... (81). It is obvious that wealth justifies social class, and Catherine strives to achieve high status. The struggle between social classes roughly resembles a real-life conflict during this time. The book was published during the Industrial Revolution, a time of great economic change in which laborers fought for fair conditions in the workplace, and employers fought to defend themselves. People formed groups ... the relationship between Heathcliff and Edgar Linton. The jealousy between them is expressed when Heathcliff and Edgar start a hostile conversation after Cathy's homecoming at Ch...

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... one that binds Heathcliff and Catherine together. Revenge-- This is the most dominant theme of the second half of the novel, although in the last chapter Heathcliff abandons his plan for revenge. Heathcliff first believes that if he can avenge the death of Catherine that he will somehow grow closer to her. ... both of them harshly, condemning their passion as immoral, but this passion is obviously one of the most compelling and memorable aspects of the book. It is not easy to decide whether Bronte intends the reader to condemn these lovers as blameworthy or to idealize them as romantic ...

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... pathetic wretch Hindley, and then through his merciless abuse of the innocent Isabella. But though his destructive cruelty makes him the villain of the book, Heathcliff never loses his status as a sympathetic character. Although one can hardly condone his actions, it is difficult not to commiserate with ... throughout the novel "or even for Heathcliff, whom she often heatedly denounces. This section of the book offers some evidence for the latter view. For instance, when Catherine teasingly tells Heathcliff in Chapter X that Isabella has fallen in love with him, she does so by saying, "H...

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... their account of an event, the story never comes out the same. The differences, as Browning fully realized in The Ring and the Book(1868-69), provide for powerful ironic tensions. Over and over again, in Browning's poem, the story is told of what happened on ... aggression as Heathcliff, and more cruelty. Second, they exhibit the transfiguring effect of Wuthering Heights "foreshadowing, for example, how the timid Isabella, in chapter 13, will, within moments of arriving in Wuthering Heights, covet Hindley Earnshaw's weapon, reflecting how powerful I should be, possessing such n instrume...

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... the time he is, bluntly put, annoying. For instance he uses ridiculously over exaggerated language. An example of this is the fourth line of the very first chapter where Lockwood says 'A perfect misanthropist's Heaven - and Mr Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us'. Yet, although needless ... is thus brought closer to the action, seeing it through the eyes of the narrator himself. The presence of Lockwood in the book allows the author the author to begin the story near the end and work backwards and forwards in time with little difficulty. The open...

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... when Heathcliff's fell lame he threatened Hindley to give him his or else he would tell Mr.Earnshaw of Hindleys ill-treatment to him. In Chapter 7 Heathcliff's violent nature and bad temper becomes apparent when he seizes a turteen of hot apple sauce and dashes it against Edgars face and ... equal to Catherine and she chose to marry Edgar instead of him. The return of Heathcliff after three years restores the sinister energy in the book and diminishes all happiness at the Grange. He has become even more vindictive and strong-minded, however he too has become more refined, ... this combi...

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... just being the favourite and for his hard life on the streets of Liverpool. I think that this description you should have in your mind throughout the novel. In the first chapter the very first description of Heathcliff is portrayed before anything really happens. This is a physical detailed description, but also gives us a stereotype of his personality; "His black eyes withdraw so ... fireplace," We know he has the money expressed by the "huge fireplace" but there seems no expenditure on lavish foods to share or gorge. The snow in the start of Chapter Two reflects the atmosphere inside ...

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... is extremely likely that this could happen, or even be happening, at this very moment. There seems to be different themes throughout every section of this book. The one that shows through in every chapter and every sentence is that you should always listen and trust your heart, even if it is not what your mind is telling you to do. Some ... torture, you will only be disappointed to learn that it very quickly goes back to being a chore to read. Remember these words and do not complain when you read this book and you realize that you wasted hours out of your life to complete ... ...

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... his loss of her to Edgar, a character above him in society. Bronte uses aggressive language to suggest how society caused Heathcliff's violence. When Lockwood finds Cathy's diary in the third chapter, she describes Hindley as a "detestable substitute," for her father given his "atrocious," treatment of Heathcliff- calling him a "vagabond," sending Frances to "pull his hair," and swearing to "reduce him to ... use of religion in the novel concurs with this view throughout. The provincially pious rants of Joseph serve little use to the struggling characters, his incomprehensible advice to...

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... entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her!- (Bronte 334). This paragraph from chapter XXXIII of Wuthering Heights is, what I feel to be, the most important piece of writing in the book. This passage reveals the connection that existed between Catherine and Heathcliff, and, at the same time, gives the reader insight into Heathcliff ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School