1. Literary Devices in Wuthering Heights
... 's "prisoners." However, when Nelly narrates, the tone shifts between desperate, compassionate, and a strong sense of foreboding because Nelly has witnessed the true love between Cathy and Heathcliff, and also the final outcome. The tone is one of admiration and mirth when she describes Catherine's changed appearance, returning from Thrushcross Grange. She comments, "instead of a wild, hatless little savage jumping into ... 'explicitly'. Catherine tells Nelly about her dreams; how she was weeping in heaven in order to come to the earth and how the angels threw her on to the moor. Sh...
- Word Count: 2278
- Approx Pages: 9
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: High School