How does Bronte present marriage in Wuthering Heights?
Throughout ‘Wuthering Heights’, Bronte conveys the destruction caused by socially convenient marriages; it seems that the tragic romance of Heathcliff and Catherine is the root of the novel and conveys the consequences inflicted by marrying for status rather than love. Bronte expresses the idea that marriage should be based upon “devotion” and love. The challenging of these socially constructed boundaries of marriage, adds to the gothic element of the novel.
Bronte expresses a critical view that society’s idea of marriage, restricts true love, through the deep passion expressed between Catherine and Heathcliff. Bronte conveys the idea that Catherine and Heathcliff are almost separated …show more content…
The “peevish” character is described to be “sucking a stick of sugar candy”, the use of the verb “sucking” has connotations of an infant like nature. This infantile language, conveys Linton as a dramatically weak and undeveloped character. It seems that this “timidly” “feeble” and unscrupulous character, seems to be the symbol of the loveless and “violent” marriage between Isabella and Heathcliff. Linton’s antagonist nature and sickly complexion, gives the character an air of natural faultedness, this almost suggests that he is a result and symbol of the incompatibility and corruption between Heathcliff and Isabella. The contrasting character Hareton, is a product and symbol of the love between Hareton and Frances. Despite his “rough” appearance and brutal neglection, it seems that Hareton has an underlying natural kindness and genuine virtue. It seems that his parents’ good marriage, is reflected in his caring nature. The use of these characters is a significant aspect of the theme of marriage, it seems that Hareton and Linton’s nature represent their parent’s marriage. Through these characters, Bronte gives marriage a sense of significance; she expresses the idea that a marriage of corruption will be followed by a corrupting ramification, which in this case is Linton. These ideas expressed of marriage’s significance, may be a result of the Christian society in Britain, which most probably lead to Bronte adopting this
Throughout ‘Wuthering Heights’, Bronte conveys the destruction caused by socially convenient marriages; it seems that the tragic romance of Heathcliff and Catherine is the root of the novel and conveys the consequences inflicted by marrying for status rather than love. Bronte expresses the idea that marriage should be based upon “devotion” and love. The challenging of these socially constructed boundaries of marriage, adds to the gothic element of the novel.
Bronte expresses a critical view that society’s idea of marriage, restricts true love, through the deep passion expressed between Catherine and Heathcliff. Bronte conveys the idea that Catherine and Heathcliff are almost separated …show more content…
The “peevish” character is described to be “sucking a stick of sugar candy”, the use of the verb “sucking” has connotations of an infant like nature. This infantile language, conveys Linton as a dramatically weak and undeveloped character. It seems that this “timidly” “feeble” and unscrupulous character, seems to be the symbol of the loveless and “violent” marriage between Isabella and Heathcliff. Linton’s antagonist nature and sickly complexion, gives the character an air of natural faultedness, this almost suggests that he is a result and symbol of the incompatibility and corruption between Heathcliff and Isabella. The contrasting character Hareton, is a product and symbol of the love between Hareton and Frances. Despite his “rough” appearance and brutal neglection, it seems that Hareton has an underlying natural kindness and genuine virtue. It seems that his parents’ good marriage, is reflected in his caring nature. The use of these characters is a significant aspect of the theme of marriage, it seems that Hareton and Linton’s nature represent their parent’s marriage. Through these characters, Bronte gives marriage a sense of significance; she expresses the idea that a marriage of corruption will be followed by a corrupting ramification, which in this case is Linton. These ideas expressed of marriage’s significance, may be a result of the Christian society in Britain, which most probably lead to Bronte adopting this