Wuthering Heights Group

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How does Bronte's characterisation and use of Gothic generic features make Wuthering Heights interesting and exciting for the reader?

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Posted by goooooooo on Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 3:21 AM and tagged with gothic literature, wuthering heights.

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  1. mbomengen
    mrsmonica Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    The novel is set in the Yorkshire moors of England, even now the setting of the novel is bleak and rocky. The weather is wild and often stormy. Setting is extremely important in Gothic literature. The characterization of Heathcliff as a troubled, brooding figure contributes to the Gothic atmosphere. Unfulfilled love and grief permeates the story. Probably the single most memorable Gothic descriptions occur when Heathcliff is wild with grief over Catherine's death, digging up her grave to try to be physically nearer to her dead body.

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    http://www.enotes.com/gothic-movement/style
    http://www.enotes.com/wuthering/style

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    Posted by mrsmonica on Tuesday May 26, 2009 at 9:16 AM