Analysis Of Wuthering Heights

Wuthering heights is a story written by Emily Bronte featuring a group of families living within and around the place called wuthering heights in the isolated moor country of England. The timeline of the story is written between 1801 and 1802. The main character of the story is Heathcliff since most of the events revolve around him. He is depicted as an orphaned swarthy boy picked from Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw who is the owner of wuthering heights. The story is narrated by Nelly to Lockwood who is the new tenant of the Thrushcross Grange owned by Heathcliff. Out of curiosity of his landlord’s dour nature, Lockwood lures Nelly, his housekeeper, to narrate to him the story about wuthering heights. Therefore, the story is narrated through flashbacks where Nelly recounts her life and experiences at wuthering heights since she was a child and a servant. The thesis of this novel is the different nature of love that exists between families and lovers and what that love brings out of every individual.

Heathcliff is the main character of the novel. He is an orphaned son brought in by Mr. Earnshaw from Liverpool. He is depicted as a romantic hero in the novel along with other characteristics such as brooding, vengeful and obsessive. His love for Catherine Earnshaw is most definitely unrelenting and unconditional owing to the fact that he pleads with her spirit to haunt him after she dies. Catherine also confirms the same by noting that they are identical. However, due to their different interests and desires, they do not end up together as it is supposed to be. Catherine is slowly lured and infatuated by Edgar to marry him in preference to Heathcliff mainly because ofher desire for wealth and social status (Bronte 12).

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...ng class such as that of Hareton family was being destroyed by the economic coalition of the newly-wealthy capitalists such as Heathcliff as well as the traditional power-holding gentry represented by the Lintons. This change is very significant in the novel and brings a clear picture of the timeline set for historical and political revolution in England.

It is noticeable in the novel that love and hatred are pronounced well throughout the story. Traditional beliefs at the time are also brought out well in the novel. This is evident of the spiritual aspects associated with the belief existence of ghosts such as is seen in the case of Catherine and Heathcliff wandering the moors. The economic and political struggle between the middle class and the upper class is also brought out well in the novel to show what was taking place during the time Bronte wrote the novel.