in the plot. Can the readers fully trust her? We will never know.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30092597","body":"Thanks Agnieszka,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289575416","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30058869","dateCreated":"1289518289","smartDate":"Nov 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"Jenny-37715","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/Jenny-37715","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/pic\/1282875040\/Jenny-37715-lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30058869"},"dateDigested":1531973954,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly","description":"In Wuthering Heights, we tend to pay lots of attention to character such as Catherine and Heathcliff, but we tend to overlook a character that plays a major role in the story, Nelly.
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\nNelly is the narrator of the story and she has opinions and perspectives which are seen throughout her story. The ways she views each character is what molds the reader\u2019s feelings towards them. Nelly does not have a very good relationship with Catherine. She does not like her and tends to describe her as \u201ca haughty, headstrong creature\u201d (pg. 64) She also says Catherine believes \u201cshe\u2019s the queen of the countryside\u201d (pg. 64.) and is very arrogant. Nelly\u2019s description of Catherine makes us dislike Catherine as well, for Nelly never paints Catherine as a victim of her love for Heathcliff. She shows us a Catherine who is hungry for money and power. We see this many times when she is constantly giving her opinions of Catherine. When Catherine tells her about her marriage to Edgar, she shows us that the only reason Catherine is marrying Edgar is for wealth. Catherine even says that she has treated Heathcliff \u201cinfernally\u201d (pg. 108). That way she presents Catherine makes her seem as the cruelest person ever. For example when she says, \u201cCatherine angrily insisted on silence and threatened to order me out of the kitchen if I dared be so presumptuous as to put in my insolent tongue.\u201d (pg. 108) The language Nelly uses to describe her makes us believe that she is trying to make her audience hate Catherine, and she accomplishes it. Since Nelly is the narrator, she shapes the story so that we also dislike Catherine since she slides her thoughts of Catherine at many points of the story.
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\nSimilarly, she also shapes our opinion of Heathcliff. We tend to feel compassion of Heathcliff because Nelly tends to feel sympathy towards him. Unlike with Catherine, Nelly\u2019s shows us her sensible and compassionate side. She always helps Heathcliff be with Catherine or tries to feel better about himself. For example, \u201cFrom that I went on to think of his fondness for Heathcliff, and his dread lest he should suffer neglect after the death had removed him; and that naturally led me to consider the poor lad\u2019s situation now, and form singing I changed my mind to crying.\u201d (pg. 53) She disobeys Hindley to help Heathcliff and disobeys Edgar by helping Heathcliff see Catherine as well as uniting them once again when he returns. She defends him against Isabella when she is criticizing him. She feels pain when she must tell Heathlciff the news of Catherine\u2019s death for she says, \u201cI felt the terrible news must be told and I longed to get it over; but how to get it over, I did not know.\u201d(pg. 160)
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\nNelly is also essential to the story because her actions trigger important parts in the story. Nelly chooses to disobey Catherine when she requests her to stall Edgar and because of her action Catherine, Edgar and Heathcliff get into the fight which leads to Catherine\u2019s illness. She does not pay attention at first to Catherine\u2019s sickness which causes Catherine to become really sick. She is the key link in Catherine and Heathcliff\u2019s relationship since she arranges their visits, is their guard dog for Edgar, and maintains the communication between them. Nelly an important characters in the story for she causes key events and her opinions mold our perspective.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30092337","body":"Thanks Jennifer,
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\nDuring her life, Nelly tries desperately to bring harmony and peace to the Linton and Earnshaw households. She is in a strange sort of way, maybe the only person who is sane and as such she demands or be taken seriously, and even though she is a servant, she does what she thinks is best for the people she loves. However, she always seems to be more involved with the affairs of Heathcliff and Catherine. She is almost nosy, and appears to know mostly everything that happens in their lives and what they think and feel. For example, when Catherine calls Heathcliff dirty, Nelly mentions that Catherine could not understand why Heathcliff was in a bad mood. \u201c\u2026and to the serious disturbance of Catherine; who could not comprehend her remarks should have been produced such an exhibition of bad temper\u201d (page 52).
