"Scoundrel! He is not altogether guiltless in this illness of mine; and
that I had a great mind to tell him." (pg. 85)
Before I rant, this is Lockwood speaking about how Heathcliffe should take some blame for his illness. Why, I have not the slightest idea.
Now for my ranting: Lockwood needs a good slap in the face. I volunteer my services, actually. He just doesn't see when no one likes him! He goes over to visit his new landlord and barges into their house. Then he comes back the VERY NEXT DAY after it had been made very clear that he wasn't wanted. Then, he has the audacity to assume he's going to get invited to spend the night because he was the idiot that left his home before a blizzard. THEN, as if all of that isn't enough, this guy decides that his host should share some blame for his headache because he doesn't know how to not intrude on others. His idiocy is really shocking... and annoying.
I'm not really a fan of Lockwood either. He starts out narrating the novel but then it switches narration and his presence is practically nonexistent. There must be some purpose for his character but I can't really see what effect that he has on the novel right now. I guess it's just that his nosy / curious behavior prompts Mrs. Dean to retell the history of Wuthering Heights.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think that Lockwood is only in this story so that the story makes sense. If you did not have Lockwood, then it would just be Nelly telling us a story about other people's love life even though she had no use to tell us; and that's just creepy. At least he gave Nelly a reason to tell the love story- awful as it may be.
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