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    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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    and open wilderness‚ one that cannot be easily navigated through‚ or at least according to Lockwood. However‚ to both Heathcliff and Catherine the moors represent freedom- they are a place without boundaries where they can be together‚ as seen in her dying words‚ where she wishes she ‘were out of doors […] among the heather on those hills’ and also‚ after death‚ a boy sees ‘Heathcliff and a woman‚ yonder’- their togetherness after death on the moor shows how despite its harshness‚ it becomes their

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    Not Scared’ by Gabriele Salvatores. In my answer I will discuss four unexpected moments of each text‚ three minor and one major. ’Wuthering Heights’ is a gothic romance novel set in the late 18th century and is a story of an adopted orphan child‚ Heathcliff‚ who is then is reduced to the status of a servant‚ running away when the young woman he loves decides to marry another. He returns later‚ rich and educated‚ and sets about gaining his revenge on the two families that he believed ruined his life

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    Wuthering Heights to be a straightforward‚ if intense‚ love story — Romeo and Juliet on the Yorkshire Moors. But this is a mistake. Really the story is one of revenge. It follows the life of Heathcliff‚ a mysterious gypsy-like person‚ from childhood (about seven years old) to his death in his late thirties. Heathcliff rises in his adopted family and then is reduced to the status of a servant‚ running away when the young woman he loves decides to marry another. He returns later‚ rich and educated‚ and

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    disgust at Cathy’s behaviour in chapters 9 and 10 of Wuthering Heights.’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? (40 marks) Chapters 9 and 10 see Catherine Earnshaw confess her love for Heathcliff but ultimately agree to marry Edgar Linton for the betterment of her social status. Heathcliff is also transformed after three years‚ and it is obvious that both he and Catherine are still very much in love. Whether Catherine’s behaviour in these chapters can be viewed as anything but disgusting

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    Brontë’s ”Wuthering Heights” The second log - the characters: Heathcliff‚ defined as the misunderstood romantic is the highlight of the book and the person whom was described as the ssperfect misanthropist during the exposition of this tale who plays out in an area of England of which I am foreign to. Retrieved from the cold and wet streets of Liverpool was a colored boy of which nationality the reader is not enlightened with. Heathcliff is‚ to begin with‚ an extremely silent boy who relies on his

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    her suggestions‚ however it woke up my curiosity‚ so I tried to look into it a bit more thoroughly. Having read it again I found that the segments which show her attitude most clearly are the ones which have to do with Catherine‚ Heathcliff and the Catherine Heathcliff relationship. Therefore‚ I shall next try to sum up the arguments that affected me most. She first made it clear that Wuthering Heights is‚ in fact‚ a coexistence of opposites‚ a place where hell can become heaven and heaven hell

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    Question: How‚ and to what effects‚ does Bronte use different settings in Wuthering Heights? In the book Wuthering Heights‚ the author‚ Bronte‚ has created three different main settings. They are Wuthering Heights‚ Thrushcross Grange and the moors. The whole story mainly took place in these three places. In Wuthering Heights‚ the atmosphere is always dark and gloomy. Also‚ it is quite uncivilised. On the other hand‚ Thrushcross Grange is bright and welcoming‚ and is full of peace and calmness

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    Love? It is a complex subject that cannot be defined as a single definition without branching onto various aspects of its attraction. In fact‚ the relationship of Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff Earnshaw‚ developed into a miscellaneous affair of unrequited love and sealed desire. In the excerpt‚ the passage can be informed by the beginning of conformity over love‚ a distance between the young couple‚ and the start of a social barrier. In Wuthering Heights‚ young Catherine was influenced by the

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    By choosing a social status Catherine betrays Heathcliff and pursues Edgar Linton. This decision has an echoing effect throughout the book. As Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights he brings only vengeful tactics with him. Seeking to oppress Edgar‚ Heathcliff mentally and physically abuses Isabella‚ Edgar´s sister. "And I like her too ill to attempt it‚" said he‚ "except in a very ghoulish fashion. You’d

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