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    everything but Catherine Earnshaw –his childhood sweetheart whom he had instantly fallen in love with.—and revenge upon anyone who had tried to keep them apart. The novel begins with a few short introduction chapters which Bronte had most likely used to illustrate how incompetent the character of Lockwood was, and to foreshadow what was to come in later chapters. After these, it begins to immediately demonstrate to the reader the plight of

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    when she is confronted by Heathcliff, she is reminded of Wuthering Heights and begins to miss the place she once was so eager to leave. Catherine begins to see the Grange as superficial and confining, and at first she is only annoyed by this, but eventually the suffocating enclosure causes Catherine to lash out at her husband and all the Grange represents. Catherine, aware of her incestuous attraction to Heathcliff, believes the Grange is destroying her, and because of her disgust of the Grange and

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    name. Wuthering, meaning a fierce wind, pertains to the wind stirring the souls of the two characters, Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and brings their emotions to extreme heights, which results in extreme behaviour and acting without thinking about the possible consequences. The main theme of this gothic romance novel is passion. The strong emotions such as love, hate, and desire that Catherine and Heathcliff feel for each other and the people around them controls their actions and makes their

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    emotions. While they stripped Catherine and Isabella of their identities in differing ways, the end result ended up very much the same. Catherine was unhappy during the first several months of her marriage to Edgar. Nelly compared Catherine to a thorn, before telling Lockwood that “I observed that Mr. Edgar had a deep-rooted fear of ruffling her humour” (Brontë 95). Such a fear of upsetting someone would not be necessary if they were happy. She went on to say that Catherine had experienced periods of

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    Wuthering Heights is one of the most famous novels of the Victorian time period. Emily Brontë coins the intricacy of her creations in a multitude of admirable literary ways. In this tragic and twisted love story, Brontë presents her characters in pairs, conveys a unique story-telling method, and utilizes internal character turmoil in order to build the distinct characterization of many characters. The complexity of the characters’ beings leads way to a compelling love story that also serves as a

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    Section I: Significance of Title The title of the book is named after the house where most of the action takes place. In the beginning, Lockwood describes Wuthering Heights. “Wuthering Heights is the name of Mr. Heathcliff’s dwelling. ‘Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing

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    social status could be construed as directly correlating to whom said individual could socialize with, marry, or have any ties too. Perhaps maybe there weren’t three individuals that knew this more than the three of Wuthering Heights Edgar Linton, Catherine Earnshaw, and Heathcliff. The Victorian Era had many elements that could be tied to it but the one that will be the center focus for this paper will be realism. Realism emphasized the middle class and rejected the heroic in favor of the ordinary

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    makes no effort every day be fine and straight away will become a source of deep curiosity daily Lockwood. A blizzard forces Lockwood daily spend the night time at Wuthering Heights, and he has crazy nightmares entire with a wailing ghost named Catherine Lindailyn trying to come thru the window. So, now that Lockwood is settled inday-to-day his new house, he invitations the housekeeper, Ellen "Nelly" Dean, daily the story of the curious inhabitants of Wuthering Heights. Then

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    Destructive love The theme of destructive love within relationships in shakespeare’s Macbeth and Bronte’s Wuthering Heights are presented through sexism, jealousy, and betrayal. This three factors are the main causes of broken relationships and arguments between the partners. A good example would be the stories of Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Wuthering Heights. Sexism, jealousy, and betrayal can also lead to death in a destructive love. Love can be defined as an attraction of feelings, states, and

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    her love again. "I seek no revenge on you, that 's not the plan. The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don 't turn against him; they crush those beneath them" (Bronte, p. 103). This quote shows that Heathcliff is not trying to get revenge on Catherine. Although she turned against him, he cannot do the same to her. “I 'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don 't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!” (Bronte p. 54). When he cannot have

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