WHUTHERING HEIGHTS THE GOTHIC NOVEL: AN UNDERSTANDING
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53555/ephijer.v6i2.118Keywords:
Gothic, myth, free spirit, tormentedAbstract
One of the most celebrated writers of English Literature, Emily Brontë was born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1818 but she spent the majority of her life in Haworth, a town in the moors of Yorkshire, described as “wild and lonely” while other critics such as Lock and Dixon state the argument that those who describe the moors in such a way might have lost “their senses to appreciate beauty”. As an individual and one of the Brontë sisters, Emily Brontë has acquired mythological status. She has been portrayed as an Absolute Individual, a Tormented Genius, and a Free Spirit Connecting with Nature. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, the other two sisters, have been portrayed as Romantic Rebels and Solitary Geniuses. The paper represents the novel, whuthering heights as the gothic novel, creating an understanding of the same.
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