1.I was far in the night, and the bairnies grat. (para. 2)

bairnies grat: little ones wept.

2.The mither beneath the mools heard that. (para. 2)

The mother in the grave heard that.

Here “mools” refers to “earth of a grave”. This is a quotation from Danish ballad, ‘The Ghaist’s Warning’, quoted by Scott in a note to The Lady of the Lake.

3.How do you understand Nelly’s song “I was far in the night, and bairnies grat. The mither beneath the mools heard that”?

“the mools” is the mothers’ burial chamber, spectrally alert to the keening of neglected children. In Wuthering Heights, the mothers die, leaving humanity to an infernal house, from which the open moors offer refuge. Heath stealthily crosses the church wall to cover the first Catherine’s grave, taking her body home; as children, she and Heathcliff run wild across its forbidden spaces.

4....even when one has all the right in the world to indulge it. (para. 15)

to indulge it: to give way to bad temper.

5....since he asked you after that, he must either be hopelessly stupid or a venturesome fool. (para. 18)

Venturesomeb.: willing to take risks

6.“Indifferent, coming here”. (para. 33)

Unimportant, as to that.

7.… when he was just such another as that chubby thing—nearly as young and innocent (para. 58)

he: Hindley

chubby thing: round and plump child, here referring to Hareton.

8....and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldn’t have thought of it. (para. 67)

the wicked man in there: referring to Hindley.

I shouldn’t have thought of it: I shouldn’t have thought of marrying Edgar.

9.They’ll meet the fate of Milo! (para. 73)

Milo: a Greek athlete who flourished in the later part of the 6th century B.C., born at Crotona, Italy. Caught by the tree he was trying to split, he was eaten up by wild beasts.

10.What’s the Nelly’s attitude towards Catherine?

We can find that Nelly’s answers are most short and imperative sentences from the conversion between Catherine and Nelly, which implies that Nelly has little patience with Catherine.

11.How do you understand the sentences “...heaven did not seem to be my home...” in paragraph 67?

Catherine is wild with Heathcliff in, Wuthering Heights, her real home. She is forced to change herself and being restrained in heaven, or Thrushcross Grange.

12. Why does Catherine add “There now!” after the romantic expression of love to Edgar in paragraph 38?

Catherine is mocking at herself about this romantic declaration of love. “There now” overturns the meaning and mood of the whole words. It tells us that her love to Edgar isn’t from the deep of her heart, but from imitation of romanticism.

13.What is the deep meaning of Catherine’s words “He quite deserted! We separated!... Who is to separate us, pray? They’ll meet the fate of Milo!” in paragraph 73?

Catherine predicts her doom. At this moment, Heathcliff has understood himself to be deserted; the two are separated; and the transgressor who will meet the fate of Milo is Catherine herself. Catherine’s attempt to unite with her ‘other self’ divides her: the schismatic self in the surface of the mirror, as she disintegrates, seems a terrifying other. Later, Heathcliff, in a nightmare of multiplied and dispersed identities, will view a universe of mirror-image of the lost Catherine.

14.How to understand Catherine identify herself with Heathcliff in paragraph 75?

She says “Nelly, I am Heathcliff” to Nelly. Her own words have driven one side of herself away for Heathcliff represents her irrational side and Edgar represents her rational side.

15.What are the features of Victorian Era?

The Victorian Era, which began in the year 1837 when Queen Victoria came into power and ended in 1901, is characterized as the age of domestic excellence, epitomized by Queen Victorian who represented a kind of femininity centered on the family, motherhood and respectability.

16.Is the housekeeper Nelly Dean or Ellen Dean?

Her name is Ellen Dean. But, she is called Nelly by those who are on the most equalitarian terms with her: such as Mr. Earnshaw, the older Catherine, Heathcliff.