Wuthering Heights is structured around dualities. What are these dualities and what major themes do they support?
Dualities form the foundation and structure for the major themes within the novel Wuthering Heights. By using contrasts, the author, Emily Brontë, builds tension and describes the characters of the novel and the nature of their loves. Love, and the concept of nature versus culture (two physical extremes) are major themes within the novel.
The dualities that unfold the theme of love do so by the use of comparison between the different couples. The use of extremes serves to highlight the suffering and agony that love can cause.
The theme of love carries with it the message that love prevails through all, even to death. This is shown by the duality of Edgar Linton and Heathcliff in their love for Catherine Earnshaw. Edgar Linton visits Catherine’s grave every year until he dies, whilst Heathcliff eventually starves himself to death so that he can be with Catherine. Both men love Catherine even past her death, although in very different ways.
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Although Catherine never loses her free spirit, she learns through her association with Thrushcross Grange and the Lintons to conform to civilised behaviour. She behaves well in their company because they treat her with respect and courtesy. “…she had no temptation to show her rough side in their [the Lintons] company, and had the sense to be ashamed of being rude where she experienced such invariable courtesy.” However, her desire to return to her own environment and habits never leaves her and is expressed in her assertion, “I wish I were out of doors – I wish I were a girl again, half savage and hardy, and free…” . The effects of spending time at Wutherin
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Wuthering Heights, Catherine, Catherine Earnshaw, Isabella Linton, Love, Heathcliff, Edgar Linton, Catherine Linton, Hindley Earnshaw, Emily Brontë,
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