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horsehoney
horsehoney
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In Chapters 11 and 12 of "Wuthering Heights", how does Nelly misinterpret Catherine's actions?

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Posted by horsehoney on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 10:00 AM and tagged with catherine, chapter 11, chapter 12, characters, nelly, wuthering heights.

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  1. pippin1313
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    High School - 12th Grade

    Nelly views Catherine as putting on her illness and attempting to gain the attention of both Edgar and Heathcliff through it. Due to her thoughts on this, Nelly ignores Catherine's rapid decline and Catherine gets worse as she feels ignored and unloved.

    Nelly does get put in her place by Edgar as he states, 'You knew your mistress's nature, and you encouraged me to harrass her...It was heartless!' So through Edgar we are led to believe that it wasn't just Nelly's misinterpretation, but deliberate callousness.

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    Posted by pippin1313 on Thursday August 21, 2008 at 12:58 PM