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    References: Bibliography: 1. Brontë‚ E. (1992) Wordsworth Classics: Wuthering Heights. Hertfordshire:Wordsworth editions Limited. 2. de Beauvoir‚ S. (1949) Introduction to the Second Sex Online sources: 1. Rehnuma Bint Anis (2006) The Woman Question in the novels by the Bronte Sisters; available from: http://www.banglajol.info/index

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    Most literature tells a story combining the elements of love‚ hate‚ and revenge. Everyone can relate to these universal emotions. The way in which characters deal with these emotions varies greatly. Some characters let their head rule their heart‚ others let their hearts overrule every objection of their head. Scholars classify these two groups as Apollonian and daemonic. Daemonic figures act on their impulses without thinking about the consequences. Controlled by their emotions‚ Daemonic characters

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    readers buoyant and not disconsolate earned Brontë a large audience. In the final chapters of Wuthering Heights‚ Brontë’s only novel‚ Heathcliff undergoes a spiritual reassessment of himself and apprehends that the love he feels for Catherine surmounts his hunger for revenge against all those‚ and their children‚ who hindered him from being with her. Heathcliff‚ an orphan boy brought to Wuthering Heights by the owner‚ Mr. Earnshaw‚ grew up playing in the moors together with his step-sister Catherine

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    civilization in Wuthering Heights As Charlotte Bronte mentioned on sister Emily’s Wuthering Heights: ”…She did not know what she had done;” creative artists “work passively under dictates [they] neither delivered nor could question.” I can say that Emily Bronte knew what she was doing when approaching the issues of the Wuthering Heights. The antagonic play between nature and culture in Bronte’s vision were of great impact at the time and I could say that this is a reason why Wuthering Heights is a literary

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    self within Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. <br> <br>Thematically‚ the divided self is one of the most interesting themes within both novels and is of great importance to the development or ruin of the characters in both ‘Wuthering Heights’ and ‘Frankenstein.’ Both authors when primarily exploring this theme focus upon the physical‚ mental or spiritual division within certain characters. <br> <br>In Emily Bronte’s novel ‘Wuthering Heights‚’ the principal characters

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    A very complex element of Emily Bronte ’s writing technique is the narrative style she uses when alternating between the two characters of Nelly Dean and Lockwood. Wuthering Heights is a story told through eye witness accounts‚ first through Lockwood‚ followed by Nelly. Lockwood ’s responsibility is shaping the framework of the novel wheras Nelly provides the intricate recount of the personal lives of all the characters having been present first hand. Although‚ each character does have a different

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    THE CONFLICT BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE IN WUTHERING HEIGHTS In Wuthering Heights there is a clear battle between human nature‚ and the attempt to control it with civilization and culture. The conflict between nature and culture which is a part of the thematic structure of this novel is presented in the relationship between two residences: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange as well as its inhabitants. Wuthering Heights represents the wildness of nature‚ passion and life‚ where as Thrushcross

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    escape his nature. Love‚ however‚ seems to be at the centre of his rage. From the beginning of the novel (and most likely from the beginning of Heathcliff’s life) he has suffered pain and rejection. When Mr. Earnshaw brings him to Wuthering Heights‚ he is viewed as a thing rather than a child. Mrs. Earnshaw was ready to fling it out the doors‚ while Nelly put it on the landing of the stairs hoping that it would be gone the next day. Hindley had a deep sibling rivalry for the child. Without

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    Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte describes the justices and injustices that were shown in the Romantic period that it was written. The character that was most influenced in the novel was Heathcliff‚ the byronic hero‚ by the injustices he faced as a child and growing up. He seeks revenge against Hindley at first and later Edgar Linton because of the treatment he receives from the both. Heathcliff is not only affected by the characters in the novel but also the setting which is Thrushcross Grange

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    Wuthering Heights Relation to Emily Bronte’s life Characterization: 1. Hindley- Bronte used the character of Hindley to represent her brother. Emily Bronte’s brother drank himself to death just as Hindley did.         2. Edgar- When Catherine died‚ Edgar became exceedingly private and quiet. Edgar represents Emily Bronte’s own father. When Bronte’s mother died‚ her father followed the same pattern that Edgar did by secluding himself and becoming very quiet.     3. Catherine- Emily Bronte

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