A Gothic Theme in Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte's novel, Wuthering Heights can be categorized as a gothic novel for many reasons. ... Bronte uses these gothic undertones throughout her novel. The gothic novel intrigues our interest in the dark and uncanny, with supernatural and unexplainable phenomena. ... The gothic novel was very popular during this time and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights fits into this category well. The terrifying dreams, the appearances of Cathy as a ghost, her haunting of Heathcliff after her death, the suggestion of Heathcliff as a horrible figur...

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The overwhelming success of these classics has earned Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre a permanent place on countless book shelves the world over. ... In Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte builds Heathcliff's Byronic character by describing the appearance and movement of his eyes. In the first paragraph of Wuthering Heights, Lockwood describes Heathcliff's eyes as, "black,"" and "withdrawn suspiciously under their brows- (Bronte 3). ... While Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre both feature dark and mysterious Byronic individuals, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre provides readers with t...

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Emily Bronte's novel, "Wuthering Heights," covers all of the requisite themes necessary to earn its place in the Gothic genre: villainous behavior, helpless heroine, and horrific weather all in a decrepit, haunted setting. Conversely, Wuthering Heights, is most often described as one of the most tragic and heart breaking love stories ever told. ... Heathcliff truly believes that his love for Cathy is all consuming and the driving force behind everything he does throughout the novel. ...

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This essay will attempt to show that because of the time period they grew up in, and their own family experiences the Byronic hero is so prevalent throughout their novels, "Jane Eyre," and, "Wuthering Heights," by using psychoanalytic and postcolonial criticisms. ... Since the original publishing of both Bronte novels, critics have argued about which male family member was the influence for the Bronte sisters' Byronic heroes. Raymond Williams' description of Charlotte and Emily's only brother, Branwell, makes it seem likely he is the influence behind the By...

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He manages to set the scene as well as set in motion the ideas that will be explored within the novel. ... The common type of narrator for prose novels is the third person omniscient. ... He moves from the outside, rural setting and the sensationalism it brings with isolation to instead an isolation in a crowded place which the classic Gothic novels didn't do, thus bringing in his deep criticism of the current social structure. It doesn't seem to be a coincidence either that the title is what it is, many Gothic novels (and those inspired by) were titled with the names of houses, pla...

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