dark‚ terror‚ death‚ revenge‚ hate‚ mystery‚ horror." In Wuthering Heights‚ the two most convincing elements of mood are death and revenge. Every character in the Linton and Earnshaw family tree dies at a young age‚ with the exception of Harton Earnshaw and Catherine Linton. With his driving hate for the Lintons and Earnshaws‚ Heathcliff executes his revenge on both families from the first to second generation. In Frankenstein‚ there is a direct relationship between death and revenge. Since the creature
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alter his love for Catherine into a burning and passionate vengeance against all who have got in the way of his love for her. In Emily Brontë’s novel‚ Wuthering Heights‚ she uses her character Heathcliff to show what occurs when true love is transformed and warped into nothing but obsession and pure lust. As the novel begins‚ the reader is confronted with a simple story of a man falling in love with a woman and sees no sign of a transformation at this point. When Mr. Earnshaw‚ the owner of Wuthering
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than I am (86). Catherine admits to Ellen that she loves Heathcliff but cannot think of marrying him because he has been degraded by Hindley. Heathcliff hears this speech‚ and he leaves Wuthering Heights‚ not to return for three years. 2) Nelly‚ I see now‚ you think me a selfish wretch; but did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married we should be beggars? whereas‚ if I marry Linton‚ I can aid Heathcliff to rise‚ and place him out of my brother’s power? (87). Catherine tells Ellen what
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brought to Wuthering Heights as a child and eventually ends up owning it; Catherine Earnshaw‚ a woman Heathcliff falls in love with but eventually dies in childbirth; Edgar Linton‚ Heathcliff’s archenemy who marries Catherine; and Ellen Dean‚ a.k.a. Nelly‚ who is the narrator of the story. The overall conflict of the story is that Heathcliff has always loved Catherine‚ who also loves him‚ but never end up together because Catherine marries Edgar Linton instead to raise her status and wealth‚ and then
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primary reason for marrying Edgar is to “be the greatest women in the neighbourhood” (Brontë 78). Catherine comes from a family that is part of the wealthy‚ upper class where it would be unheard of for her to marry into a lower class‚ like Heathcliff. When he was a child he was taken in by Catherine’s father‚ Mr. Earnshaw‚ as a malnourished‚ orphan and therefore since then has no status or reputation. Catherine says‚ “‘It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him:
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ROMANTIC LOVE IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS Romantic love takes many forms in Wuthering Heights: the grand passion of Heathcliff and Catherine‚ the insipid sentimental languishing of Lockwood‚ the coupleism of Hindley and Frances‚ the tame indulgence of Edgar‚ the romantic infatuation of Isabella‚ the puppy love of Cathy and Linton‚ and the flirtatious sexual attraction of Cathy and Hareton. These lovers‚ with the possible exception of Hareton and Cathy‚ are ultimately self-centered and ignore the needs
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When Catherine died‚ Edgar became exceedingly private and quiet. Edgar represents Emily Bronte’s own father. When Bronte’s mother died‚ her father followed the same pattern that Edgar did by secluding himself and becoming very quiet. 3. Catherine- Emily Bronte personifies her dislike for women’s position in society through Catherine’s love for Heathcliff. Because women are not listened to‚ Bronte represents herself as a man‚ Heathcliff‚ in order to be listened to. 4. Catherine’ Cold-
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female. Catherine is extremely ambitious‚ because she has plenty of goals she has to do within the story. She runs off and gets married‚ but her plans don’t go right‚ because she didn’t marry the man she wanted. Her husband is very controlling and has no ambition‚ he only cares about himself. Catherine takes her time when going toward her goals in life. Women nowadays have ambition and are selfish. “Keep out of the yard though the dogs are chained” (Bronte 28). This quote relates by Catherine getting
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conceal. Throughout the chapters of the novel‚ three major characters make an appearance and reveal their cruelty towards one another. These three major characters that may catch the eye of a reader for their cruel actions are Heathcliff‚ Hindley and Catherine. Inside of this novel‚ the cruel actions of the characters have driven the plot of the set story. For example‚ Heathcliff‚ the occupant at Wuthering Heights‚ has evolved into quite a cruel man. From a poor gypsy soul rose a cruel‚ arrogant young
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ambiguous.” It is set in the Yorkshire Moors. The basic idea of the story is a narrative of the events at Wuthering Heights in which a passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff occurs and how it destroys everything around them. These two are one person‚ their minds are entwined. They will do anything to be with each other. Catherine‚ a free spirited‚ arrogant‚ spoilt woman. She is greedy in the way that she wants the best of both worlds in the way of men. She marries Edgar Linton so that
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