Question

Which two details support the central idea of Heathcliff's plight as an outsider?
Not a soul knew to whom the child belonged. . . ." (paragraph 1)

"Hindley and Cathy contented themselves with looking and listening. . . ." (paragraph 2)

"They had christened him 'Heathcliff,' using the name of a son who had died in childhood." (paragraph 3)

"He seemed a sullen, patient child, hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment." (paragraph 4)

"Heathcliff took the handsomest, but it soon fell lame, . . ." (paragraph 7)

Answer 1

Wuthering Heights

"Not a soul knew to whom the child belonged. . . ." (paragraph 1)

"He seemed a sullen, patient child, hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment." (paragraph 4)

Explanation:

• Heathcliff is the central character of the novel 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte.
• Heathcliff was a foundling who had been discovered by Mr. Earnshaw .
• Being dark in complexion and a little different than the other children in appearance , the family of Earnshaws were  at a crisis of what to name him.
• The sentence,   "Not a soul knew to whom the child belonged. . . ." (paragraph 1) depicts the central idea of Heathcliff's plight as an outsider by asserting that not a soul knew of Heathcliff's parentage.
• "He seemed a sullen, patient child, hardened, perhaps, to ill-treatment." (paragraph 4) supports the central idea of Heathcliff's plight as an outsider.
• The word 'seemed' suggests that the Earnshaws were not well acquainted with Heathcliff, but guessed his nature. The word 'perhaps' further foregrounds Heathcliff being an outsider.

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