Anthony Angelini
Mrs. Stuebi
World Literature 2
17 April 2007
Wuthering Heights: There can be no Substitute for True Love
Seeking vengeance can go on for eternity. Searching for true happiness and what true love is can shape any individuals life. These themes of vengeance, stature, and love are expressed in the novel Wuthering Heights. Catherine and Heathcliff show how social standards and becoming consumed with revenge can lead to devastation in true love. In Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte expresses how social status and revenge are poor substitutes for true love.
First, the characters devastation is expressed through the ongoing conflict of love. The characters true love is always surrounded by devastation and heart ache. Catherine’s devastation begins when she rejects love in order to meet up to the standards of the society that surrounds her. The love story between Catherine and Heathcliff begins when they are children. Heathcliff is brought to the Earnshaw......
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