Wuthering Heights: Chapter 1
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Chapter questions
- Question 1 · Recall
What is carved over the main door of Wuthering Heights, besides grotesque figures?
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The date 1500 and the name Hareton Earnshaw.Reference: Chapter 1, Lockwood at the front door
- Question 2 · Recall
Which house has Lockwood rented, and who is his landlord?
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He has rented Thrushcross Grange, and his landlord is Mr. Heathcliff, who lives at Wuthering Heights.Reference: Chapter 1, Lockwood's introduction
- Question 3 · Recall
Who drives the dogs off Lockwood, and with what?
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A woman from the kitchen, who runs in with a frying-pan.Reference: Chapter 1, the room full of dogs
- Question 4 · Why
Why do the dogs attack Lockwood?
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He tries to pet the large pointer and she growls. Heathcliff leaves him alone in the room, and Lockwood makes faces at the dogs, so several of them leap at him.Reference: Chapter 1, Lockwood in the sitting-room
- Question 5 · Why
Why does Lockwood end by calling himself sociable compared with Heathcliff?
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Heathcliff has been curt and shut in himself, telling Lockwood to walk in through closed teeth, while Lockwood has been friendly and offers to call again the next day.Reference: Chapter 1, the end of the visit
Chapter summary
Mr. Lockwood tells the story himself. In 1801 he has just returned from visiting his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff, in a remote part of Yorkshire. He is the new tenant of Thrushcross Grange. At Wuthering Heights he is met by Heathcliff, a dark man who is gentlemanly in dress and manner but gloomy. Heathcliff says the property is his own and tells him to come in, calling for the servant Joseph to take the horse and bring wine.
Lockwood looks at the house, which is exposed to storms, with narrow windows and a carved date and name over the door. In the main room there are pewter dishes, guns and many dogs. When Lockwood tries to pet the pointer, Heathcliff warns him that she is not kept as a pet. Heathcliff then goes off to the cellar, Lockwood makes faces at the dogs, and they attack him. A woman from the kitchen rescues him with a frying-pan, while Heathcliff and Joseph come up slowly. They share some wine and Heathcliff grows a little more talkative. Lockwood offers to visit again the next day, though Heathcliff plainly does not want him to.
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