What techniques does the author use to engage the audience and make the story effective? I think Emily uses suspense and mystery to keep the audience hooked. In chapter four, Lockwood goes to Mrs. Dean for some background on Heathcliff and this is what she said, "'It's a cuckoo's, sir-I know all about it: except where he was born, and who were his parents, and how he got his money at first. And Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunock! The unfortunate lad is the only one in all this parish that does not guess how he has been cheated.'" (pg:35 p:8). So, no one really understands exactly where Heathcliff came from or how he ended up in London. All they know is that Mr. Earnshaw took him in and now he is a permanent fixture in their lives. That really makes this book mysterious. Another technique Emily uses is suspense. In chapter thirty-four, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights the entire night. When he comes back, Cathy tells us that he seems different. The suspense builds when Heathcliff says, "'When day breaks I'll send for Green. I wish to make some legal inquiries of him while I can bestow a thought on those matters, and while I can act calmly. I have not written my wdill yet; and how to leave my property I cannot determine. I wish I could annihilate it from the face of the earth.'" (pg:321 p:5).
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