1. Ruling Passion
... word obsession is defined in the dictionary as: "a compulsive, often unreasonable idea or emotion."" Emily Bronte's early Aristotelian tragedy "Wuthering Heights- is a story about love turned obsession. Bronte suggests this ruling passion leads the characters to be impulsive, vindictive, jealous and unintelligent, which consequentially have direct effects on their own lives, the lives of those whom surround them and the lives of the ... . By marrying Linton she thinks this will raise Heathcliff in society. So she goes ahead and accepts Edgar's proposal. This quick decision is baffling, i...
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