"and, having placed (a smoking basin) on the hob, drew in her seat, evidently pleased to find me so companionable." (Wuthering Heights, pg. 32)
You know, after I read Frankenstein, I had a vow to myself to avoid frame stories the best I could. I come to class Monday thinking how excited I am to read a work of so much literary merit. I open to page and 32, and what do I find??? A FRAME STORY. I think I died a bit inside.
So, now that I'm done complaining (for now), I've decided to devote my first blog entry to analyzing the use of the frame story in Wuthering Heights. Obviously, we would never be able to learn about Heathcliffe and crew through Mr. Lockwood, so the frame story is a way to start the story. What I don't get is why the frame story aspect is necessary! Couldn't the book have just been a chronicle of Wuthering Heights and what all happened there? What's the significance behind having an old maid tell her story and then listen to it through Mr. Lockwood? I don't know.
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