1. Introducing Wuthering Heightsby
Emily Bronte

2. Emily Bronte
In 1818, Emily Bronte was born in Yorkshire, England to Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell.
She is the fifth of six children and perhaps the greatest writer of the three Brontë sisters – Charlotte Emily and Anne. Emily Brontë published only one novel, Wuthering Heights in (1847).
Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis in the late She had caught cold at her brother Branwell's funeral in September. After the appearance of Wuthering Heighs, some skeptics maintained that the book was written by Branwell, on the grounds that no woman from such circumscribed life, could have written such passionate story.
Heights Time Line
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3. Wuthering Heights Synopsis
Wuthering Heights, a novel of immense power and strength, is a duel love story involving two neighboring families, which spans two generations.
This passionate narrative of revenge centers on the doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.

4. Wuthering Heights

5. Thrushcross Grange

6. Setting- The Moors
All of the action in Wuthering Heights takes place on the Yorkshire moors, in England, in or around the two neighboring houses of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.
The raw beauty of the rocky moors symbolizes the wildness of the characters, particularly the character of Heathcliff.

7. The Characters Mr. Earnshaw Mrs. Earnshaw Mr. Linton Mrs. Linton +
Francis
Hindley
Catherine +
Edgar
Isabella +
Heathcliff
Hareton Earnshaw
Cathy Linton
Linton Heathcliff

8. Wuthering Heights Time Line
Mr. Earnshaw
Earnshaw
Family
Mrs. Earnshaw
Hindley Earnshaw
Catherine E arnshaw
Hareton Earnshaw
Linton
Family
Francis
Mr. Linton
Mrs. Linton
Heathcliff
Family
Edgar Linton
Isabella Linton
Cathy Linton
Heathcliff
Servants
Linton Heathcliff
Ellen Dean
Joseph

9. Wuthering Heights Themes
Revenge
Romantic Love
There are several themes in the novel: revenge, romantic love, social class and the super matural.
When Heathcliff cannot have the woman he loves, he turns his attention to revenging his childhood tormenter, his adoptive brother Hindley. Because Hindley never lost an opportunity to demean Heathcliff, the "gypsy" grows up determined to destroy Hindley and become master of the two houses. The fact that Hindley already has a tendency to drink and gamble to excess makes Heathcliff's vengeance all the easier. Without this desire for revenge, Heathcliff would have had nothing to do but pine after Catherine, so revenge becomes a major motivator for his character.
Romantic Love - There are many forms of Romantic Love in Wuthering Heights: the great passion between Heathcliff and Catherine, the romantic infatuation of Isabella for Heathcliff, the puppy love between Cathy and Linton, and the sexual attraction of Cathy and Hareton. It is the passion of Heathcliff and Catherine to which most readers respond and remember and that has made this novel one of the great love of English literature.
Social Class
Supernatural