Very interesting
gothic romance I have ever read before! That was my first remark upon reading
Emily Bronte’s “The Wuthering Heights”. To me, the story is full of vengeance
and woe. The anger and bitterness that was built in Heathcliff has made him to
marry Cathy’s sister-in-law, Isabella Linton. Emotionally wounded upon knowing
the fact that his childhood lover is married to someone else instead of him,
Heathcliff marries Isabella merely for revenge and for her wealth. He doesn’t
love the poor lady; his heart still yearns for Cathy.
It is undeniable that Cathy is also and has always been in love with Heathcliff. She has the “wild” attitude that matches well with her gypsy lover’s personality. They share the same wild, romantic passion and by spending their time at the moor, they seem to be lost in their own world, drifting away in their sea of love. The moor gives them a new hope and a new life. The description of the scenery is simply captivating and exquisite in beauty. The setting here seems to indicate a complete contrast of what they have experienced in their home, Wuthering Heights where it is dark and gloomy and full of misery.
What interest me the most about Wuthering Heights is the undying love that Heathcliff has for Cathy. His love for her is an everlasting love. He can’t even let go when he knows that he has nothing left to hold on to. The love they have for each other, Heathcliff and Cathy, is the kind of love that refuses to die. It sounds a little morbid though, when he actually wants Cathy to haunt him after she dies. One cannot live without the other and when the other half is gone, life becomes meaningless.
It is undeniable that Cathy is also and has always been in love with Heathcliff. She has the “wild” attitude that matches well with her gypsy lover’s personality. They share the same wild, romantic passion and by spending their time at the moor, they seem to be lost in their own world, drifting away in their sea of love. The moor gives them a new hope and a new life. The description of the scenery is simply captivating and exquisite in beauty. The setting here seems to indicate a complete contrast of what they have experienced in their home, Wuthering Heights where it is dark and gloomy and full of misery.
What interest me the most about Wuthering Heights is the undying love that Heathcliff has for Cathy. His love for her is an everlasting love. He can’t even let go when he knows that he has nothing left to hold on to. The love they have for each other, Heathcliff and Cathy, is the kind of love that refuses to die. It sounds a little morbid though, when he actually wants Cathy to haunt him after she dies. One cannot live without the other and when the other half is gone, life becomes meaningless.
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