... and therefore stands unmatched by any attempt to alter it from its original state. Wuthering Heights is a work rich with human emotions such as love, romance, passion, revenge, and violence. Its themes cover ideas about nature, religion, superstition and death, as well as discussing the social values of the ... fair and trusting can occasionally be false. Every character is different, and often unconventional, represented in a certain way for a certain reason. The book successfully takes the reader over two generations of characters, each with different ideas, personalities and attitudes....

• Word Count: 1550
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... these reasons only, it is believed that Mr. Earnshaw was the nicest and most generous of everyone. Since it was very hard to decide on who the best character was, you can only imagine the agony it is going to take to decide on just one character that was liked the least. There were so many ... it 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 no...

• Word Count: 1602
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

... Catherine "all upper-class themselves "prove complicit in this obliteration of Heathcliff's hopes. Inevitably, the unbridgeable gap in Catherine's and Heathcliff's social positions renders their fervent romance unrealizable on any practical level. Nevertheless, the passion between the two lovers remains rooted in their hearts, impervious to external contingencies. The text consistently treats the love between Catherine ... first through his treatment of the pathetic wretch Hindley, and then through his merciless abuse of the innocent Isabella. But though his destructive cruelty makes him...

• Word Count: 3960
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... for comfort fromthe Nurse. The Nurse also fails to support Juliet's choice against marryingParis. Instead of supporting Juliet the Nurse instead believes "I think itis best you marry the county...For it excels your first (marriage)." (III,v, 230, 236) Juliet feels betrayed by this reply as the Nurse "...dispraise my ... shows many acts of being independent.When she was under the pressure to marry Paris, Juliet stood up for whatshe thought was right and best for her and refused to marry him. In a lotof situations Juliet relied on the Nurse to guide her and make decisionsfor her. When ......

• Word Count: 11808
• Approx Pages: 47
• Grade Level: High School

... expected to write the kinds of novel which George Eliot was condemn in an essay as Silly Novels by Lady Novelists -the sub genres of romance, fantasy and sensation. But several of the major figures of the Victorian novel are women; and the heroines they created began to throw off ... child who likes to play by herself which makes her imagination richer and more different than any other child. Consequently, she became one of the best writers in English literature. Emily was a motherless child, so it enabled her to create motherless characters in her work Wuthering Heights. In that ... He...

• Word Count: 5526
• Approx Pages: 22
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School