The end of many relationships is caused by a variety of factors in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, My Last Duchess by Robert Browning, and Annabel Lee by Edgar Allen Poe. Some people may believe that social class is the cause of the downfall of these relationships. Social class, however, was not the bane of relationships in any of these stories because the characters show traits of insanity and signs of being overly attached to their lovers. Obsession is really the greatest factor for the bane of relationships.
Throughout Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, social class is not the bane of relationships. Obsession, however, does play a major role in the downfall of the relationships in this story. Obsession portrayed a large part in Catherine’s love for Heathcliff. From Chapter 9 of Wuthering Heights, “The others were the satisfaction of my whims; and for Edgar's sake, too, to satisfy him. This is for the sake of one who comprehends in his person my …show more content…
Social class created a large division between Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights, since Heathcliff was a foreign “gypsy” and Catherine was a high class native woman of England. In Annabel Lee, the speaker is a man of a lower social class, as shown by his split from his lover, where a highborn kinsman takes her away from him. In My Last Duchess, the Duke mentions briefly that his last duchess should have been faithful to him since he gave her the gift of his “nine-hundred-years-old name” by marrying her, implying that she was of a much lower social class. However, these differences in social class are very miniscule compared to the obsession that the characters showed over their loved ones in each story. The few examples of social class affecting relationships negatively are not very strong, since obsession seems to be the bigger
Throughout Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, social class is not the bane of relationships. Obsession, however, does play a major role in the downfall of the relationships in this story. Obsession portrayed a large part in Catherine’s love for Heathcliff. From Chapter 9 of Wuthering Heights, “The others were the satisfaction of my whims; and for Edgar's sake, too, to satisfy him. This is for the sake of one who comprehends in his person my …show more content…
Social class created a large division between Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights, since Heathcliff was a foreign “gypsy” and Catherine was a high class native woman of England. In Annabel Lee, the speaker is a man of a lower social class, as shown by his split from his lover, where a highborn kinsman takes her away from him. In My Last Duchess, the Duke mentions briefly that his last duchess should have been faithful to him since he gave her the gift of his “nine-hundred-years-old name” by marrying her, implying that she was of a much lower social class. However, these differences in social class are very miniscule compared to the obsession that the characters showed over their loved ones in each story. The few examples of social class affecting relationships negatively are not very strong, since obsession seems to be the bigger