novel written by the Victorian writer‚ Emily Bronte besides her poems. It is one of the most passionate and heartfelt novels. It is also‚ considered highly original and deeply tragic. This novel is about the relation between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff‚ the orphan boy brought to Wuthering Heights‚ and his tyrannical revenge excited on everybody for the rage and humiliation he suffers throughout his life. The novel is based on a group of flashbacks which are organized chronologically and told
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has its romantic color‚ no matter how gloomy or tragic it is‚ is an affectionate and beautiful canto. Then we can see something special from the novel. The narrative tells the tale of the all-encompassing and passionate‚ yet thwarted love between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw‚ and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys both themselves and many around them. First‚ it is a love tragedy from which Emily presented a life of a deformed society and draws the outline of humanity that was warped
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is not consistent with their overall perception‚ however despite their moral ambiguity‚ subjectively the characters are never seen in a different light. In the Wuthering heights manor‚ two cousins‚ Cathy and Hareton are living with their uncle‚ Heathcliff‚ and their relationship with one another follows a pattern of fights and reconciliation. Cathy’s arrogant and spoiled nature is shown through her tumultuous relationship with Hareton‚ however despite this moral ambiguity‚ Cathy is perceived as a
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raised and people have regrets. In Emily Brontë’s novel‚ Wuthering Heights‚ the bitter man‚ Mr. Heathcliff loses a bit of his sanity after the passing of his lover‚ Catherine. The hauntings of her spirit and the dreams that Mr. Heathcliff experiences proves readers that love/loss can destroy a person. The scene that captures the essence of the theme is in chapter 29 when Brontë evokes sympathy for Heathcliff after he explains how he has been tormented for 18 years after the passing of Catherine’s
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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 of Heathcliff" that "A half-civilized ferocity lurked yet in [his] depressed brows
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nature of the multiple narrators means that a sense of otherness and strangeness is preserved. For example Nelly’s narrative is so dramatised that we could argue that much of it is in the form of a tertiary narration‚ e.g. the conversation involving Heathcliff‚ Catherine and Edgar on Heathcliff’s return is recorded in the words of the participants. The effect of this is to present the story directly to the reader so that our perception is constantly changing as if we were witnessing a drama. The difficulty
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a recurring literary theme of the war between passion and responsibility‚ seen specifically within Brontë’s character Heathcliff. In this case‚ Heathcliff’s passion is his overwhelming desire for revenge on the Earnshaw and Linton families in order to gain what he believes is rightfully his. With his mind solely focused on seeking vengeance on those who have hurt him‚ Heathcliff is unable to maintain the responsibilities of an adult‚ a father‚ or even a human being. Brontë demonstrates throughout
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spiritual values‚ which are embodied in the characters‚ especially in the hero Heathcliff. Heathcliff is the hero of the novel‚ the word “Heathcliff” is made up of “heath” and “cliff”‚ means “areas of flat unused land‚ esp. if covered with heath” and “steep face of the rock‚ at the edge of the sea”. Author gave the hero such name; obviously‚ she has a special feeling towards the hero. Being the villain of the tale‚ Heathcliff is regarded the most horrid character on the stage of literature. He manipulates
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placed on the struggles and sufferings the characters have to deal with in their lives. As the protagonists of the novel‚ Heathcliff and Cathy offer an element of debate in whether death does provide release from these struggles and sufferings. Heathcliff appears to undergo the most suffering out of all the characters in the novel. From the beginning of Nelly’s story‚ Heathcliff has faced problem after problem. He is found on the streets of Liverpool by Mr Earnshaw‚ and then brought to Wuthering Heights
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dedication and sense of desolation can be considered as form of heroism displayed by Heathcliff. The other side of Heatcliff is his role as a villain. His purpose of turning into a villain from a good character is to seek revenge from all those who troubled him from his childhood days. It is seen that Heathcliff suffered terrible torture at the hands of Hindley after Mr. Earnshaw’s death. Hindley’s treatment of Heathcliff was "enough to make a fiend of a saint." Hindley deprived him of an education and
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