Romanticism in Wuthering Heights
Writers of literary works use romanticism to imply the psychological desire to escape the hostile realities of the world. Moreover, individual characters are placed at the center of all life setting in the literature thereby making it easier to express unique feelings and specific attitudes to give value to fidelity in depicting experiences. Romanticism is sometimes used to show in nature a revelation of truth by finding the absolute as opposed to realism which finds value in the actual. In “Wuthering Heights”, the author focuses on relationships, socio-economic factors, such as love, courtship, security, social status, conflicts, and money. Romanticism is portrayed by drawing the line between the social …show more content…
There are instances of passion and privileged irrationality over reason and rationality in addition to mysticism, supernatural elements and nightmare. The ghost of Catherine which greets Lockwood is used to depict the supernatural element. Wuthering heights is a dreary and dark place with Heath being desolate. This is affirmed by abundant occurrence of death, which leaves only three characters to survive until the end of the narrative. Characters in the narrative act and react irrationally, for instance the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff seems to be …show more content…
It is also seen that the younger Catherine was more exuberant than the older one. The reader is compelled to accept the propensity of death in Yorkshire which may make the story sound like a melodrama, while it is the reality in the area. The story also provides a clear picture for subsequent tragic romance.
A realistic ending is more apt for a novel, because it gives accounts of events that the reader can relate with. This is shown in Wuthering Heights when passion engulfs Catherine and Heathcliff and later everything around them is dissolved. That sounds like a true story about what happens in the society, where a person gives divided attention to all the potential suitors. The cross racial relationships as shown in the novel would not stood a chance in the Victorian era and they play out as the only exception in the narration and the paradoxes that were present at the
Writers of literary works use romanticism to imply the psychological desire to escape the hostile realities of the world. Moreover, individual characters are placed at the center of all life setting in the literature thereby making it easier to express unique feelings and specific attitudes to give value to fidelity in depicting experiences. Romanticism is sometimes used to show in nature a revelation of truth by finding the absolute as opposed to realism which finds value in the actual. In “Wuthering Heights”, the author focuses on relationships, socio-economic factors, such as love, courtship, security, social status, conflicts, and money. Romanticism is portrayed by drawing the line between the social …show more content…
There are instances of passion and privileged irrationality over reason and rationality in addition to mysticism, supernatural elements and nightmare. The ghost of Catherine which greets Lockwood is used to depict the supernatural element. Wuthering heights is a dreary and dark place with Heath being desolate. This is affirmed by abundant occurrence of death, which leaves only three characters to survive until the end of the narrative. Characters in the narrative act and react irrationally, for instance the relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff seems to be …show more content…
It is also seen that the younger Catherine was more exuberant than the older one. The reader is compelled to accept the propensity of death in Yorkshire which may make the story sound like a melodrama, while it is the reality in the area. The story also provides a clear picture for subsequent tragic romance.
A realistic ending is more apt for a novel, because it gives accounts of events that the reader can relate with. This is shown in Wuthering Heights when passion engulfs Catherine and Heathcliff and later everything around them is dissolved. That sounds like a true story about what happens in the society, where a person gives divided attention to all the potential suitors. The cross racial relationships as shown in the novel would not stood a chance in the Victorian era and they play out as the only exception in the narration and the paradoxes that were present at the