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    throughout the novel‚ which is contrary to the main idea that in Victorian England a person was born into one social class and usually stayed there for the rest of their lives. The main example of the changing social class in the novel is Heathcliff. Heathcliff

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    Despite the fact that the kids were being injustice towards Heathcliff and saw him as a misfit‚ Mr. Earnshaw who was the leader of the family treated him like he was the same as other people and made him feel like he had a place where he is. His death was what changed the great times of Heathcliff. At the point when Hindley took responsibility of the family this

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    that interests me the most is Heathcliff and his vengeance. Heathcliff is described as a dark-skinned gypsy. Unfortunately‚ at that time the dark males were regarded as ignorant‚ mischievous‚ weird. Not only because of Heathcliff’s race‚ but also the fact that Mr.Earnshaw and Cathy’s affection for him makes Hindely to hates him even more. For those reasons‚ Hindley abuses Heathcliff both physically and mentally‚ and disturbs love between Heathcliff and Cathy. There is also another

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    person‚ driving her to sickness and eventually death. Good understanding. C’s death in the most significant event in the novel as her death drives Heathcliff to his frenzy. However‚ it is not the climax because the climax is the event in the story that ends the conflict for the protagonist. When Ellen goes to give news of Catherine’s death Heathcliff

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    In Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights‚ her descriptions of two houses create distinct atmospheres that mirror the actions of the respective inhabitants. The pristine and well-kept Thrushcross Grange can be viewed as a haven when compared to the chaotic Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights symbolizes the anger‚ hatred and deep-felt tension of that house while Thrushcross Grange embodies the superficial feelings and materialistic outlook of its inhabitants. Each house parallels the emotions and the moods

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    characters in Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is a prime example of a character with a “diseased mind” that causes him suffering. He spends the majority of his life contemplating and acting out revenge towards Hindley and the Lintons because he believes it was their fault Catherine thought it would “degrade” her to marry Heathcliff‚ even though she loved him; this is one example of his unstable mind set. In chapter 9 Nelly foreshadows the suffering of Heathcliff by saying “if you [Catherine] are his

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    –Heathcliff’s dog- attacks him. Heathcliff himself doesn’t get a great introduction to Wuthering Heights‚ firstly Cathy spat in his face and Hindley constantly hit him and insulted him calling him a “vagabond” and a “gypsy” on several occasions. A prime example of violence upon Heathcliff is in chapter four Heathcliff threatens to tell on Hindley for hitting him -“if I speak of these blows‚ you will get them again with interest”-so Hindley hits him again. It almost seems as if Heathcliff wants Hindley to hit

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    How far do you agree that Wuthering Heights is a romantic novel? Zaib Nasir The romantic novel is characterised by a conscious preoccupation with the subjective and imaginative aspects of life. The romantic age was further evolving at the point of publication in 1847‚ where prior Mary Shelly had published Frankenstein and Charles Darwin had published The Origin of Species. It was the age of new ideas‚ the dreamlike and intangible‚ something that Wuthering Heights shows

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    numerous times in the story between Heathcliff‚ Catherine‚ and Edgar. One example of love being corrupt would be Catherine playing Heathcliff and Edgar both for fools; she goes around telling each that she loves them and that she could never imagine a world without them etcetera and with those word she somehow manages to corrupt both of their minds into thinking they are the only one for her. Another example of love being corrupt in the story would be when Heathcliff sticks by Catherine’s side when she

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    technique that Bronte employs in Wuthering Heights. She uses repletion to convey the idea that nothing ever ends in the world of the novel. Time seems to run in cycles and the horrors of the past repeat themselves in the present an example of this is Heathcliff being forbidden an education and then Hareton being forbidden an education “he was never taught to read or write”. The way that the names of the characters are recycled‚ so that the names of the characters from the younger generation seem to be

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