Quarrel in Chap. 8 of Wuthering Heights

This scene depicts an incident of Catherine's hot-tempered wild nature which she could not hide in front of Edgar. Her real character is revealed in attacking the servant, her baby nephew, and Edgar.

Characterization & Narration Technique:
The writer builds up tension prior to the quarrel scene in both, the characters and the readers, to introduce the violent storm which will take place. It also, serves to show the tensed feelings of the main party concerned, to reinforce the idea that whenever or wherever heathcliff appears everybody gets tensed, and is a warning that a problem is on the way to occur.

This scene reveals a lot about the three main characters concerned.

a. Catherine:
This scene clearly shows her to be a hypocrite who is deceiving Edgar and his family with her external look and polished manners in their presence which is the opposite of her real temper with her family at home. It also depicts her as ill-tempered and disrespectful to others. Moreover, it s...