With close textual analysis of Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte and Atonement by Ian McEwan to what extent do the writers use their characters obsessive natures as the driving force of their fiction? Throughout Wuthering Heights‚ Bronte demonstrates the theme of obsessive natures within love and relationships. This is especially presented through the character of Heathcliff-due to his desire for Catherine’s love‚ ’wrenched open the lattice‚ bursting ... into an uncontrollable passion of tears’-chapter
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Discuss outsiders and marginalisation in Wuthering Heights Isolation and marginalisation are key themes that run throughout the novel. They are shown in a variety of ways such as‚ the two main houses (Wuthering heights and Thrushcross Grange)‚ the marginalisation of the lower classes and also the isolation of individual characters. A literary critique by Katherine Swan suggested that ‘Wuthering Heights’ was a novel filled with ‘dark passion and misguided characters’ and I believe the isolation of
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brother Hindley. Catherine loves Heathcliff so intensely that she claims they are the same person but does not marry him because Hindley has degraded him after their father’s death so her desire for social advancement motivates her to marry Edgar Linton instead‚ a neighbour from Thrushcross Grange and he is handsome and rich‚ another reason for Catherine marrying him. She is quite passionate about Heathcliff though‚ and does not want to give him up. She becomes ill when Heathcliff and Edgar fight
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themes secondary to the theme of love? Consider the following themes: Clash of elemental forces. The universe is made up of two opposite forces‚ storm and calm. Wuthering Heights and the Earnshaws express the storm; Thrushcross Grange and the Lintons‚ the calm. Catherine and Heathcliff are elemental creatures of the storm. This theme is discussed more fully in Later Critical response to Wuthering Heights The clash of economic interests and social classes. The novel is set at a time when
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takes many forms in Wuthering Heights: the grand passion of Heathcliff and Catherine‚ the insipid sentimental languishing of Lockwood‚ the coupleism of Hindley and Frances‚ the tame indulgence of Edgar‚ the romantic infatuation of Isabella‚ the puppy love of Cathy and Linton‚ and the flirtatious sexual attraction of Cathy and Hareton. These lovers‚ with the possible exception of Hareton and Cathy‚ are ultimately self-centered and ignore the needs‚ feelings‚ and claims of others; what matters is the
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Byronic Hero Assignment Attribute: | How the character shows it: | Textual Support: | Conflicting emotions by polar tendencies or moodiness | Heathcliff shows this when he was excited for Catherine to come home‚ then he was upset | “With that he dashed head foremost out of the room‚ amid the merriment of the master and mistress‚ and to the serious disturbance of Catherine; who could not comprehend how her remarks should have produced such an exhibition of bad temper.” (pg. 49) | Self-destructive
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struck one side of the coffin loose‚ and covered it up: not Linton’s side‚ damn him! I wish he’d been soldered in lead - and I bribed the sexton to pull it away‚ when I’m laid there‚ and slide mine out too. I’ll have it made so‚ and then‚ by the time Linton gets to us‚ he’ll not know which is which!’" (Bronte 275) Heathcliff now realizes that he cannot access Catherine’s true presence by capturing people and objects associated with her. Ever since Catherine’s death‚ he has obtained power over everything
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But I think it is Heathcliff’s “dark” skin tone arguably scares his companions into acting in such a way. Like other dark figures such as Othello in Shakespeares “Othello” Heathcliff posses the capability to love a “thousand” times better than Edgar Linton‚ thus suggesting that he posses the capability to love a thousand times better than us‚ the audience. He is what Freud described as a monumental figure- he is larger than life. His capability to love like a God causes us to immediately denounce him
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Concerning Heathcliff‚ the antagonist of Emily Bronte’s masterpiece “Wuthering Heights‚” man or monster seems to be the resounding question. Throughout the book Heathcliff is shown to be a bitter fiend‚ but his story may also draw sympathy from the reader; his battle throughout life to be with the woman he loves is perhaps one of the most wretched love stories in all literature. Although raised by an upper-middle class family‚ Heathcliff cannot hide the fact that his ancestry is anything but gentry
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Catherine earnshaw’s death is arguably the most significant event in the novel‚ not only does it signify an enhancement in Heathcliff’s passion for catherine but it also marks the climax in the Novel and further assembles the themes associated with other characters. Catherine being torn between her husband and the love of her life must also bear a child which proves to be too much for a single person‚ driving her to sickness and eventually death. Good understanding. C’s death in the most significant
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