Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
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Wuthering Heights
(Emily Bronte-1818-1848)
Wuthering Heights is the only novel written by Emily Bronte, an English novelist and poet. Wuthering Heights is a tale of a powerful love between two people, which transcends all boundaries, including that between life and death and it is widely known by the readers because of its honest and accurate portrayal of life during an early era and the literary merit it possesses in and of itself which enables the text to rise above entertainment and rank as quality literature. After reading the whole novel in general and chapter nine in particular, I was deeply impressed by the main character- Catherine, especially her personality and her love to Health cliff.
Main points
A. Summary:
Chapter 9 of Wuthering heights is a conversation between Catherine and Nelly, the housekeeper of the Earn Shaw through which we can understand Catherine’s characteristics and feelings.
1. On the one hand, Catherine is perceived as sincere and passionate and determined in love.
- She can overcome all boundaries of social class to love Health cliff including that between life and death. Since health cliff was adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, she has never looked down on him or has never considered him a servant. In stead, witnessing him being badly treated by her brother, she becomes closer to him and shows great sympathy and understanding to the boy.
- After accepting Linton’s proposal, Catherine thinks of her future life as that in the heaven “I’ve no more business to marry Edgar Linton than I have to do in the heaven” which is associated with happiness, wealth, leisure, comfort, peace and a free-trouble world. However, she is not really happy to be there. Instead, she chooses to stay on earth, even though it is the place of disorder, complicity and great trouble because she knows it is her place where she belongs to and where heathcliff lives. She feels happy to be with him to share his misery. As regards to Edgar’s family, she will be like a stranger who is imprisoned in a beautiful place from which she tries to escape. She goes on saying that Heathcliff is like her soul mate, a person who is very important to her. He is the one who has a lot of things in common with her.
- Catherine is worth admiring for her strong love. She can not only overcome the boundaries of social class to approach Heathcliff but also overcome...