Throughout Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights,' she shows how revenge is caused by prejudice and jealousy and leads to further disharmony. ... Heathcliff is a character caught between love and hate, Bronte uses Cathy's sleight to force him to focus on his revenge instead of her. ... Dumas's resolution for the character of Dantes shows how his aversion to damaging innocents creates a far more positive outcome. ... Overall, in Wuthering Heights, religion is used to portray another manner in which revenge has led to the ultimate failure of Heathcliff. ... Bronte's dep...

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Because of these tragic events, both canonical authors became known for their depictions of a chronically lonely, tragic and devilish character known as a Byronic hero. In Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" the part of Byronic hero is played by Rochester and in "Wuthering Heights," Emily's literary work, Heathcliff is nearly the definition of the Byronic hero. ... Along with this sometimes-violent moodiness, a dark physical representation of both characters classifies as characteristically Byronic. ... These secrets are usually a product of the characters problems while trav...

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