Denise Lee's final post

Jane Austen uses satire and irony in her novel Pride and Prejudice to create a great work of literature but one cannot overlook the interesting literary elements Emily Bronte inserts such as Byronic hero, frame narratives, and the gothic romance\setting into her novel Wuthering Heights. One of the interesting elements about Wuthering Heights was how the main character Heathcliffe is a Byronic hero. One would think that Heathcliffe could not be considered a hero of any kind because of his negative personality. After reading the article about the Byronic hero, I see that Heathcliffe upholds all the characteristics to qualify him as a Byronic hero. This concept is a little hard to grasp at first. Another element that Bronte uses is the frame narrative unlike Jane Austen’s novel. The frame narrative is what makes Wuthering Heights such a hard novel to read because the reader must keep note of who is telling the story at what time. Pride and Prejudice does not have a frame narrative so it makes it a much easier to follow. Therefore, any student can read it without any classroom help. In Goldstone’s article “Wuthering Heights Revisited”, he explains that the “richness of perspective” adds to the mysterious, gothic feel throughout the novel which is another important element in Bronte’s novel. This element makes it a more interesting read compared to Pride and Prejudice. Both novels are excellent romance novels but Wuthering Heights presents a more realistic view of love which can be at first a little hard to understand. Therefore, I firmly believe that Wuthering Heights would be a more appropriate classroom novel. Word Count: 270 Goldstone, Herbert. "Wuthering Heights Revisited." The English Journal XLVIII (1949): 4.