Catherine Linton

question whether she is an agent in her own story or a victim in someone else’s. Catherine is seen to taking her life into her own hands and not being pushed about which implies she is an agent of passion like Heathcliff. Also, Bridget in The Poor Clare is one of the first women to take the role of the gothic hero, not heroine. She is the agent of her own fate, extreme…

wasted hands,' he answered. 'Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me” (p. 289), as it is suggested by Heathcliff, within his complex relationship with Catherine, Heathcliff is still remarkably forgiving to his loved one, even if Catherine chooses to mary Edgar Linton. Further, "I have lost the faculty of enjoying their destruction, and I am too idle to destroy for nothing"(p. 275)-- while Heathcliff finally gets weary of revenging on Catherine's…

story through flashbacks recorded in diary entries and events are there presented out by Nelly. A Mix of feelings between love , hate and revenge controls the story, Event by event the reader can now understand the story of these two houses clearly. Catherine and Heathcliff's love story moved from the first generation to control the second generation as well, but how that happened? What happened to Catharine and how Heathcliff owns all this wealth although there's another man's man? In this…

Consider how the theme of loss and/or suffering is presented in texts you have studied. ‘Wuthering Heights’ presents the theme of loss and suffering as a blend of psychological, spiritual, and physical experiences, with a similar range of causes. The presentation of loss and suffering in various texts is symptomatic of the societies reflected within texts. ‘Wuthering Heights’ largely presents loss and suffering through the loss of innocence and childhood suffering faced by Cathy and Heathcliff.…

Jane Austen presents changes in social status through marriage in Pride and Prejudice. Towards the beginning of the story, Mr. Darcy states, “it must very materially lessen their chance of marrying men of any consideration in the world…” when he discusses the Bennet sisters with other people of high status (Austen 37). Mr. Darcy’s statement shows the small possibility of a girl of lower status marrying a man of a high status and wealth. During the nineteenth century, nearly all women of any…

clearly stated that she craves for power, over many things including men. Lady Macbeth, and Catherine tried to control men in the stories. They failed in the end because…

and clear in her characters' death when Catherine, one of the characters of the novel , died of tuberculosis like her sisters' death . The novel is one of revenge. It follows Heathcliff's life, a mysterious gypsy-like person , from childhood to death. He was brought up in his adopted family. At first , he was treated in a good way when Mr.Earnshaw was alive, but after Mr.Earnshaw's death, he was treated as a servant. Then he ran away when his beloved Catherine decided to marry another rich and…

Conceived from a society experiencing drastic social upheaval, mutinous political unrest, and revolutionary scientific and technological advancements, Gothic literature emulates the society in which it was born and has transcended generations with its evolution of a literary archetype, whose charismatic and vicious personality captivates its audiences. During the nineteenth century, the romantic-gothic literary movement featured unconventional writers such as Lord Byron, Mary Shelly, and Emily…

Thrushcross Grange is introduced as a refined dwelling with calm weather where the Linton family displays “a scene of unprecedented richness” and civilized qualities such as high class manners and order (Brontë 80). Opposing this image of sophistication, Wuthering Heights is depicted as containing a harsh “atmospheric tumult to which its…

It then furthers the exploration of the emotions of Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by the Earnshaw family, who falls in love with a Catherine Earnshaw, and plans his revenge against her for her perceived rejection of his yearn for her love in return. This intrinsic and extrinsic conflict ultimately proves to be the driving force of action throughout the novel. Published under the pseudonym…