... that almost every word that she utters offends us'- (Knapp 107). People were dismayed at the brutal setting and the unforgivable characters, by writing Wuthering Heights Emily broke many invisible boundaries that had existed in previous literature. Emily's characters do not represent the romantic literature that prevailed at the time. Her novel is one where the characters destroy themselves and ... the book was written is also very romantic in tone. Critic Cynthia Linder states that "Romantic tradition of writing, as it is the essence of Romantic philosophies that man only regards, and s...

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