People always love happy ending when two individuals, who just meet, fall in love together and after a few dilemmas in the plot, they both realize what they have is true love. But that would seem too simple and boring, not realistic of the pain and sorrow associated with this concept of love. Many times, fate leads people down a path separate from our intended plan, but sometimes love falls short of our intended purpose. In both, Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, and Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, the theme is love, and the chaos or unhappy ending in many people 's stories. So, the characters Romeo and Heathcliff, share many differences and similarities in their social standing, drive/ambition, and personality, but both felt the pain of
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In general, Romeo grew up to a powerful family, so when his cousin Benvolio questions Montague, he calls him, "noble uncle" proving Romeo was a well-established family (Act 1, Scene 1). While, Catherine is deciding on marrying Edgar, and her love for Heathcliff, she claims to love Heathcliff because, "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton 's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning (Chapter 9). Now, Romeo was from stable family, in love with his rival families daughter, and Heathcliff was an adopted son in a wealthy family, and he falls in love with his adopted sister. Now, both female main love interests die, with Juliet and Catherine suffering young deaths, but seems Heathcliff suffered more since he lived and thought about, what if 's. Although, Romeo and Juliet both ended the family dispute after their death, but Heathcliff remains haunted by Catherine’s …show more content…
For example, Romeo seems like a laid back individual who ended up getting caught up in the moment, Similarly before attending the ball, Romeo says, " Some consequences yet hanging in the stars," and, "he that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail. On, lusty gentlemen,"(Act 1, Scene 4). Or, he had a bad feeling about the night, but he placed fate in God 's hands, to appease his friends. Likewise, when Heathcliff visits, three years after Catherine and Edgar marry, he ignores Edgar, and tells her, " there was a cause. I 've fought through a bitter life since I last heard your voice; and you must forgive me, for I struggled only for you! "(Chapter 10). Showing, Heathcliff was very bold over his love for her, and his intention, are sarcastic. Romeo shared these same intentions, but seems less interested in
In general, Romeo grew up to a powerful family, so when his cousin Benvolio questions Montague, he calls him, "noble uncle" proving Romeo was a well-established family (Act 1, Scene 1). While, Catherine is deciding on marrying Edgar, and her love for Heathcliff, she claims to love Heathcliff because, "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton 's is as different as a moonbeam from lightning (Chapter 9). Now, Romeo was from stable family, in love with his rival families daughter, and Heathcliff was an adopted son in a wealthy family, and he falls in love with his adopted sister. Now, both female main love interests die, with Juliet and Catherine suffering young deaths, but seems Heathcliff suffered more since he lived and thought about, what if 's. Although, Romeo and Juliet both ended the family dispute after their death, but Heathcliff remains haunted by Catherine’s …show more content…
For example, Romeo seems like a laid back individual who ended up getting caught up in the moment, Similarly before attending the ball, Romeo says, " Some consequences yet hanging in the stars," and, "he that hath the steerage of my course, Direct my sail. On, lusty gentlemen,"(Act 1, Scene 4). Or, he had a bad feeling about the night, but he placed fate in God 's hands, to appease his friends. Likewise, when Heathcliff visits, three years after Catherine and Edgar marry, he ignores Edgar, and tells her, " there was a cause. I 've fought through a bitter life since I last heard your voice; and you must forgive me, for I struggled only for you! "(Chapter 10). Showing, Heathcliff was very bold over his love for her, and his intention, are sarcastic. Romeo shared these same intentions, but seems less interested in