Essays on Bronte

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In Wuthering Heights love comes in many forms. There are various examples of it throughout the novel. Most people think first and perhaps only, of Heathcliff and Catherine. There love was obsessive and destructive. It burned them both with a fire so big it could not be put out even by death. Heathcliff loved and hated Catherine, cursed her soul that she would have no peace, and then begged her to haunt him so he could have none either (Bronte 201). But there is much love to be found in Bronte’s 1847 novel. Consider for example Lockwood. Lockwood ...

Heathcliff is my favorite character because of the depth of his struggle to reconcile his love for Catherine and having lost her. He begins to go mad and sees her ghost, begging her to come back. Even though he had moments when he hated her, he would rather have her there to torture him as a spirit than leave his completely alone (“Wuthering Heights Overview”).

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I could not stand to see Cathy happy with Edgar but it would have been horrible to see her miserable, too. I want her still and there is a part of me that became ...

Great works of art are timeless. Even though they may be many differences in the way that they are presented, the subjects and themes of the human experiences have remained the same throughout the years. As such, the classic works of art present readers with commentary on their own condition, no matter how much time has elapsed from the work of art’s inception to the present day. One of these classic pieces is Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. This is a Romantic Gothic novel set in nineteenth century England, with a strong presence of the supernatural and social ...

Northanger Abbey does not seem to have as many dangerous relationships as Wuthering Heights. These could be because Austin does not seem to write her characters in same dark tone that Bronte does. Austin’s characters seem to better realize their own fallibilities. In Northanger Abbey the romantic relationships are between Catherine and Henry, Catherine and John, Isabella and James and Isabella and Frederick. While some of these relationships may be slightly troublesome none are near as toxic as the relationships in Wuthering Heights, especially the one between Catherine and Heathcliff. In Northanger Abbey, Catherine Morland meets and takes ...

Family environment is the foundation of child’s healthy development. The role of the parents in the family is very important; rather family is formed with parents only. The major role of parents in the family is to raise the child with responsibility. When the person is small, family is his/her only world. But the situation does not remain the same in his/her adolescent phase. This phase is very different and the scope of the person’s life starts expanding gradually. The friends, peers are equally important in this age. Still the teenagers cannot completely be separated from his/her ...