Catherine and Heathcliff

The literary world has often chosen to focus on characters that intentionally harm others and create damaging situations for their own benefit. Despite popular morals, characters that display an utter disregard for the well being of others and themselves are characters that are often deemed iconic and are thoroughly scrutinized. If only the characters of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights were as one-dimensional as that. Set on the mysterious and gloomy Yorkshire moors in the nineteenth century, Wuthering Heights addresses the lonesome isolation of the two houses (Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange), by introducing Mr. Lockwood who attempts to narrate a tale he is very far removed from. Emily Bronte's in-depth novel can be considered a Gothic romance or an essay on the human relationship. …