Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, Catherine Ernshaw and Heathcliff's love is monumental in such a way that nothing seems to come between them. Even when Catherine marries another and Heathcliff moves away- their love brings them back to each other- though not in a way that the reader would expect. The death of the two main characters brings them together, finally, as lovers and as soul mates. Yet upon reading and watching the movie version of this novel, it is hard to come to terms with the fact that death is what brings the lovers together.

Catherine states that she and Heathcliff are one and the same, "whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same, and [Edgar's] is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire," yet if that was true why she would have married another is a question that I think the movie does a better job of answering than the novel. While Heathcliff left and abandoned her after overhearing part of her conversation, Catherine was the one that decided to move on. She promised to never love another when Edgar asked her to marry, yet in the movie you can see in her facial expressions that she is still in love with Heathcliff.

Another scene that depicts her passionate love for Heathcliff, is “Oh, Edgar, Edgar!” she panted, flinging her arms round his neck. “Oh, Edgar darling! Heathcliff's come back—he is!”...But the lady's glowed with another feeling when her friend appeared at the door: she sprang forward, took both his hands And she tightened her embrace to a squeeze," I found that, while the novel did an excellent job of describing the interactions between characters, the actors in the movie portrayed such emotion through their facial expressions and body language that as a reader you came to understand how much pain Catherine was in now that Heathcliff had returned. She was married to Edgar yet was in love with Heathcliff, and now that he had returned her marriage was in jeopardy. Catherine has to decide wether or not to stay with her husband or to leave him for her "true love."

Both the novel and the movie portray Heathcliff and Catherine’s romance in their own way yet the movie allows for a better interpretation of their emotions.

Feb. 16-- Wuthering Heights

Academia... When one is in academia, it seems that they are only talking to others who are in the same field or generally understands the content of one another. They don't seem to want to "dumb it down" for those who don't understand, should they write it in plain English for those who don't have that vocabulary or should it stay within academia and it's language?

Feb. 9- Wuthering Heights cont.

When Edgar said "I am not your husband" I think that he means he never really felt that he was her husband. Edgar knew she was in love with Heathcliff and never with him. Edgar had been with both Heathcliff and Catherine since they were younger and had seen how much they were in love. He knew that he could marry Catherine but her heart would always belong to Heathcliff.

Is Catherine and Heathcliff's love the greatest love story?
--I don't think that Catherine and Heathcliff have the greatest love story. The only way they could be together was in death and that is not exactly a "happy" ending. He tortures her family to get revenge on those who have hurt him and in the process, hurts her- how is that love? I believe that while Catherine believes that she and Heathcliff are soul mates, she doesn't understand the concept. They grew up together are the best of friends- he was he only one who would tell her the truth no matter what and so she believes that he is her soul mate. I don't think that equates soul mate material. A soul mate is someone who loves you despite your faults and gets along with your family- both Heathcliff are not.

Feb 6.- Wuthering Heights -- Heathcliff

I think that everybody has that "person" that brings out someone's true self. We all act a certain way in public than when we are alone. We need to be able to be ourselves at some point in our lives, whether it be with a best friend or a partner or a lover. I think that to have someone who is EXACTLY like you then what is there to discover in the relationship? Why does it always seem that the long lost love returns in the picture when everything is content in the other persons' life- it happens so often in romance novels that the plot has become almost an everyday occurrence.

Heathcliff... A horrible man??

The first time we meet Heathcliff he is a cruel man, he treats others with disrespect and annoyance. Yet as we look into his past we get a chance to see that maybe he is not such a horrible man underneath his rough exterior. He was orphaned as a child and the family that he lived with treated him like a servant. He never had any real family until Catherine, and even then she rejected him for a life of luxury and money. I think Heathcliff is only reacting to his upbringing, he wasn't treated well as a child so he knows no other way.

Feb 4. - Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte and sister Charlotte Bronte- author of Jane Eyre grew up to be very talented writers. Wuthering Heights is Emily's only novel, first published in 1847. Emily was described as a "female Shakespeare," yet the novel got mixed reviews because of its stark depictions of mental and physical cruelty. Loving someone who doesn't love you back, means you can't get hurt. Yet you can, when you love someone who doesn't love you will eventually get hurt because in the end the need for the love is what we are searching for.

Heathcliff seemed to be very harsh, he doesn't treat people with respect or kindness. He acts upon his on accord- his own agenda. He doesn't care who he hurts or what problems he causes. Why do men act so tough, like nothing can touch them emotionally or physically? They seem to think that the tougher they are the more appealing they will be. Power and money- Attractive? Maybe but I would rather have someone who lives a simple life and is my age then date someone who is older than my father....ICK.

Feb 2-Rape in Cyberspace

Mr. Bungle did commit rape, while it was not physical rape, it was rape. He emotionally scarred the other people that he was talking to. While it was not in a real place, you do get invested in what you do online. When a pedophile looks at pictures online the police consider it illegal. People pretend to be others online all the time, we never really know who someone is when they are online. After all the things that I have heard about chat rooms, I have never gone to a chat room. Where is the line drawn between reality and fantasy? I don't think that people realize how much their writing can and will affect people.


When I was 7-8, I would watch the X-Files with my Mom and Dad (I would be reading or sleeping- I just wanted to spend time with them), but one episode that I was awake for was the "Fiji Mermaid." There was a man who had a growth on his side that had a 'thing' inside. It would come out of the host and kill people to survive. It freaked me out sooooo much that I still can't sleep without some sort of light on and I can't seep with my back to the wall. I have to be able to see my entire room at all times.