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Wuthering Heights was written in 1847. The novel starts out in the year 1801 with Lockwood telling the story. As the novel continues, Nelly Dean starts telling about the past. From the past, people can see the difference in history, behavior, and social issues. In Wuthering Heights, the vocabulary is very elegant and complex. "Good things lost amid a wilderness of weeds, to be sure, whose rankness far over-topped their neglected growth; yet, notwithstanding, evidence of a wealthy soil, that might yeild luxuriant crops under other and favourable circumstances." (Bronte 193) People do not talk that way anyway anymore, which is kind of sad. The behavior in the 1700 and 1800s was different than it is today. Back then when someone did something wrong they were beaten. "Earning for her pains a sound blow from her father, to teach her cleaner manners." (Bronte 37) Today they would just be yelled at. Some of the social issues in the 1700s were the roles of men and women. The men would be considered the masters of the house and they made all of the decisions. The women were considered weak next to men. They were in charge of having the children and not doing much else.

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Random House, 1943. Print.

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I am still reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. I love the way she writes because it is so sophisticated. Using this writing, Emily Bronte expresses different themes throughout the novel. The first theme that stays the same through the whole novel is a love that never changes. When Heathcliff first arrived, Catherine treated him like a piece of garbage. For example, "and Cathy, when she learned the master had lost her whip attending on the stranger, showed her humour by grinning and spitting at the stupid little thing." (Bronte 37) But the longer Heathcliff was there, the more and more she fell in love with him. They became inseparable. "Miss Cathy and he were now very thick." (Bronte 38) Another theme that is stated is social class. The social classes of the eighteenth and nineteenth century allowed people to stay separated from other classes. People were born into a class and stayed there. Catherine's family was lower than the rich class, which was the most common class. Edgar was born into a rich family so his class is higher than Catherine's. No one knows what kind of family Heathcliff was born into so he was treated differently than the others. Nelly Dean was born into a poor family which made her become a servant. These different classes kept the characters in Wuthering Heights separated. Emily Bronte has a strong understanding of human nature. She knows that no one can have exactly what they want especially when it comes to love.

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Random House, 1943. Print.

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Wuthering Heights is a novel that deals with the dark side of romance. The conflict is that Catherine Earnshaw married Edgar Linton but was truly in love with Heathcliff. Catherine did love Edgar because "he is handsome, and pleasant to be with" and "he is young and cheerful." (Bronte 77) She loves Edgar with all her heart, but Catherine loves Heathcliff with her heart and soul. She states "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him: and that, not because he's handsome, Nelly, but because he's more myself than I am. Whatever are souls are made of, his and mine are the same." (Bronte 80) Heathcliff and Catherine are so alike in many ways that they are practically the same person. They are not meant to be and true love is pushing them away from each other. When Catherine married Edgar it came with some gains. Edgar cared for Catherine even more than he cared for himself, and also he was handsome and rich. The only problem with marrying Edgar was that he was not Catherine's true love. She was deeply in love with someone she could not have, which was the strong and handsome Heathcliff. Fate kept them apart but eventually brought them together.

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Random House, 1943. Print.

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Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights was written beautifully. The descriptions she uses capture the attention of the readers. For example, she writes, "It glowed delightfully in the radiance of an immense fire", to describe Wuthering Heights. (Bronte 10) Bronte uses this eloquent writing to show the dark side of romance. Emily Bronte values true love even if the two people are totally different. Heathcliff was an orphan, who Mr. Earnshaw brought home from Liverpool, England. Mr. Earnshaw found Heathcliff starving and homeless. He was incredibly strong, helpful with doing work, and considered a gipsy. (Bronte 37) A gispy in the 1800s was usually a dark haired and dark skinned person who just wandered and did not really have a home. Catherine was the beautiful and arrogant daughter of Mr. Earnshaw. She was brought up by wealthy and sophisticated parents. Heathcliff and Catherine fell in love even though they were totally different, but the dark side of romance kept them from being together. Bronte uses her real life attitude and makes Catherine marry Edgar Linton instead of being with the one she really loves. Wuthering Heights was written from Lockwood and Nelly Dean's perspectives. Lockwood is the main narrator but as the novel goes on, Nelly starts telling a story from her point of view.

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Random House, 1943. Print.

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Right now I am reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. The characters that have been introduced in the novel are Lockwood, Heathcliff, Catherine, Joseph, and Hareton Earnshaw. At the start of the novel, Lockwood, who is visiting Heathcliff at Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is very unwelcoming and very rude to him.(Bronte 3) He leaves Lockwood alone in a room with a female dog with puppies. The dogs attack Lockwood because they feel threatened. Lockwood meets a man named Hareton, who is Catherine’s nephew that lives with Heathcliff. He took custody over Hareton once Hindley passed away. When he was trying to leave to go home, he meets a man named Joseph. Joseph is an elderly servant at Wuthering Heights who is stubborn and talks with a thick Yorkshire accent. Lockwood has to stay at Wuthering Heights because it has started to snow and would not be able to find his way home. One of the servants shows him to a room that is forbidden by Heathcliff. While staying in the room for the night, Lockwood comes across a diary of a girl named Catherine. Catherine is Heathcliff’s young childhood lover who is no longer around. Lockwood is able to leave in the morning and return to his home.

Brontë, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Random House, 1943. Print.