... as hard as whinstone!" Not only does Lockwood make a poor judgement of Heathcliff, he also makes poor judgement of himself saying that he is a misanthrope and alleges that he is a romantic hero. If Lockwood were a misanthrope he wouldn't have gone out of his way to go and see Heathcliff and he certainly wouldn't have taken it upon himself to return to ... Wuthering Heights the following day, especially after such an unwelcoming visit. Lockwood also Tells himself that he is a romantic hero, going around breaking women's hearts, when he recalls spending some time on the coast, Lockwood is...

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... cuts him to the emotional core, and forces him into Byronic seclusion. As in the case of Heathcliff, Rochester's Byronic identity stems from emotional wounds sustained as a result of a destructive romantic affair. However, Rochester's emotional wounds are suffered as a result of his on-going relationship with the source of his emotional affliction (his marriage to Bertha), whereas Heathcliff's are sustained as ... a result of a romantic affair which would not take place. As a young man, Rochester travels to Jamaica. In discussion with Jane, he later makes reference to his indiscretions ...

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... , and after becoming friendly with the very sickly and weak son of Heathcliff, they decide to keep in contact by writing letters to each other. These letters soon turn towards a romantic nature, and soon enough Cathy is visiting Linton on a regular basis. But the more she does this, the more Cathy begins to realise Linton's true nature and ultimately, she starts ... ...

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Emily Bronte is considered one of the greatest writers within the nineteenth century gaining a renowned reputation due to her romantic novel Wuthering Heights. Her profound style depicted within her only written masterpiece is considered something of a prodigy. The ability to describe the passionate and immortal love between the characters of ... ...

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... 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 heroes. Class status may be responsible for keeping Heathcliffe and Catherine apart. Catherine's decision to marry Edgar so that she will be "the greatest women of the neighbourhood- is only ... ...

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... will never understand it, but his encounter with this sprite or child-woman is a major interpretive crux: does Catherine Earnshaw represent an ideal extra-social passion, the very embodiment of romantic love, or simply an inability to grow up? The story-telling, however, is now handed over to another no less fallible narrator. Lockwood's fallibility arises from his ignorance of all ... ...

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