Compare And Contrast Jane Eyre And Wuthering Heights

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There is no scarcity of material in the subject of love. It is an important part of how society has come to be what it is today, a gem that has continued to exponentially grow in value over the centuries. Yet despite all of the paragraphs upon paragraphs of discussion that comes along with the topic of love—it is for certain that love creates an irrationality within the confines of the human mind. It makes the strongest of individuals waver or the seemingly all-knowing blinded from the truth. The idea of Love can be described at times kind and peaceful, yet at other times vicious and unrelenting seems to be its middle name. So which one is it? Or is love an interchangeable entity? According to Alicia Keys, love is very much “Like the Sea.” In her beliefs, love is often punishing to those who reside within its waves and could very well take those who fail to succeed under; yet it could also be beautiful and rewarding experience once the couple manages to weather the storm. Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights deal with this theme of romance where “the lovers who risk and struggle for each other and their relationship are rewarded with emotional justice” (Crusie, par. 9). The progression that each of the couples embark in Jane Eyre …show more content…

In Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is rewarded with by letting go of his revenge and being able to rest in peace alongside his lover Catherine. The scene is calm, with “soft wind[s]” breathing through the grass to show a subtle peaceful tone as the transgressions of the past will not be repeated by the loving couple of Hareton and Cathy (E. Bronte 283). In Jane Eyre, Jane mentions that she has “married him” (C. Bronte 435). She is finally happy and ready to settle down with Rochester—on her own terms of course. No longer is she seen as a lesser by her husband, and no longer will she have no power over him or even over her own life

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