For this summer assignment I have chosen to read, “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte.
Choosing Wuthering Heights was one of the more challenging steps to the reading assignment. When reading older novels, I find that the plotline is very interesting but it has a lengthy development. When choosing from a selected list, starting with the female writers is my first step. With female writers I find I can get a better perspective of the characters. When I looked up the summary of this book, I saw that there was a romance that was going to be developed between two of the main characters. This is what overall made me pick this book, because when a novel has a love story it makes me enjoy it just a little more.
I found the organization of the book
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One thing that struck me was the abuse to Heathcliff at home. This took place once Mr. Earnshaw had died, and once Hindley Earnshaw became the owner of the home. Bitter hatred for Heathcliff due to the past favoritism by his father, made Hindley abusive to Heathcliff as revenge. I hear all the time about people that go through similar aspects of this part of the book. Abuse in the home is a serious problem in our society and I feel that this represents that. A person (Heathcliff), was abused because of a reason they could not control (Favoritism.) Showing what people go through can help bring awareness to the problem and help the fight to end abuse.
To finish this letter I want to give you my personal reaction to the novel. I found “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte to be a really good novel for its time. The characters were very interesting and vivid in their description. Having the same point of view to look at the background of the family made it easier to make my own thoughts on the characters. Even though I enjoyed the plotline of the book one thing I would change is the length. It was a bit long for my taste and I would make the book a bit shorter. Overall, I enjoyed the book and I can’t wait to be in you class this
Wuthering Heights was written by Emily Bronte’, although she first published her novels under a gentleman’s name. Her famous novel has become a classic in English literature. It would be the least to say her imagination was quite impressive. Through her child imagination, Bronte’ and her siblings would write children stories. “Emily’s childhood created an imaginary nation, originating from the numerous poems devoted to the doings of the Gondals” (Bradner 129). The ‘Gondal’ poems they wrote inspired some of the fairly known novels. “The Gondals were written in her poetry as late as 1845” (Bradner 129). Wuthering Heights contains crossing genres, changing settings, multiple narrators, and unreliable narrators. Bonte’s techniques and ideals
The gothic and often disturbing Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte’s classic novel that contains undeniably powerful writing that created her timeless love story. Andrea Arnold transformed her masterpiece into a cinematic rendition to recreate the wild and passionate story of the deep and destructive love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.
Wuthering Heights is a novel which deviates from the standard of Victorian literature. The novels of the Victorian Era were often works of social criticism. They generally had a moral purpose and promoted ideals of love and brotherhood. Wuthering Heights is more of a Victorian Gothic novel; it contains passion, violence, and supernatural elements (Mitchell 119). The world of Wuthering Heights seems to be a world without morals. In Wuthering Heights, Brontë does not idealize love; she presents it realistically, with all its faults and merits. She shows that love is a powerful force which can be destructive or redemptive. Heathcliff has an all-consuming passion for Catherine. When she chooses to marry Edgar, his spurned love turns into a
Wuthering Heights is a book containing an intricate plot, and a labyrinth of relationships and emotions. The characterization in this book
In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte uses the setting of the English Moors, a setting she is familiar with, to place two manors, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. The first symbolizes man's dark side while the latter symbolizes an artificial utopia. This 19th century setting allows the reader to see the destructive nature of love when one loves the wrong person.
“The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish,” said Robert Louis Stevenson, author of Treasure Island. Any person can write a book, but to be able to write what you mean and affect your readers is very difficult. A writer simply can’t just drop dialogue into a character’s mouth without having any context of the dialogue. If an author has his or her character saying “I’m broke,” what does this really mean without any context? To Oprah Winfrey, being broke may mean she can’t buy a Silk Jet, a winery, or a country. To a middle- class American, being broke may mean they can’t buy a new pair of shoes that week, buy a new car, or get their hair
Emily Bronte created a book called Wuthering Heights that was published in 1847. The book has been rejected multiple times by the Victorian readers because of its disturbing, unexplained vision of anarchy and decay (Knoepflmacher). I chose the book Wuthering Heights because it has an interesting name. I never thought the book was narrated by two people and that it had a dramatic romance to it. Also I have notice that there is a large amount of hate towards the character Heathcliff due to his actions towards revenge. Although many critics claim that Heathcliff is the true villain of Wuthering Heights I disagree with these critics because in my opinion Heathcliff is not the true villain of Wuthering Heights. I say this because a villain is
The central subject of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte is the love between Heathcliff and Catherine. The novel sets the narrative up for Edgar Linton 's proposal to Catherine by having Catharine get bit by the Linton 's dog and then having her stay at Thrushcross Grange. During this time, she is learning how to be a proper lady all while becoming closer with the Linton 's. The novel sets the narrative up for Catherine 's death by showing Catherine 's relationship between Edgar and Heathcliff. Although, Catherine is married to Edgar she still has Heathcliff come around because she can 't be apart from him. This exceptionally shows during Catherine 's death when Heathcliff decides to stay with her, even though he knows Edgar is coming. The1998 film adaptation reveals the same central subject, however, it includes slightly different information and tools to portray the subject.
