At its heart, the story of Wuthering Heights, written by Emily Bronte in 1847, is one of intense passion, and even more so, one of revenge. Set in the haunting Yorkshire Moors, the narrative follows the life of the mysterious, gypsy- like Heathcliff and his childhood sweetheart, Catherine, from childhood to death – A story which is underpinned by a sequence of binarisms, juxtapositions and doubles, adding to the vast depth of the novel by highlighting contrasts, or in some cases, similarities between sets of two entities. The examples covered on this site are: Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange, The Earnshaws and the Lintons, and the characters Heathcliff and Edgar Linton.
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The Earnshaws and The LintonsThe differences between the Earnshaws and the Lintons make an interesting binary opposition, and exploring this can help the reader to identify with or understand characters in the book.
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Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross GrangeThe main locations of the novel are juxtaposed with each other to great effect in order to create a deeper level of detail which allows the reader to understand these vastly differing estates to a higher degree..
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Heathcliff and Edgar LintonSed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusant doloremque laudantium, totam rem.
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