Love or Lust? (Wurthering Heig
In real life, it is very difficult to distinguish between love and lust. This is definitely the case in the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Wuthering Heights is a tragic love story. Emily Bronte tells the story of a love gone sour due to subordinate emotions that over rule love and hate. Bronte shows this through Catherine’s empty love, Heathcliff’s lust for Catherine, Heathcliff’s obsessive behaviour and the jealousy displayed within both Heathcliif and Catherine. These emotions destroy every relationship in the novel. The feelings displayed between Catherine and Heathcliff are neither of love nor hate, but rather emotions of lust, obsession and jealousy.First of all, Catherine’s empty love is a huge example of her selfishness. "Wuthering Heights is the name of Heathcliff’s dwelling. ‘Wuthering’ being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather."(Bronte 4). Wuthering Heights beholds more than tempestuous conditions. Wuthering heights is the epitome of ill-natured love. Catherine states that she loves Heathcliff, however her materialistic desires surpass her so called love. " ‘And we shall be rich, and I shall be the g
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Approximate Word count = 1027
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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