The genres through both Wuthering Heights and Game of Thrones changes profusely. The love aspects through these novels are unbearable to become unnoticed. Wuthering Heights contains love for two men from starting with Catherine Earnshaw. The noted love flows down to their children. Catherine’s child, Young Cathy, also deals with this love and marriage turmoil. Throughout Game of Thrones series of marriages of take place. Some of the marriages were arranged, although the love between men and women depicted is quite relevant to the novel. The love stories depicted in both novels portrays
“Wuthering heights”, a novel that explores different types of imagery: natural and supernatural. Along the storyline, the characters change and the reflections are noticed throughout with symbolic natural occurrences. In times of disarray and unrest, “Wuthering Heights” becomes symbolic in representing the uncertainty of the characters. In times of calm, “Thrushcross Grange” takes over as the new setting for a time of stability. When there is need from escape, many of the characters retreat the the moors for peace and a change in
Emily Bronte was born in 1818 and published Wuthering Heights in 1847. Wuthering Heights, reflects her experience with both the Romantic Era, which existed from 1785 to 1830, and the Victorian Era, which took place from 1830 to 1848. Romantics placed high importance on the individual, nature and human emotion. The Victorian Era, in turn, was a reaction to the Romantic period. The Victorians had a sense of social responsibility, which set them apart from the Romantics. Wuthering Heights exemplifies both periods with its presentation of a natural, all-encompassing love between Heathcliff and Catherine, encased by the pressures of social rank, responsibility and economics. Bronte’s novel presents a strong criticism of the shallow values
Coming from a very talented and literate family background, the Brontë sisters have both written novels centered on orphans’ pursuits of love that may have challenged civilized society. Emily Jane Brontë and Charlotte Brontë are among the six children born to Reverend Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell Brontë (“Emily Brontë”). The loss of their mother and two eldest sisters resulted in different responses between Charlotte and Emily, while Emily became shyer, Charlotte developed a dominant attitude (“Charlotte Brontë”). Initially unsuccessful, Wuthering Heights was written during the years 1845 and 1846 by Emily Brontë and published in 1847 under the pseudonym Ellis Bell (“Wuthering Heights”). The novel follows two generations of orphaned lovers between the manors Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. Later, Charlotte Brontë wrote Jane Eyre in 1846 and published it in October 1847 under the pseudonym Currer Bell(“Jane Eyre”). Her novel was about Jane Eyre, an orphaned girl, and follows her through many of the challenges she faces regarding the balance between her responsibility and her desire for passion. Even though both novels focus on challenges between societal duties and passionate loves, Wuthering Heights is a rougher and more detached novel compared to Jane Eyre because Emily Brontë was a reclusive and mysterious person whereas Charlotte Brontë was a courageous and outspoken person.
2. Author and date Written: Emily Bronte author of Wuthering Heights wrote the book between October 1845 and June 1846
The novel has been studied, analyzed, dissected, and discussed from every imaginable critical perspective, yet it remains unexhausted. The novel teases the reader with the possibility that Heathcliff is something other than what he seems—that his cruelty is merely an expression of his frustrated love for Catherine, or that his sinister behaviours serve to conceal the heart of a romantic hero. Traditionally, romance novel heroes appear dangerous, brooding, and cold at first, only later to emerge as fiercely devoted and loving. And while the novel’s structure, symbolism, language and themes may all spark fertile exploration, the bulk of its popularity may rest on its unforgettable characters. I think that such a cross racial relationship would have stood a chance in a conservative Victorian society. As a shattering presentation of the doomed love affair between the fiercely passionate Catherine and Heathcliff, it remains one of the most haunting love stories in all of literature. "Wuthering Heights" honest and accurate portrayal of life during an early era provides a glimpse of history, and the literary merit it possesses in and of itself enables the text to rise above entertainment and rank as
"Wuthering Heights" is the novel not only about love and revenge. It shows how strong passionate feelings govern the actions of individuals and even encourage the horrific crimes (Shakespearean theme in Bronte). For this novel inherent moral ambiguity. The author gives the reader the opportunity to shape attitudes and make their own assessment of the actions of the characters of the novel, it is the perception of "Wuthering Heights" is constantly changing from one reading to the next.