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Wuthering Heights
B Y E M I L Y B R O N T Ë
Authors:
Olié Clara, Bailo Ailén, Depetris Marianela
Emily Brontë
She was born in England in 1818
She lived in Thornton, Yorkshire
isolated and surrounded by moors
Her environment influenced her writing
She began writing Wuthering Heights in 1845
In 1847 the novel was published under
the pseudonym "Ellis Bell"
She died of tuberculosis when she was 30 years
old (1948)
Plot Overview
Romanticism
Europe, near the end of 18th century.
Strong emotion Aesthetic experience.
Influenced by: theory of evolution and
uniformitarianism.
Reaction against Industrial Revolution,
Enlightenment, scientific rationalization of nature.
Interested in: uniqueness of the individual.
Art and narrative: to escape population growth,
urban spread and industrialism.
Romanticism
Individual imagination: freedom.
Romanticism persuit for value of beauty.
Reason is emphasized and will stressed = Reaction
with Emotion
Romanticism in Wuthering Heights
Ruin, decay, chaoes, and priviliged irrationality and passion
over rationality and reason.
Lockwood's nightmare: "... my fingers closed on the
fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! The intense of horror of
nightmare came over me". (Chapter 3, page 23)
The moor: desolate, wide and infertile place.
Romanticism in Wuthering Heights
Death occurs in abundance.
Characters: act and react irrationally.
Characters' actions: inexplicable.
N a t u r e a n d L a n d s c a p e
Setting of isolation, grandeaur and fear.
The sublime.
''Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at
all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north
wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a
few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range
of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as
if craving alms of the sun.'' (Chapter 1, page 2)
C o m p l e x
C h a r a c t e r s
Difficult to understand.
Changing Characters.
D e a t h a n d
S u p e r n a t u r a l
Supernatural elements depicted in Romantic
novels
''So much the worse for me that I am strong. Do I want
to live? What kind of living will it be when you--oh,
God! would you like to live with your soul in the
grave?'' (Chapter 15, page 155)
C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e
Thrushcross Grange
Wuthering Heights
C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e
Hareton Earnshaw vs. Linton Earnshaw
Catherine Earnshaw vs. Isabella Linton
Hareton Earnshaw vs. Cathy Linton
C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e
Many characters features from both sides.
Hareton Earnshaw
Nature and Civilization
Catherine Earnshaw
C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e
Wuthering Heights
wild, windy moors
stormy, coldness, dark scene
They do activities outside
in the moors
Linked to aggression and violence
Thrushcross Grange
calm, orderly
refined inhabitants
Characters perform quiet
and solitary activities
Linked to comfort and
civilization
T h e B y r o n i c h e r o
Developed in 19th century by Lord Byron.
Byronic Hero compared with Romantic Hero.
Heathcliff as Byronic Hero:
rejected by society
emotionally traumatized
violent
T h e B y r o n i c h e r o
Heathcliff as Byronic Hero:
weak and submissive
stigmatized
self-destructive
Catherine as Byronic Heroine:
manipulative
passionate
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Colloquium Wuthering Heights

  • 1. Wuthering Heights B Y E M I L Y B R O N T Ë Authors: Olié Clara, Bailo Ailén, Depetris Marianela
  • 2. Emily Brontë She was born in England in 1818 She lived in Thornton, Yorkshire isolated and surrounded by moors Her environment influenced her writing She began writing Wuthering Heights in 1845 In 1847 the novel was published under the pseudonym "Ellis Bell" She died of tuberculosis when she was 30 years old (1948)
  • 4. Romanticism Europe, near the end of 18th century. Strong emotion Aesthetic experience. Influenced by: theory of evolution and uniformitarianism. Reaction against Industrial Revolution, Enlightenment, scientific rationalization of nature. Interested in: uniqueness of the individual. Art and narrative: to escape population growth, urban spread and industrialism.
  • 5. Romanticism Individual imagination: freedom. Romanticism persuit for value of beauty. Reason is emphasized and will stressed = Reaction with Emotion
  • 6. Romanticism in Wuthering Heights Ruin, decay, chaoes, and priviliged irrationality and passion over rationality and reason. Lockwood's nightmare: "... my fingers closed on the fingers of a little, ice-cold hand! The intense of horror of nightmare came over me". (Chapter 3, page 23) The moor: desolate, wide and infertile place.
  • 7. Romanticism in Wuthering Heights Death occurs in abundance. Characters: act and react irrationally. Characters' actions: inexplicable.
  • 8. N a t u r e a n d L a n d s c a p e Setting of isolation, grandeaur and fear. The sublime. ''Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun.'' (Chapter 1, page 2)
  • 9. C o m p l e x C h a r a c t e r s Difficult to understand. Changing Characters.
  • 10. D e a t h a n d S u p e r n a t u r a l Supernatural elements depicted in Romantic novels ''So much the worse for me that I am strong. Do I want to live? What kind of living will it be when you--oh, God! would you like to live with your soul in the grave?'' (Chapter 15, page 155)
  • 11. C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e Thrushcross Grange Wuthering Heights
  • 12. C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e Hareton Earnshaw vs. Linton Earnshaw Catherine Earnshaw vs. Isabella Linton Hareton Earnshaw vs. Cathy Linton
  • 13. C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e Many characters features from both sides. Hareton Earnshaw Nature and Civilization Catherine Earnshaw
  • 14. C u l t u r e a n d N a t u r e Wuthering Heights wild, windy moors stormy, coldness, dark scene They do activities outside in the moors Linked to aggression and violence Thrushcross Grange calm, orderly refined inhabitants Characters perform quiet and solitary activities Linked to comfort and civilization
  • 15. T h e B y r o n i c h e r o Developed in 19th century by Lord Byron. Byronic Hero compared with Romantic Hero. Heathcliff as Byronic Hero: rejected by society emotionally traumatized violent
  • 16. T h e B y r o n i c h e r o Heathcliff as Byronic Hero: weak and submissive stigmatized self-destructive Catherine as Byronic Heroine: manipulative passionate