This was a popular question. It requires the candidates to discuss their opinion on Nelly in the novel, stating the traits that they admire in her.
Candidates were expected to discuss the following:

• Statement of the theme of love and vengeance.

• Character identification of Nelly
• Loyalty
• She serves loyally as a housekeeper and nanny.
• She takes good care of Hindley, Catherine, Heathcliff, Edgar and Cathy.
• She monitors the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff.
• She protects Catherine after finding out about Catherine’s indiscretion.

• Wisdom and strength of character
• She strives to solve difficult problems.
• She intervenes in the hatred between Hindley and Heathcliff.
• She is undaunted by Heathcliff’s resistance to her persuasion to relent in his inordinate passion.
• She brokers the meeting between Heathcliff and Catherine at the Grange.
• She protects Catherine’s love for Edgar.
• She destroys Catherine’s tell-tale love letters.

• Observation and narrative skill
• Her narration is credible and authoritative.
• Her narration reveals her deep knowledge and power of observation.
• Without Nelly, the plot would have been defective.
• Nelly fills in the salient gaps in the general plot

Candidates performed well.