Examples of figures of speech in Wuthering Heights?

Answer 1

metaphor in Mrs. Dean's description of Heathcliff's face:

chapter 7 second paragraph (according to the book I'm using)

"Don't get the expression of a vicious cur that appears to know the kicks it gets are its desert, and yet hates all the world, as well as the kicker, for what it suffers" (45).

Answer 2

The book is full of pathetic fallacy Wuthering Heights, is, in itself, pathetic fallacy, as it means atmospheric tumult and reflects the behaviour of the residents There is the snow storm that traps Lockwood before his nightmare scene, the wild and windy storm when Mr Earnshaw dies, Heathcliff returns on a shadowy, fullmoon night, then there is the thunderstorm when Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights which is particulalry violent There are other examples in the book but these are just some i could recall - hope they are useful to you

Answer 3

alliteration Ch2. the first feathery snowflakes of a snow-shower.
Ch5 heaping the heavies blame on the latter
Ch5 Suspected slights of his authority nearly threw him
Ch7 fingers wonderfully whitened with doing nothing and staying indoors


Hyperbole
Ch27 every breath from the hills so full of life, that is seemed whoever respired it, though dying, might revive


Metaphor
Ch7 Joseph and I joined at an unsociable meal, seasoned with reproofs...
Ch10 the stab of a knife could not inflict a worse pain than he suffered at seeing his lady vexed
Ch17 ignoble as it seems to insult a fallen enemy, I couldn't miss the chance of sticking in a dart

Answer 4

Catherine marries Edgar Linton in order to upgrade her social standing and keep her riches though she truly loves HeathCliff..... then IRONICALLY HeathCliff returns under mysterious circumstances, with wealth and power more vast than the Lintons. He is a changed gentleman.

Answer 5

Simile