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Consider the reason why the gothic style of literature and the arts has been culturally relevant ever since its precedent-setting works. It is that gothic literature tells the audience exactly what they do not want to hear about themselves. Most gothic artists/authors are brutally honest in how they depict human nature: greedy, sinister, and above all, hopeless. This essential element of gothic, with the inclusion of the supernatural, takes the main stage in Emily Brontà «Ã¢â‚¬â„¢s Wuthering Heights. This story of romance, mystery, and violence is not only the epitome of the gothic novel, but also a social commentary that rings true for the human race in its entirety. In a sense, Wuthering Heights is a true story, not because the characters and events are factual, but because Brontà « writes the story in a way that the truth is left up to the reader. She utilizes several devices that are repeated throughout the novel to achieve this. One which is ever-present is the use of multiple lenses on the story. The fact that the story is told from several unreliable, biased narrators as opposed to Brontà « herself offers the reader a story in the same way one would receive a real-world story. Another device Brontà « uses is the repetition imagery of Wuthering Heights as a three way battlefield dividing heaven, hell, and the earth. The christian imagery, especially those which closely align Heathcliff with John Milton’s Byronic Satan in Paradise Lost, demonstrate a human consciousness thatShow MoreRelatedAnalysis of Katherine Mansfields The Garden Party1526 Words   |  6 Pagesmuch when he tells Yossarian that it is good for him to be frightened, because it proves [he is] alive (Heller 249). Essentially, Yossarian is forced to earn the right to live by first traveling to the underworld and facing it directly. 3. Wuthering Heights does not contain a journey into the underworld that is as explicit or obvious as the journeys in The Garden Party and Catch-22, but one can actually read the entire novel itself as a journey into the underworld, with Lockwood serving as theRead MoreEssay on Emily Bronte Illusion and Reality3043 Words   |  13 PagesA consideration of how Emily Bronte, Tennessee Williams and Shakespeare consider the notion of illusion and reality in the context of a love story. Wuthering Heights follows the Romantic Movement, a movement within literature during the late 18th century with captured intense emotion and passion within writing as opposed to rationalisation. Emily Bronte’s main focal point within the novel is the extreme emotion of love and whether it leads to the characters contentment or ultimate calamity. ThisRead MoreThe Relation of Evil and Love in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte1964 Words   |  8 PagesThe Relation of Evil and Love in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte This study will examine Emily Brontes novel Wuthering Heights, focusing on how evil is related to love. The study will explore the main relationship in the book, the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. That relationship is full of both love and evil and will show us what happens when evil and love become tied to one another. The first thing we need to do is define evil. It is perhaps impossible to define love