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Hate, Revenge, Violence, Solace
Jun 27, 2009 10:08 AM 7085 Views

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This story is about one man in whom seeds of love, hatred and revenge are so gravely sown that he cannot come out of it. The hero becomes the anti-hero after the love of his life marries someone else. His bitterness increases after she passes away. He then not only takes revenge on his chief tormentor, but also people who had done no direct harm to him. In the end, he dies a lonely death and his soul seems to have united with the soul of his love.


At the outset, let me tell you that this is a very dark novel. It is set up in the lonely mountains of Northern England which is not very hospitable. The "Wuthering Heights" refers to a place high in the mountains where the winds are very strong and chilly. The entire area is isolated from the rest of England, hence its people have a very unsociable temperament. The time period is 1779 - 1802.


It is about 2 families. The Earnshaws live at the Wuthering Heights. The Lintons lived 4 miles away in the slightly more habitable Thushcross Grange. Both are rich families with a large coterie of servants.


The entire story is narrated by Mrs. Dean, the maid and partly by Mr. Lockwood, a tenant at Thushcross Grange. What I like most about the story is the smooth narration that keeps me hooked. However, at the end, the story did not appeal much to me as the tone remained dark throughout with very little light in the end. Also most of the characters are shown to be stubborn, unsocial and narrow minded who die early either out of sadness or weakness or both.


Mr. Heathcliff is the anti-hero I talked about. He was adopted into the Earnshaw household after he was found homeless in the streets of Liverpool. His elder step-brother Hindley Earnshaw treated him like a servant after their father's death. His sister Catherine however, doted on Heathcliff and both fell in love with each other at a very early age.


By the time Catherine reached marriagable age, Hindley had treated Heathcliff so badly that he had become an uneducated, rough labourer. Though Catherine loved him, she decided to marry the refined Edgar Linton from Thushcross Grange. This sowed the seeds of revenge which made Heathcliff bring the Earnshaws as well as the Lintons down in a systematic, ruthless manner.


The story that follows is quite complicated, it would be unwise to narrate it entirely in a review. However, the significant part of the revenge was that Heathcliff now treated Hindley's son Hareton Earnshaw the same way that he was treated. Hareton was made to work with the labourers, was denied a formal education and he grew up to be a boor himself.


Read this story to understand how the writer Emily Bronte has potrayed the wicked side of human emotions. It is a good read if you do not crave for stories with happy emotions, love and kindness. Also, there is a lot of violence in here. It is not for the weak-hearted.


In my personal experience, the story ceased to be a page turner after I had read about 60% of it. This is because, I was fatigued with the constant gloominess it portrayed. The story could have done with at least one character who behaved rationally.


All in all, a brilliant narration and good characterization, especially of Mr. Heathcliff.


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