\nNelly Dean has a good relationship with everybody, especially because of her lack of selfishness and her abundant generosity. She is often the one who settles disputes and who is willing to listen to problems. For example, when Catherine is indecisive about whether or not she should marry Edgar. She decides to speak to Nelly about her issues because she knows that Nelly has always been there for her and she values Nelly\u2019s opinion. However, Nelly becomes very annoyed by Catherine\u2019s behavior. \u201cShe paused and hid her face in the folds of my gown, but I jerked it forcibly away. I was out of patience with her folly!\u201d (page 80). Nelly is trustworthy and the reader gets to know much more about the characters and their feelings. Nelly is more than just a servant, but also the only stable person, whose life is not ruined by love or revenge. We can also assume that Nelly is fond of Heathcliff, but does not show it clearly. She defends and does not say bad things about him, like the other characters do. \u201cHush, hush! He\u2019s a human being. Be more charitable; there are worse men than he is!\u201d (page 166).
\nNelly has worked at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange for many years and clearly knows many things about the characters, such as their deep secrets. She knows the families intimately. However, the story is through Nelly\u2019s point of view only, so we can assume that her account is personal and biased. The way she describes the characters behavior and personality, is completely her point of view. Nevertheless, it is a great opportunity for the reader to get an in-depth look at the lives of the characters, as well as their emotional and psychological behavior.
\nNelly considers herself a steady, reasonable person. She has seen much and learned much and thus acquired wisdom. Even though she is poor, she is well read and her role in the household has been much more than that of a servant.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30091257","body":"Good Lotte,
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\nWebster","dateCreated":"1289574352","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"davidgarethw","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/davidgarethw","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"30053735","dateCreated":"1289514111","smartDate":"Nov 11, 2010","userCreated":{"username":"mariangel94","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mariangel94","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/davidgarethw-books-b.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/30053735"},"dateDigested":1531973955,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Nelly Dean","description":"Nelly narrates most of "Wuthering Heights", yet when one looks deeper into her role, one can see she plays a much more important part than simply telling the story. Nelly presents us with a specific perspective, a point of view on the story. Not only does she weave in her opinions to the narrative, but she is also part of the plot, a character that has a key role in important moments of the story, and helps drive it. Nelly was a first hand witness of the story she is telling, and therefore she has a point of view on the matter that she slyly includes while telling the story. If one is reading the story fast, they can overlook the fact that Nelly is very involved in the story, and tells us her feelings about events as well. When Catherine is born, for example, Nelly tells us how disappointed she was that it was not a boy, because Mr. Linton was being left without an heir: \u201cA great addition, in my eyes, was his being left without an heir. I bemoaned that, as I gazed on the feeble orphan,\u201d (page 159). The presence of a narrator that shows their opinions and feelings, as much as Nelly does, should lead us to question her liability. She imprints so much perspective on the story that we should wonder if all that she is telling really happened that way, or if she is biased because she knows the characters. All we are reading is only one point of view, and that should be kept in mind while analyzing what she tells us. Her style of narrating even influences the reader with her opinion of characters, such as Heathcliff. In chapter 4, Nelly states the following: \u201cHe complained so seldom, indeed, of such stirs as these, that I really thought him not vindictive: I was deceived completely, as you will hear,\u201d (page 39). Although Heathcliff had been rather noble up to that point in the book, her last statement influences the reader to think Heathcliff is revengeful; so before he does anything to prove he is revengeful, the reader assumes what Nelly says is true about his character. Small statements such as this cloud the reader\u2019s perception with her own. Another important aspect of Nelly is that she has an important role as a character in the story, aside from narrating. She makes decisions in the book that affect the plot and drives it at times. For example, when she goes visit Isabella and Heathcliff she ends agreeing to take a letter home to Catherine from Heathcliff even though she doesn\u2019t think it\u2019s a good idea. Nelly is the one who plans on how to give this letter to Catherine, \u201cI had made up my mind not to give it till my master went somewhere, as I could not guess how its receipt would affect Catherine,\u201d (page 150). After this, she gives Catherine the letter, and starts reading it to her when Heathcliff walks in, since Nelly had left house open. Her decision leads to their final reencounter, an important piece of the story. Just like her actions influence the plot of the story, her narrating influences the interpretation of the reader.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"30091009","body":"Thanks Mariangel,
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