Thoughts on Wuthering Heights?

Question

personally, i thought the book was brilliant....i didn't like the beginning, how Emily Bronte started it....i thought it would end up being hard to read, so i put it down....but my friend told me just to go on and it will catch you....i thought the story was so good, but quite annoying....i felt for Heathcliff and Catherine...wished they could be together....i understood Heathcliff's anger, but i felt that i just read on so i could know how it all turned out....what about you? what are your thoughts on WUTHERING HEIGHTS? feel free to comment...

Answer 1

Heathcliff and Catherine are something else - huh? They have such extreme emotions. I hardly know whether to call them devils or humans. They are the evil streak that runs through the story.

I found the story of Cathy (the younger one) a welcome retreat at the end of the book. Nelly is so fond of Cathy, and her storytelling makes Cathy seem like more of an angel than she actually was. I liked that tension. I kept wanting to know who exactly Cathy was. I was gratified at the very end, to find that Cathy had won over Hareton. Or rather, they had each won over the bitterness inside them.

It's a story full of bitterness and hate and love and loyalty - all these opposite emotions at war against each other. No wonder we can't put it down! The characters' relationships to each other are so intertwined that the reader must get involved in this story in order to figure it all out. It's genius (rather than laziness) to have characters with such similar names. It makes things complicated enough to keep our minds active during the reading.

Not enough gets said about the whole reason for the story - Mr. Lockwood. He, too, influences the way we perceive the other characters. With his attraction to Cathy, don't you think he might portray Heathcliff as more horrible than he really is? Don't you think he might side against Heathcliff? The story comes to us filtered through either Lockwood's eyes or Nelly's memory. It's something to remember, and it's a good reason to read the book again - to judge how much they really might be stretching things.

Answer 2

I enjoyed Wuthering Heights to an extent. I read it when I was quite young and found the romance to be less interesting than the ghostly moors. Come to think of it, I suppose the setting was my favorite "character," so to speak!

There is a brand-new book by Cara Lockwood entitled Wuthering High. You might give that a try. It is set at a contemporary boarding school for teens that have acted out - a strict spot for deliquents - but new student Miranda is discovering that the teachers may not be what they appear to be -- and an older boy named Heathcliff keeps following her around and calling her Cathy! It's a humorous new teen fiction book, the first in a new series called Bard Academy.

Answer 3

It's a great song by KATE BUSH.
Seriously, one of my all-time favourites, like are all Bronte sister novels. If you liked Wuthering Heights, try Anne and Charlotte. They are different and except for Charlotte's Vilette the endings, are, without wanting to reveal too much, something you'd probably like better. Also, I think, the sister's biographies explain a lot about their writing. And their biographies are nearly as dramatic as their fictional work. There you can find an explanation for the dreary and ruptured athmosphere that characterizes Wuthering Heights, though it clearly is a book that works without further explanation. One just might want to know.

Answer 4

I agree that the beginning wasn't very good. I never like flashback beginnings.

Also I didn't like all the symbolism of house the Grange and Hieghts are really the Victorian and Age of Enlightenment (or something like that) Also I don't like it when two different characters ahve the same name (Catherine/Cathy)

However, I did enjoy the cunning evilness of Heathcliff. It was brilliant how he ended up being master of both houses.

I give it an 8/10

Answer 5

Anyone who likes a good love story will be profoundly moved by this classic! Obsession for one another drives Heathcliffe to insanity and Cathy to her death. Even in the afterlife, they cannot be seperated, and Cathy haunts Heathcliffe until he digs up her grave to be near her corpse. Will change your thoughts on true love.

Answer 6

Classic

Answer 7

I agree, the beginning is much too verbose. I put mine down quite a few times as well.

Answer 8

listen to the song "stairway to heaven" by led zeppelin. the song was written about wuthering heights.

Answer 9

It was a great song by Pat Benetar

Answer 10

Very good