Emily Bronte Research Paper

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Emily Bronte was a genius of her time when it came to writing. She came to be known by her controversial novel Wuthering Heights and the quiet nature she had. Anyone just looking at her or spending time with her wouldn’t even realize she was such a talented writer. Wuthering Heights was a jewel and parallel to her life in many ways. By looking at Wuthering Heights, one can see that Emily Bronte included themes of revenge, love, loneliness, and death because she was trying to get away from a dull life and express her points.
Emily Bronte was born July 30, 1818 at 74 Market Street in Thorton, located in Bradford, Yorkshire. She was the fourth daughter of Maria and Patrick Bronte. Emily’s siblings included Maria, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Anne,
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Quite a few were critical and considered her book “vulgar.” She kept a few reviews on her dresser till her death in 1848. Bronte’s brother, Branwell, whom she was very close to, became very ill with tuberculosis. She nursed and took care of him until his death. (Claredunkle.com) The death seemed to have an effect on her because she became ill with the same disease, despite feeding the family dogs, even up to the night of her untimely death at the young age of 30. She died just a few months after the controversial Wuthering Heights was published.
Wuthering Heights starts out with a gentleman named Lockwood. Lockwood is renting a place called Thrushcross Grange. One day he meets his landlord, who lives in Wuthering Heights. His name is Heathcliff. Lockwood is surprised when he is rude. He meets the household and is forced to stay the night because of a blizzard. He encounters a ghost whose existence is denied by Heathcliff despite him begging the ghost back and calling it “Catherine.” Lockwood leaves and asks Nelly Dean, his housekeeper, to explain what occurred at Wuthering
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She and Charlotte both did. Charlotte’s was Rochester and Emily’s was Heathcliff. (Claredunkle.com)Emily seemed to love a quiet, desperate hero without a way to fully get out of his situation or change it no matter what he tried. Heathcliff was just that. He was a fantastic character with bold decisions and it connected with her life because it was perhaps the complete opposite of how she was. She was quiet by nature and timid and Heathcliff perhaps was the kind of dream man to her. Unfortunately he had one great flaw and that’s what makes the whole book so beautiful and dramatic. Bronte seemed to be lacking romance and a story to suggest her idea of love seemed a way to get away from it all and make her

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