The Brontës: Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights

What the resources cover

The unit splits fairly evenly between the two novels. For Jane Eyre, the Jane Eyre Themes mind map looks at the Gothic and the Red Room, while Jane Eyre Critic Quotes sets twenty-first-century and nineteenth-century readings side by side. The Mr Rochester mind map explores his character, and Jane Eyre Character Map is a flowchart of the main figures.

For Wuthering Heights, Wuthering Heights Objectives covers AO1 and imagery such as landscape and animal imagery. THEMES WITHIN WUTHERING HEIGHTS covers revenge, love, family, the supernatural, class and betrayal. Wuthering Heights Context looks at Emily Brontë publishing as Ellis Bell.

Where to start

1. Begin with an overview mind map: Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights, whichever text you are studying.
2. Move to themes and characters, such as Jane Eyre Themes or Wuthering Heights Plot Timeline to fix the order of events.
3. Add context and critics, then quotations.

Using quizzes and maps together

Read a mind map, close it, then try a quiz on the same material. The Wuthering Heights Quiz and the chapter-by-chapter quote quizzes help you see which quotations you know. Go back to the relevant map for any you miss. Flashcard decks such as Symbolism of Names-Wuthering Heights are handy for short bursts of recall.

Teachers can use the chapter maps and flowcharts as ready-made starting points for lessons or revision sessions.

Where this unit sits

This unit belongs to the Nineteenth-Century Prose strand in Literature. It places two novels side by side, and Comparisons Quotes shows how contrasts such as Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange can be handled.

Choose a map that matches your next lesson, test yourself with a quiz, then try building a set of notes or flashcards of your own.