Wuthering Heights Changed

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The plot - part 1

The novel was written by Emily Bronte in 1847 under her pen name Ellis Bell.The story revolves around two houses:

• Wuthering Heights, the house of Earnshaws
• Thrushcross Grange, the house of Lintons

The plot - part 2

• Edgar's proposal
• Catherine's confession
• Heathcliff ' revenge
• Catherine's death

the characters

Nelly Dean

Catherine

Heathcliff

• Daughter of Mr & Mrs Earnshaw
• Free-spirited

• Narrator of the story
• Loyal protector of the family

• Anti-hero
• His unkindness surpasses his positive traits

revenge

• Heathcliff gets revengeful toward Hindley

Violence

• Abuse that Heathcliff suffers
• Isabella becomes victim of Heathcliff's violence.

success and social standing

Success and social standing, two hallmarks of the upper-class, also becomes a thematic strand when Catherine decides to marry Edgar because he's from an established family, whereas Heathcliff does not find her expectations being fulfilled. So, she chooses success and social standing over love.

class differences

Class differences mark the centre of the novel. The author explores the foreign concept of class distinction in-depth in the story by defining each character's class and how these differences impact their lives.

opposing principles

• Wuthering Heights: rustic and wild. It's severe and gloomy, firmly rooted in local tradition and custom.
• Thrushcross Grange: more civilized and controlled atmosphere. It reflect their conception of life, based on stability, kindness, and respectability.

ROMANTIC ELEMENTS

gothic elements

• Sinister atmosphere
• Wilderness
• Catherine's ghost

Correspondance between the violent passions of the characters and the wild natural landscape.

" He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same."

Emily Bronte, Wuthering Heights