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WUTHERING HEIGHTS – Emily Bronte. best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights. British novelist and poet. Emily was the third eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. . published under the pen name Ellis Bell. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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WUTHERING HEIGHTS Emily Bronte
British novelist and poet
best remembered for her only novel, Wuthering Heights
Emily was the third eldest of the four survivingBront siblings,
between the youngestAnneand her brotherBranwell.
published under the pen nameEllis Bell.
Born : 30 July 1818 Thornton,West Riding of Yorkshire,
England
Died : 19 December 1848(aged30) Haworth, Yorkshire,
England
published in 1847
the title of the novel comes from theYorkshiremanor on themoorsof
the story
Wuthering Heightswas met with mixed reviews when it first
appeared
has also given rise to many adaptations and inspired works,
including films, radio, television dramatizations, a musical
Genre: gothic novel (combines elements of bothhorror
andromance)
Characters
Heathcliff - orphan, found and taken by Mr. Earnshaw - grew up with
Catherine and fell in love with each other Catherine Earnshaw - the
daughter of Mr. Earnshaw , fell in love with Heathcliff, but
married LintonMr. Earnshaw - the father of Catherine and Hindley,
adopted HeathcliffEdgar Linton the man to whom Catherine was
promised Isabella Linton the sister of Edgar, who married
Heathcliff Nelly Dean and Lockwood narrators of Wuthering
HeightsYoung Catherine Catherine and Lintons daughterLinton
Heathcliff Isabella and Heathcliffs son
PLOT
Heathcliff is adopted by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of the Wuthering
Heights.
Heathcliff and Catherine are raised together and start to fall in love with each other , during this period.
After the death of Mr. Earnshaw, Heathcliff leaves Wuthering Heights in order to start working to earn money.
In the meantime, Catherine marries Edgar Linton in order to be introduced in the world of materialism, despite her love for Heathcliff .
After an absence of 3 years, Heathcliff returns with the desire of destroying Hindley and Edgar, blaming them on losing Catherine.
PLOT
Heathcliff marries Isabella Linton in order to inherit the
Thrushcross Grange and later they had a son named Linton, born in
London. Catherine becomes ill and dies after giving birth to her
daughter, Catherine. Hindley also dies and the Earnshaw estate and
Hareton fall into the hands of Heathcliff. Young Catherine and
Linton begin a secrete romance. Heathcliff forces his son, Linton,
into marriage with Catherine Linton in order to gain control of
Thrushcross Grange.
Both Linton and Edgar die and the Grange goes to Heathcliff who now owns both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.
After the death of Heathcliff, Catherine and Hareton fall in love and marry, inheriting both Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.
Themes
Clash of elemental forces. The universe is made up of two opposite
forces, storm and calm. Wuthering Heights and the Earnshaws express
the storm; Thrushcross Grange and the Lintons, the calm. Catherine
and Heathcliff are elemental creatures of the storm.
The clash of economic interests and social classes. The novel is
set at a time when capitalism and industrialization are changing
not only the economy but also the traditional social structure and
the relationship of the classes.
Love gone wrong. Relationships inWuthering Heightsare like the
moors: dark, stormy, twisted. Cathy loves Heathcliff but marries
Edgar Linton. Heathcliff loves Cathy but marries Isabella
Linton.
SYMBOLS
Wuthering Heights symbolizes anger, hatred and jealousy.
Thrushcross Grange
represents the materialism and superficiality
Hareton and Cathy
symbolize Heathcliff and Catherine showing what they could have
become if their situations were slightly different.
Moors
wide, wild expanses,but somehow infertile.
Ghosts
symbolize the manifestation of the past within the present, and the
way memory stays with people, permeating their day-to-day
lives.