Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, author of Wuthering Heights, grew up in
isolation on the desolate moors of Yorkshire, knowing very
few people outside of her family. In the book, Brontë
contradicts the typical form of writing at the time, the
romance, and instead composed a subtle attack on
romanticism by having no real heroes or villians, just
perceivable characters, and an added bit of a Gothic sense
to the whole thing. Brontë accomplishes this by presenting us
with the anti-romantic personalities of Heathcliff and Edgar,
main characters who are brutal and immoral monsters, who
eventually die in the end. The novel's generally tedious
atmosphere hardly creates a parallel to the typical romance
where everything is laid out nice and neat and "near-perfect"
to the reader, but rather takes place on the barren grasslands
of England, where dreary weather and something else are
present. Emily Brontë's utilization of the character Heathcliff
contradicts the impression of romance. Heathcliff's
pessimism and self-absorbtion is evident when he says,
"Linton would be nothing, nor Hindley, nor all the dreams
that ever I dreamt. Two words would comprehend my future
- death and hell" (147, Brontë). Heathcliff never reveals any
"charm" like a romantic hero would, instead, he is abussive
to everyone, " . The character Heathcliff is definitely not a
romantic hero. Edgar is a very unromantic character. He
really doesn't care what his love wants and becomes jealous
and arrogant when he suggests that, "The kitchen [be] a
more suitable place for [Heathcliff]" (96). Edgar hates the
idea of Heathcliff being happy so he practically disallows
Catherine from seeing him. Brontë's creation of a bleak mix
of bad weather, a setting of barrenness, and in the story
which do not fit the romantic guidlines. This point is brought
to attention early in the novel when Lockwood thinks that
Wuthering Heights is, "So completely removed from the stir
of society. A perfect misanthropist's
isolation on the desolate moors of Yorkshire, knowing very
few people outside of her family. In the book, Brontë
contradicts the typical form of writing at the time, the
romance, and instead composed a subtle attack on
romanticism by having no real heroes or villians, just
perceivable characters, and an added bit of a Gothic sense
to the whole thing. Brontë accomplishes this by presenting us
with the anti-romantic personalities of Heathcliff and Edgar,
main characters who are brutal and immoral monsters, who
eventually die in the end. The novel's generally tedious
atmosphere hardly creates a parallel to the typical romance
where everything is laid out nice and neat and "near-perfect"
to the reader, but rather takes place on the barren grasslands
of England, where dreary weather and something else are
present. Emily Brontë's utilization of the character Heathcliff
contradicts the impression of romance. Heathcliff's
pessimism and self-absorbtion is evident when he says,
"Linton would be nothing, nor Hindley, nor all the dreams
that ever I dreamt. Two words would comprehend my future
- death and hell" (147, Brontë). Heathcliff never reveals any
"charm" like a romantic hero would, instead, he is abussive
to everyone, " . The character Heathcliff is definitely not a
romantic hero. Edgar is a very unromantic character. He
really doesn't care what his love wants and becomes jealous
and arrogant when he suggests that, "The kitchen [be] a
more suitable place for [Heathcliff]" (96). Edgar hates the
idea of Heathcliff being happy so he practically disallows
Catherine from seeing him. Brontë's creation of a bleak mix
of bad weather, a setting of barrenness, and in the story
which do not fit the romantic guidlines. This point is brought
to attention early in the novel when Lockwood thinks that
Wuthering Heights is, "So completely removed from the stir
of society. A perfect misanthropist's