Subject : World Literature Project : Book Analysis Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Submitted to : Prof. Jayati Pandya Part I About The Author. Emily had an unusual character‚ extremely unsocial and reserved‚ with few friends outside her family. She preferred the company of animals to people and rarely travelled‚ forever yearning for the freedom of Haworth and the moors. She had a will of iron – a well known story about her is that she was bitten by a (possibly) rabid dog which resulted
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In the tragic novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontët marriage‚ attempt at murder‚ and death all shows that everyone will experience revenge in their lifetime‚ even though sometimes it is unplanned. Hindley trying to kill Heathcliff shows that an ordinary man can commit be driven to spite his enemy . Heathcliff marrying Isabella to get revenge shows that some people plan their life around getting vengeance. Lastly‚ Heathcliff dying and his life work of keeping the estates from who the belong to
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for Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Much of this conflict results from a distinct division of classes and is portrayed through personal relationships‚ for example the unfriendly relationship between the higher-class Lintons and the lower-class Heathcliff. Conflict is also portrayed by the appearance of characters the setting. The division of classes is based on cultural‚ economic‚ and social differences‚ and it greatly affects the general behaviour and actions of each character. <br> <br>The setting
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The Gothic and supernatural in Wuthering Heights One of the most outstanding themes on Wuthering Heights is the gothic characterization of the setting and the strange events which occurs in its surroundings. The aim in this work is study the characterization of ghost and the gothic during the Victorian Era and‚ in specific Wuthering Heights. The ghost and spiritualism themes appeal both men and women in the nineteen century and we should consider the fact that more than half gothic stories were
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Wuthering Heights is not a religious novel in the sense that it supports a particular religion (Christianity)‚ or a particular branch of Christianity (Protestantism)‚ a particular Protestant denomination (Church of England). Rather‚ religion in this novel takes the form of the awareness of or conviction of the existence of a spirit-afterlife. An overwhelming sense of the presence of a larger reality moved Rudolph Otto to call Wuthering Heights a supreme example of "the daemonic" in literature
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processes that result in three kinds of personalities. These are Id‚ Ego and Superego. These three parts in Freud’s model of the psyche help explain mental maturity and development. In Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights‚ Catherine symbolizes the impressionable ego and was pulled between Heathcliff‚ which represents the id‚ and Edgar‚ which represents superego. Her struggle between these two opposing forces and inability to choose between them is what ultimately lead her into delirium. The id in
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Youth culture is the way adolescents live‚ and the norms‚ values and practices they share. Culture is the way of life of a society so Youth culture differs from the culture of older generations. Elements of youth culture include beliefs‚ behaviors‚styles and interests. Usually there is an emphasis on their style of clothes‚ genre of music‚ and dating which set adolescents apart from other age groups giving them a distinct culture of their own. Within youth culture‚ there are many distinct and constantly
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Wuthering Heights - Feminist Criticism The feminist criticism is perhaps the perspective that best applies to WutheringHeights. For one‚ any personal possessions of a woman goes straight to the husband once she marries. It’s like the woman doesn’t even exist because she has to live under the husband’s name‚ who now owns her belongings. Thrushcross Grange would have been Isabella’s had she not married Heathcliff but‚ since she did marry him‚ Heathcliff automatically becomes the owner. In addition
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Malice and love in Wuthering Heights illuminate that early 19th century England could not accept or nurture-unbridled love causing blind rage and an almost unquenchable desire for revenge. Heathcliff is blindly in love with Catherine and is consumed with the fires of hatred and malice when he is unable to marry Catherine. His only driving force is that of revenge. Bronte’s diction in Wuthering Heights shows the undying‚ yet impossible love‚ between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine’s desire to
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from neighbors" In Wuthering Heights‚ Bronte has used Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights to depict isolation and separation. The dark and foreboding environment described at the beginning of the novel foreshadows the gloomy atmosphere found in the remainder of the book. Wuthering Heights is an ancient mansion perched on a high ridge‚ overlooking a bled‚ windy. sparsely inhabited wasteland. The harsh‚ gloomy characteristics of the land are reflected in the human characters. In Frankenstein‚ Victor’s
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