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    without one emerging victorious. Many different aspects of the novel help create this underlying allegory‚ such as the two main settings in which the story takes place‚ Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange‚ and our two central male characters‚ Heathcliff and Edgar Linton. These aspects of the novel are used to explore the struggle between good‚ conventional human behaviour‚ and its wild‚ evil side‚ allowing the reader to gain a greater understanding of these two forces and the tension between them

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    understandable as to why she is so invovled. At times she encourages relationships‚and disapproves of others. She endulges in the romance‚ firstly‚ with the love triange between Catherine‚ Edgar‚ and Heathcliff‚ then with Little Cathy and Linton. She supports the love between Catherine and Heathcliff but at other times discourages it when she presents Edgar as a better choice. Then‚ for quite some time she kept the secret romance between Cathy and Linton a secret from her father only to betray her

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    pivotal information that would lead us to later question the motives of various characters such as Heathcliff‚ and determine weather we could appreciate the novel in its entirety.With the accompaniment‚ but the necessity of the belief in such paranormal acquaintances‚ the reader can further appreciate the character of Heathcliff and the story of Wuthering Heights as a whole. The character of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights‚ can take our sympathy and appreciation to levels of heightened devotion but

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    Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte focuses on love as one of the main themes of the novel‚ and by doing so sets up the destinies of the characters affected by these affairs. The greatest example of this would be the failed love between Catherine and Heathcliff where he states‚ “Catherine Earnshaw‚ may you not rest as long as I am living! You said I killed you — haunt me‚ then! The murdered do haunt their murderers.”

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    narrated by the main characters; Mr Lockwood a tenant at Thurshcross Grange and Nelly Dean‚ the housekeeper of Thurshcross Grange. Chapter one introduces the characters Mr Heathcliff‚ Joseph‚ Cathy and Mr Lockwood himself. He is currently visiting Yorkshire and is therefore staying at Thurshcross Grange his landlord is Mr Heathcliff who lives at Wuthering Heights. Mr Lockwood pays a visit to him and his family where he comes across Joseph‚ the servant and Cathy whom is the daughter-in-law of Mr Healthcliff

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    extreme emotion of love and whether it leads to the characters contentment or ultimate calamity. This confliction of love is portrayed mainly through Catherine Earnshaw‚ a contemptuous‚ spoiled beauty whose metaphysical love for the protagonist‚ Heathcliff‚ will be tested by her disillusion of Edgar Linton and the social and financial benefits he can administer. A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams has many comparisons to Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. Not only are the characters emotions

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    Doors‚ windows‚ gates‚ hedges‚ walls…Consider the part played by barriers and boundaries in any two novels studied. (5397 words) Throughout the Victorian Era‚ the British Empire reached the height of its power and influence‚ and imperialism paved the way for British thoughts of superiority in the world. Although its dominated role and superpower‚ the term “Victorian” is still used as a synonym for “prude” today‚ and reflects the extreme repression of the age. Ross Murfin claims that the common

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    probably be widely accepted." This is an interesting interpretation‚ and brilliantly demonstrated. But like other views of Wuthering Heights as a feminine Bildungsroman‚ the focus of development is Catherine‚ and by association her male doppelganger Heathcliff. The emphasis upon the first generation of the Heights is‚ of course‚ important‚ and certainly Catherine and

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    where most of the actions are happening. A young kid‚ whose name was Heathcliff‚ has been found on the streets of Liverpool and brought by Mr Earnshaw to the house. He was treated as a part of the family until Mr Earnshaw died; unluckily Heathcliff has had horrible relationship with Hindley who became the owner of Wuthering Heights and forced him to become a servant. Hindley who was the son of Mr Earnshaw has always treated Heathcliff miserably but Cathy was in love with him and they were always together

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    ‘Fiction of this period is dominated by the characters’ need to escape from walls‚ boundaries and ideological restrictions.’ How far do you agree with this interpretation of Wuthering Heights and your partner text? In Wuthering Heights‚ Emily Bronte emphasises the ways in which characters are literally trapped‚ emotionally repressed‚ socially oppressed and intellectually guarded. Bronte portrays her character as determined to break free from their shackles and explores the theme in three key ways

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