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    disgust at Cathy’s behaviour in chapters 9 and 10 of Wuthering Heights.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (40 marks) Chapters 9 and 10 see Catherine Earnshaw confess her love for Heathcliff but ultimately agree to marry Edgar Linton for the betterment of her social status. Heathcliff is also transformed after three years‚ and it is obvious that both he and Catherine are still very much in love. Whether Catherine’s behaviour in these chapters can be viewed as anything but disgusting

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    Brontë’s ”Wuthering Heights” The second log - the characters: Heathcliff‚ defined as the misunderstood romantic is the highlight of the book and the person whom was described as the ssperfect misanthropist during the exposition of this tale who plays out in an area of England of which I am foreign to. Retrieved from the cold and wet streets of Liverpool was a colored boy of which nationality the reader is not enlightened with. Heathcliff is‚ to begin with‚ an extremely silent boy who relies on his

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    right to the action‚ about twenty minutes into the movie Heathcliff is already trying to get his revenge and get Linton and young Catherine to marry. An effective adaption would be the special effect where it shows the first Catherine as a skeleton in the beginning of the movie but through Heathcliff’s eyes‚ he saw Catherine as if she were just buried. Some effective adaptations are the choice of characters‚ I think the character for Heathcliff can really portray his intense emotion‚ sadness‚ happiness

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    her suggestions‚ however it woke up my curiosity‚ so I tried to look into it a bit more thoroughly. Having read it again I found that the segments which show her attitude most clearly are the ones which have to do with Catherine‚ Heathcliff and the Catherine Heathcliff relationship. Therefore‚ I shall next try to sum up the arguments that affected me most. She first made it clear that Wuthering Heights is‚ in fact‚ a coexistence of opposites‚ a place where hell can become heaven and heaven hell

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    from a young age. In Wuthering Heights‚ Heathcliff demonstrates his desire for power due to his childhood oppression and loss of his loved one. Though‚ at first‚ his propensity for success seems in order to gain freedom from his lack of existence‚ he reveals his necessity to extract revenge with his newly 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

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    Question: How‚ and to what effects‚ does Bronte use different settings in Wuthering Heights? In the book Wuthering Heights‚ the author‚ Bronte‚ has created three different main settings. They are Wuthering Heights‚ Thrushcross Grange and the moors. The whole story mainly took place in these three places. In Wuthering Heights‚ the atmosphere is always dark and gloomy. Also‚ it is quite uncivilised. On the other hand‚ Thrushcross Grange is bright and welcoming‚ and is full of peace and calmness

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau Many readers enjoy ‘Wuthering Heights’ as a form of escapism‚ a flight from reality into the seclusion and eerie mists of the Yorkshire moors‚ where the supernatural seems commonplace and the searing passion between Catherine and Heathcliff absolute. Yet Wuthering Heights reaches much further than its atmospheric setting‚ exploring the complexities of family relationships and Victorian society’s restrictions; similarly‚ in ‘A Room with a View’‚ E.M. Forster expands the relationship

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    Love? It is a complex subject that cannot be defined as a single definition without branching onto various aspects of its attraction. In fact‚ the relationship of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff Earnshaw‚ developed into a miscellaneous affair of unrequited love and sealed desire. In the excerpt‚ the passage can be informed by the beginning of conformity over love‚ a distance between the young couple‚ and the start of a social barrier. In Wuthering Heights‚ young Catherine was influenced by the

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    By choosing a social status Catherine betrays Heathcliff and pursues Edgar Linton. This decision has an echoing effect throughout the book. As Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights he brings only vengeful tactics with him. Seeking to oppress Edgar‚ Heathcliff mentally and physically abuses Isabella‚ Edgar´s sister. "And I like her too ill to attempt it‚" said he‚ "except in a very ghoulish fashion. You’d

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    Support: | Conflicting emotions by polar tendencies or moodiness | Heathcliff shows this when he was excited for Catherine to come home‚ then he was upset | “With that he dashed head foremost out of the room‚ amid the merriment of the master and mistress‚ and to the serious disturbance of Catherine; who could not comprehend how her remarks should have produced such an exhibition of bad temper.” (pg. 49) | Self-destructive | Heathcliff would take the pain that he got without really minding it that much

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