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Library's collection Library's IT development CancelWuthering Heights is the story of a savage,tormented
foundling,Heathcliff,who falls wildly in love with Catherine Earnshaw,the daughter of his benefector.The separation
between Heathcliff and Catherine causes misery and violence
of Heathcliff.Emily Bronte tried to depict the strength of
Heathcliff's character as brutal and cruel.
The writer of this thesis would like to find out wheth-
er Heathcliff's character changes through the story and
whether the language use reflects his character change.From
the beginning of the story to the end of.the story it seems
that Heathcliff uses many sarcasms when he speaks,and he
also addresses others impolitely.His actions toward others
are also brutal and cruel.
By using sociolinguistic approach,the analysis shows
that there is only a little change of Heathcliff's language
use.According to Thrall (1960),if there is only a little
change,a character can be considered as a static character.
Thus,Heathcliff can be considered as a static character.The
writer also finds out that Heathcliff's social factors when
he speaks influence his language use.For example,the Goals
or Ends of his speech are mostly in order to hurt and it
influences his language use which are mostly sarcastic.His
participants or interlocutors also influence him to speak
sarcastic or impolite.His manner and his feeling toward the
participants or interlocutors also influence his speech.
Another social factors can be seen in the analysis.