Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Throughout the Victorian-era novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte utilizes religion to examine how a character’s beliefs influence not merely his or her treatment of other characters, but also the decisions that he or she makes and the reasoning behind these decisions. Jane Eyre, on her search for autonomy, searches for God’s guidance when she needs Him most. While Jane has trust in God, and acknowledges that God’s presence is everywhere, she affirms that God gives humans the power to make their own fate. Jane’s view of religion, as well as human nature, is impacted by her relationships with Helen Burns, Mr. Brocklehurst, and St. John, as religion plays a key role in the course of the lives of these three characters. By contrasting the different religious beliefs of Helen, Mr. Brocklehurst, and St. John, and by highlighting the effects of their religious views on their actions and thoughts, Bronte is asserting that a person’s religious beliefs are not consistently a strong measure of that person’s character.

The curious life Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights and a collection of poems, has been highly analyzed alongside those of her sisters and fellow writers, Charlotte and Anne, for decades. Born in 1818, Emily was the fifth of six children born to Patrick and Maria Bronte. Her father was curate of Haworth parsonage in Yorkshire, England, a home for local clergymen, where Emily spent nearly all of her life. The lonely parsonage offered few companions for Bronte besides her family, but included a large library which consumed her childhood. Bronte never married, and much of her later life was filled with caring for her alcoholic brother, Branwell. This solitary life and experience with Branwell seems to have heavily influenced Wuthering Heights, the only novel written by Bronte, which centers on a similar setting of isolated, lonely households and contains a heavily alcoholic character.

Earnshaw almost forces to conform to the disorderly system, like an ill-fitting puzzle piece. He is raised in a civilization that delegates him as the lowest of the low, and it causes him to develop resentment toward those in power. It is important for the reader to take note of Emily Bronte’s belief in the natural organization of social class – one that morphs in disorder. Therefore, Heathcliff can be viewed as the antagonist as he tries to construct a social class system that puts him at the top of the food chain around the previously natural Wuthering Heights. Rather than forcing himself into the puzzle of Wuthering Heights, he tries to build a new puzzle around himself. When Mr. Earnshaw establishes Heathcliff as his favorite child, Hindley is appalled by this disruption to the status quo. As a result, Hindley tries to gain power for himself by bullying Catherine and Heathcliff into positions lower than him; Heathcliff caused the inhabitants to fight for the social class structure that they had previously ignored. This is shown again when Catherine longs to be part of the upper class, saying “if I marry Linton, I can aid Heathcliff to rise and place him out of my brother’s power” (82). Heathcliff’s application of a new social structure does not help him have power over

Heathcliff is the main character of this novel, and the readers are taken on a story through his life, from a young boy to his death. Heathcliff was introduced into the novel as a homeless child adopted by the Earnshaw family. The Earnshaw family consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Earnshaw

Jane experiences issues in each of the settings she resides in. In Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Jane Eyre, the Reed family abuses Jane at Gateshead. Similarly, Mr. Brocklehurst harms and strips Jane of her self confidence at Lowood, the institution he manages. After her time at Lowood, Rochester betrays Jane in his home, Thornfield Hall. In order to rid herself of that hurtful emotion, Jane escapes to the Moor house. However, at her supposed sanctuary, St. John, one of the members of the household, takes Jane’s power away. Jane drifts through multiple settings in the plot as a way to cope with the insecurities instilled in her.

The social class imposed upon the people of the Victorian Era followed harmed people’s lives instead of improving them, as seen through the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Through symbolism, characters, and settings, the negative effects of the class structure prevents people from living a life they want, thus causing people to adopt a persona instead of living their true

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is considered a masterpiece today, however when it was first published, it received negative criticism for its passionate nature. Critics have studied the novel from every analytical angle, yet it remains one of the most haunting love stories of all time. “Wuthering Heights is not a comfortable book; it invites admiration rather than love,” (Stoneman 1). The novel contains several different levels that force readers to ponder the text. It allows for individual interpretations of the novel. This makes the novel such a popular book to read. Wuthering Heights is a Gothic

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte voiced the radical opinions of Brönte on religion, gender, and social class. Jane Eyre, a young orphan who lived with her vituperative aunt and cousins, strayed away from the Victorian ideals of a woman and established a new status for herself. Jane Eyre was originally written in 1827 and was heavily influenced by the late gothic literature of the 19th century. Gothic literary aspects such as supernatural occurrences, mysteries and dark secrets, madness and danger, and overall suspense created the basis for Jane Eyre. Although Jane Eyre embodied a strong female figure with confidence and intelligence, Jane constantly struggled to find balance between freedom and love in her life.

