Both Emily Bronte, author of Wuthering Heights, and Jane Austen, author of Pride and Prejudice, created masterpieces in literature. But given the choice, one should choose Wuthering Heights for an exceptional learning experience. Although Pride and Prejudice may be the favorite novel among many people due to its wonderful romance, Wuthering Heights is more thought provoking and meaningful. Charlotte Bronte describes Pride and Prejudice perfectly when she states “[Pride and Prejudice is] an accurate daguerreotyped portrait of a commonplace face.” Contrasting with the predictable image of a love story, Bronte creates vivid settings and relationships between the characters. Also, unlike Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights is a frame story, in which the reader is provided with different views of the same story. Also, Bronte’s powerful words create very striking character relationships with intense emotion. Goldstone, in “Wuthering Heights Revisited” describes the ability of the characters to show their emotions as “[vivid, clear, and unself-conscious.]” Wuthering Heights contains many flashbacks in which the reader can see the past as well as the present. But, Bronte also leaves certain details out, such as Heathcliff’s life before coming to Wuthering Heights, which creates a very mysterious tone. Along with changing the setting from the past and present, Bronte created two very different settings, the Wuthering Heights mansion and Thrushcross Grange. These two settings create a contrasting light and dark image, which also spreads to the characters inside the walls of the houses. Overall, Wuthering Heights contains many different aspects that are very interesting to discuss and debate.
Word Count: 254
Citations:
Goldstone, Herbert. "Wuthering Heights Revisted." The English Journal (1959).
"Jane Austen's Critics."
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
Sri,
The most interesting part of this post for me is the "predictable image of a love story" found in P and P. What a great argument for studying something else that is outside what is "usual" in the classroom. This could be your thesis, and then you could build the rest of your post around that claim. I think this would help make the post more cohesive. Nice work!
Mrs. G
Post a Comment