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    Authors formulaically uses contrasting places in order to create the opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. In the novel “Wuthering Heights‚” Emily Bronte uses the settings of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange to show this. These two places represent the opposed ideas that influence the characters‚ thoughts and even the plot of the novel. When the author first introduces the Wuthering heights manor‚ it is during the ongoing of a storm. This‚ in it of itself

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    found power‚ attempts to dictate everything within his power in order to never be exposed to oppression and powerlessness again. From a child‚ Heathcliff revealed signs of a Byronic hero. He had no true parents and more importantly‚ the moment Mr. Earnshaw was killed‚ Heathcliff was powerless by the likes of the

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    between the two houses: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Penistone Craggs are beyond Wuthering Heights: they are the most distant visible feature. The narrative does not visit them‚ although several of the characters have visited them . The Earnshaw family is not as well off as the Linton’s. This is compared to the small town off the ocean where Pip and Estella live. Pip’s family is rather poor‚ and Estella lives in a large house with a wealthy aunt. The lives of the lover’s in

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    motivations throughout the novel. Such an investigation also provides a perspective on why Bronte wrote the novel as she did. Heathcliff’s motivation throughout Wuthering Heights is obsession with taking revenge on his old enemies‚ Edgar Linton and Hindley Earnshaw‚ as well as their descendants. Marxist theory provides a perspective on the way in which he goes about seeking his retaliation: social and economic hegemony. Heathcliff’s method of taking revenge on his enemies is to degrade them socially and dominate

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    Bronte’s use of violence forces the reader to understand the strength of feeling in her characters’. Using Wuthering Heights page 118 as your starting point‚ from ‘She rung the bell till it broke with a twang:’ to the end of the chapter‚ explore the use and portrayal of violence. Violence is an essential theme in this novel and is vital to the character’s personalities‚ that they use it to express their feelings. From reading this section it is evident that Bronte particularly focuses on punctuation

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    In the novel "Wuthering Heights"‚ the major female character‚ Catherine had given birth to young Catherine. Their character traits are alike. There are contrasts between them‚ too. Nelly once said that‚ "Cathy was the most winning thing that ever brought sunshine into a desolate house - a real beauty in face - with the Earnshaw’s handsome dark eyes." But Heathcliff said that‚ "Those two‚ who have left the room‚ are the only objects which retain a distinct material appearance to me; and that appearance

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    In chapter 10‚ Heathcliff returns‚ visiting Thrushcross Grange. Look at both Catherine and Linton’s reactions‚ also Isabella’s. Explore the presentation of Heathcliff in chapter 10. How is he presented to have changed and how is he the same as before? In the novel ‘Wuthering Heights’ written by Emily Bronte‚ the writer explores the characters of Catherine‚ Heathcliff and Edgar amongst many others. She portrays them as being caught in a ‘love triangle’‚ showing the difficulty of choosing the right

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    Bibliography: Bronte E‚ [1847] 2009. Wuthering Heights. Oxford University Press. Oxford Dellamora‚ Richard [2007.] Earnshaw ’s Neighbor/Catherine ’s Friend: Ethical Contingencies in Wuthering Heights. The Johns Hopkins University Press. East Baltimore Fegan‚ Melissa [2008]. Wuthering Heights: Character Studies. Continuum. London www.novelexplorer.com

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    unintentionally. Catherine has made herself ill by refusing food and drink for days. Believing she is on the verge of death‚ Catherine becomes hysterical and remembers her childhood with Heathcliff. During this episode‚ Catherine reveals her true feelings about her marriage to Edgar and her longing to be a child again. “I had been wrenched from the Heights‚ and every early association... at that time‚ had been converted at a stroke into Mrs. Linton...: an exile‚ an outcast” (pg. 118). Catherine has unintentionally

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    Chapter 12 Summary Key Characters: * Catherine * Nelly * Edgar Linton * Heathcliff * Isabella Summary of key events: In the result of Catherine starving herself for days‚ she enters a delirious state and believes that she is dying. With Nelly nurturing her‚ she talks obsessively about death‚ and rants on about her childhood memories with Heathcliff on the moors. The hysterical Catherine believes that she is back at Wuthering Heights with Heathcliff and Joseph‚ and then proceeds

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