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    relationships and the theme of love of a novel and a play‚ Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and of Sive by John B. Keane. I will explore the lives of characters such as that of Catherine‚ Heathcliff‚ Edgar‚ young Catherine‚ Linton and Hareton in Wuthering Heights and that of Sive‚ Liam and Sean Dota in Sive. In the novel Wuthering Heights‚ Catherine and Heathcliff’s passion for one another seems to be the center ofWuthering Heights‚ given that it is stronger and more lasting than any other emotion

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    Wuthering Heights: Betrayal Betrayal is a violation of trust or commitment that creates conflict within a relationship between individuals. Wuthering Heights‚ a realistic fiction novel written by Emily Bronte‚ displays many occurrences of betrayal between the characters. The plot in the novel is based off of a love relationship between an orphan‚ Heathcliff‚ and Mr. Earnshaw’s daughter‚ Catherine. Mr. Earnshaw brought Heathcliff to live at Wuthering Heights and he fell in love with his daughter

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    Who or what does Heathcliff represent in Wuthering Heights? Is he a force of evil or a victim of it and how important is the role of class in the novel‚ particularly as it relates to Heathcliff and his life? The ’moral ambiguity‚ glamour and degradation that is Heathcliff’ (same as below) forms the ultimate focus for the novel Wuthering Heights‚ beginning as Heathcliff is brought into the Earnshaw family‚ with his evil machinations completely driving the story and his death marking the conclusion

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    Character Analysis: Heathcliff: Heathcliff is a key main character of the novel ‘Wuthering Heights’. In the first chapter there is a physical description of Heathcliff- a dark haired‚ dark skinned orphaned ‘gyspy’ that a middle class gentleman brought home. Throughout the novel there is a desire by the reader to understand him and‚ his actions that motivates readers to continue reading the stories of Heathcliff. The author Emily Bronte has used Heathcliff to tease readers; the character is portrayed

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    Heathcliff -  An orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr. Earnshaw‚ Heathcliff falls into an intense‚ unbreakable love with Mr. Earnshaw’s daughter Catherine. After Mr. Earnshaw dies‚ his resentful son Hindley abuses Heathcliff and treats him as a servant. Because of her desire for social prominence‚ Catherine marries Edgar Linton instead of Heathcliff. Heathcliff’s humiliation and misery prompt him to spend most of the rest of his life seeking revenge on Hindley‚ his beloved Catherine

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    tWuthering Heights In the Victorian era‚ men were believed to be inherently superior to women by natural design. We see that in Wuthering Heights‚ Heathcliff appears to impose dominance over many of the characters in the novel as the story progresses. His quest for vengeance and his inability to deal with the death of Catherine eventually reveal his true nature as a maudlin sociopath In chapter 10‚ upon Heathcliff’s return to Wuthering Heights‚ Nelly recounts when she beheld "the transformation

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    In the novel Wuthering Heights‚ Emily Bronte‚ shows how different aspects of themes are presented for a reader’s consideration. Some of the important themes in Wuthering Heights are‚ revenge‚ spiritual feelings between main characters‚ obsession‚ selfishness‚ and responsibility.  Bronte mainly focuses on the spiritual feelings of her characters. The difference between the feeling that Catherine has for Heathcliff and the one she feels for Edgar is that Heathcliff is part of her nature‚ he is like

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    Wuthering Heights: Summary Emily Bronte was born in Thorton‚ Yorkshire‚ in 1918. Wuthering Heights was Bronte’s only book; however‚ she died in 1848 and never knew of the book’s success. It is said by many to be the finest novel in the English language. Just before she dies‚ Catherine Earnshaw gives birth to a beautiful baby girl named Cathy. After Catherine married Edgar‚ heathcliff becomes jealous and marries Edgar’s sister‚ Isabella. Isabella then gives birth to Heathcliff’s son Linton.

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    Wuthering Heights In Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights she depicts the balance of good and evil and does this so through her characters and their relationships with one another. Emily accomplishes this through her multitude of biblical allusions that depict the disolant road that older Catherine trots down‚ while Heathcliff and Edgar bash skulls for the hand of Catherine more than once. Each of these complex relationships take place with different intentions. One has selfish intentions while

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    Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights written by Emily Bronte. Bronte takes you on a bunch of adventures throughout this book. The book starts out with Heathcliff on the side of the road as a orphan. The Earnshaws adopted him but the other kids got very jealous of the attention he was getting from the parents. After a little bit‚ Catherine starts to bond with heathcliff and they grow close together. In the middle‚ Catherine decides to marry Edgar for his money and leave Heathcliff heartbroken

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