1. The Motivation Behind Wuthering Heights
However, due to the monotony of life on the Yorkshire moors, her desperation to leave home and run off with a mysterious man for some excitement seems understandable. ... 'Wuthering Heights' is set in the lonely, bleak Yorkshire moors. ... Obsession is the final element that has been used to portray disturbed characters. ...
Even Guido's final confession heaves the reader with uneasy qualms about the claims of truth and justice. ... When she at last appears in the final scene, everyone, gossiping neighbors and audience alike, expect the truth to be revealed. ... He takes us across the threshold between foppish Southern existence and the earthier ways of the Yorkshire moors; between present and past; between waking and dream, civilized and natural. ... On his second visit to Wuthering Heights, when a snowfall renders it impossible for Lockwood to find the paths back across the moors, the servant Zillah offers...
This relationship is out of keeping however, with the rest of the book and turns the final chapters into that of a typical novel of the rime with the usual happy ending that has become accustomed to most novels in English Literature. ... However, one night while playing out on the moors, Catherine was injured at the neighbouring Thrushcross Grange by the Lintons" dog. ...