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What feeling is portrayed in the first few chapters of Wuthering Heights?

Where do Cathy and Linton have their secret meetings?

Nelly says, "The crown of all my wishes will be the union of those two. I shall envy no one on their wedding day—there won't be a happier woman than myself in England!" For Nelly, the relationship between Cathy and Hareton is

Read the following excerpt from the text: "Not anxious to come in contact with their fangs, I sat still; but, imagining they would scarcely understand tacit insults, I unfortunately indulged in winking and making faces at the trio, and some turn of my physiognomy so irritated madam that she suddenly broke into a fury and leapt on my knees." What is the meaning of the word tacit as it's used in the excerpt?

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Cathy.comes to Wuthering Heights for the secret meetings, in lewder to visit her cousin
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What feeling is portrayed in the first few chapters of Wuthering Heights?

All the people that lives and work in the heights is pretty sad, displeased, grumpy and unfriendly, the first chapters of the book show a pretty depressed scene with some notes of oppression.

Where do Cathy and Linton have their secret meetings?

They two had forbidden to visit each other, for this reason they meet at the moors.

For Nelly, the relationship between Cathy and Hareton is:

Meant to be, they are in love and should be together, she is the one that makes Cathy realize that Hareton is her cousin and make her understand the difficult situation he has been thought.

What is the meaning of the word tacit as it's used in the excerpt?

The word is used to show that the insults will not be understand by the dogs, so he uses another method to taunt them .


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