Wuthering Heights

Narrating Wuthering Heights Keith Isaacs 4th Period English 9 January 27, 2000 Emily Bronte used Nelly Dean and Mr. Lockwood as the narrators of Wuthering Heights for many good reasons. Nelly lived there though all of the dilemmas, conflicts, and deaths. Mr. Lockwood’s narration supplied a different perspective on the story as it progressed in the present time. Emily Bronte’s use of the two narrators, Nelly Dean and Mr. Lockwood, is to give the story a …

…the descriptions of Nelly Dean. He gives the reader the outside view of the characters as he meets them. Lockwood doesn’t know the families and their members, so his descriptions are short and vague. Emily Bronte’s use of the two narrators is very helpful to the reader. It helps the reader form their own opinion on the situations and their characters. It also gives the reader an overall better understanding of the novel.