Emily Bronte?s Wuthering Heights, portrays the different human relationships that the characters have within the novel. The important theme in Wuthering Heights, how love can lead to both positive and negative outcomes, is based upon the characteristics of each individual and how their relationship is to each other. Bronte helped to develop this theme through the narrative structure of the novel.
This novel is written as a frame story - a story within a story. Nelly narrates most of the story to Lockwood and he translates it to the readers. This way, there isn?t an omniscient narrator and we get to see the story through the perspective of actual characters within the novel. This gives more depth to the story and makes it a more realistic and believable feel
Next, the novel is told in two parts. When Nelly is telling the story to Lockwood, she first tells of the first generation and then there is a pause in her story. When she continues the narration, twelve years have passed and she tells the story of the second generation. The narrative style of having the two parts helps to restate the theme that love can have both positive and negative effects. In part one, it shows that denied love leads to revenge and hatred, while in part two, it shows a love between Hareton and Catherine free from restrictions that leads to happiness.
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