[WH] - Why I hate this book.

"'These things happened last winter, sir,' said Mrs. Dean; 'hardly more than a year ago,'" (pg 221).

There are a ton of reasons why I hate this novel, but they all revolve around Wuthering Heights major theme of doubling.

• The story is frame story in which Lockwood tells the story about how Nelly told him a story in which she took a very minor role.  I think the purpose was to make the events seem more realistic, but frankly, I think it just made the flashbacks more confusing as a time line is almost impossible to form.  The above quote took me forever to figure out the logistics of whether she was talking in the present or the past.
• I really want to write a story about the protagonist, but unfortunately there appear to be two (if that is even legal).  Cathy drives most of the plot at the Grange, but Heathcliff drives all of the plot at the Heights.
• Heathcliff obviously seems to be the protagonist, but he is also an antagonist to Cathy at the same time.  At the same time though, it could also be said that Nelly is just as large an antagonist for not letting her love Linton fully.
• Why would Catherine ever have a baby girl named Cathy?  At least name it Kathy or Quatheryryne or something so I have some way of denoting a difference between the two.  I guess this just shows the similarities between the two halves of the plot.
• Unless I missed something, Catherine Earnshaw married to become Catherine Linton where as Catherine Linton is engaged to become Catherine Earnshaw.  Did I mention the similarities between Catherine and Catherine?
• Whose idea was it to name her characters Hindley, Heathcliff and Hareton?  Emily Bronte really seemed to be struggling when she was naming her characters for this book.

[WH] - Catherine, Catherine, Catherine...

"This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small- Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton" (page 15).

Everyone knows the old Brady Bunch episode entitled "Marsha, Marsha, Marsha," but I never would have guessed that the director stole the idea from the world's most confusing love story known to man.  There is no worse feeling than reading the first few chapters of a novel and have barely any clue where the plot is heading than to go to Sparknotes for aid and read...

This blog will be dedicated to me trying to understand the entire cast and crew of the horrific tale of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange through the direct characterizations hidden throughout the novel... and I mean hidden.  Obviously it would not be a Max Browning blog unless it was all depicted in a bulleted list, because let us all be honest now.  The only thing better than a bulleted list is fonts that have serifs such as in Wuthering Heights (which was probably the sole reason for me choosing the novel anyways).

• Lockwood - He seems to be a narrator who does not actually narrate, but rather was used by Bronte as an outcast who shows us the inner workings of this family feud.  The effect of this strange narration style will be analyzed in another blog because it is the strangest thing I have ever seen.
• Heathcliff = Mr. Heathcliff - First described as a gentleman, he later is called the devil and asked if he is a human.  I think he loves Catherine, but his actions seem to contradict this love for her so I am not really sure if he is just overwhelmingly jealous or what.  Iago 2.0 would be a nice plot twist to this novel.
• Nelly Dean - I did not think initially that she would be important, but I think she is telling Lockwood what she has experienced through the years on Wuthering Heights.
• Mr. Linton - Marries Catherine, but he does not actually love her as much as Heathcliff so I think that he is the antagonist.  He and Heathcliff have external conflicts of love and jealousy for Catherine.

Did I mention this novel confuses me?