Role of Ellen Dean
A thrilling narrator Nelly Dean (known formally as Ellen Dean) serves as the chief narrator of Wuthering Heights. ... It is a difficult matter to decide the main narrator of the novel as the whole story is the diary of Mr Lockwood, who himself serves as a narrator a few times, though the story is mainly told by Nelly Dean. ... The novel covers events of 30 years within which Nelly Dean turns to an adult from the young girl as a servant at the Heights. ... Nelly Dean is more knowledgeable about events, as she has participated in many of them first hand, yet while this makes her more trustworthy in some ways, it also makes her more biased in others. She frequently glosses over her own role in the storys development, particularly when she has behaved badly. ... Chapters 27-30 give us insight not only into the storys main characters and their relationships, but also into the storys narrator, Nelly Dean.