Since the beginning of time, society has always struggled with the concepts of social classes, religion, and reason v. passion. These timeless issues are shown all throughout history in novels, poems, songs, and other tools that depict history. One great work of art that portrays these constant struggles is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë. While addressing social issues of a governess, Brontë also tackles Victorian society’s corrupt and unjust ideals by using different settings and characters such as Mr. Rochester and Gateshead Manor. In Jane Eyre, the depiction of a rigid social class restricts the protagonist, Jane Eyre, from marrying her love, Mr. Rochester. Sadly, Jane’s relationship is also jeopardized by passion v. reason, which is a constant theme used thought the story in places like Lowood and Thronfield. Throughout the novel, the development of Jane’s view of God can be seen, along with different influential aspects of setting and character. Because Jane Eyre is a bildungsroman, Jane Eyre is a constantly evolving character who faces struggles seen in the Victorian era and all throughout history by the influence of people and locations.

The nineteenth-century novel Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte is considered to be a gothic novel. Gothic literature took place mostly in England from 1790 to 1830, falling into the category of Romantic literature. The Gothic takes its roots from previous horrifying writing that extends back to the Middle Ages and can still be found in writings today by many authors including Charlotte Bronte. The strong description of horror, abuse, and gruesomeness in Gothic novels reveals truths to readers through realistic fear. The main characteristics of Gothic literature include: being set in medieval times, dream-states, setting of dark castles and chambers, doubling, and mysterious appearances and disappearances. All of these elements play a major

Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, makes use of the Victorian era by showing us a character that goes against the norm. The Victorian era was a much different time than it is right now. As individuals and their families who were born in an inferior class were not valued. Bronte created Jane as a way to show us this by giving her a very complex story. Unlike most people in that era Jane was able to live well. She was living with the Reed’s and is also educated yet throughout all of these so call blessings she is still an unwanted orphan and a poor one at that.

In Charlotte Bronte 's transitioning novel Jane Eyre, the fundamental character Jane not just battles with the parts of social class deviations additionally her voyage to locate her own confidence in God and religion. On her trip she experiences three enormously extraordinary minor departure from Christian confidence, all of which, however she at last rejects, help her reach her own decisions of her own confidence and deep sense of being. Her first genuine addressing of religion is with her companion and Lowood school Helen Burns. Jane observes Helen to be gently dedicated in her confidence in God, and Jane appreciates her for it. In any case, Jane battles to acknowledge Helen 's uninvolved view, as it does not have the understanding that Jane looks for. Likewise, at Lowood Jane experiences the proprietor of the school Mr. Brocklehurst, who goes about as a tyrant over the young ladies and instructors at Lowood. His religious goals are those of yield yet it is obvious that Mr. Brocklehurst takes no thought of these goals in his own way of life. Jane promptly rejects Mr. Brocklehurst 's perspective as it is so clearly fraudulent. At long last Jane meets her cousin St. John, a pastor. After watching him and watching one of his sermons she understands that however he is driven and energetic his perspectives concentrate on "disturbing goals" as restrict to the elevating of deep sense of being. She understands that St. John does not have a genuine comprehension of what confidence

The story Jane Eyre has several characters full of dynamic characteristics that seem like true personalities from the real world. Through this story, I was able to make connections between their personalities and the color personality test. It is incredible to see that these characters are built based on actual personalities, and most surprisingly, I was able to quickly categorize them into the four color categories based on their actions and dialogues. The Blue personality tends to be defined as sincere and sympathetic, usually involved in love and affection. The Orange personality is defined as adventurous full of spontaneity and charisma. The gold personality is majorly being responsible with assets and wealth as well as organized. Last but not least, the Green personality, which is defined as ingenuity and intelligence.

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Bronte, and Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, are two well-known 18th and 19th century novels written by women. Jane Eyre follows part of Elizabeth Bennet’s life as she and her sisters begin courtships and finally marry. In Jane Eyre, the story follows the life of an orphan girl, Jane Eyre, as she grows up and lives amidst many disappointments and hardship after hardship. Although both stories have much romance in them, they are written in very different styles, making their characters more difficult to compare. Jane Eyre is a book written in the Romantic and somewhat Gothic style, and places importance on describing everything. Pride and Prejudice, however, is more of a reaction to the Romantic

The process of “defining” the genre of a novel is rarely straightforward; a few notable works of literature inspire constant scholarly debate about their particular category. The most well-known novels often contain elements from multiple, sometimes conflicting, genres. Wuthering Heights, written by the famous Emily Brontë, is one pointed example of a divisive novel in this sense. Although it possesses characteristics of a diverse range of literature, inconsistencies undermine many standard categorizations. Wuthering Heights is far too twisted and its concept of love far too flawed to be a romantic novel, although the saga of Heathcliff and Cathy is undoubtedly a love story. As a whole, Wuthering Heights is best described as a Gothic romance novel: Brontë’s masterpiece possesses nearly every attribute of a Gothic tale when she describes the setting of the novel, the characters included (especially Heathcliff himself), and themes such as death, among others, but her story also includes critical elements of both passionate love and societal love, thus sending a message about the consequences of desire.