Youth and Maturity in Emily Bronte’s “ Wuthering Heights
Abstract
The Gothic Romance Novel “Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte is regarded asone of the most significant works of English literature. Emily Bronte wrote the bookin 1847 and had it published under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. The Novel represents asignificant advancement in English literature. Some critics debated the novel’s placein a particular literary subgenre. Others assert that it is a Gothic Romance, whileothers say it is a romance. Certainly, Catherine and Heathcliff’s relationship fits themold of a conventional love narrative. This opinion is up for debate among readersand anybody else interested in English novels, though. Taking into account Catherine’ssad death, Heathcliff’s vengeance, and the paranormal elements of their relationship.All of these components give the book a feeling of supernaturalism. By theconclusion, this might have given the book a gothic label. Through the eyes of NellyDean in both families, the narrative tells the history of the three generations of thetwo families. The acts of the novel are clearly influenced by Gothic elements. In herearly years, Emily Bronte became an obsessive reader of Gothic romances, allowingthe gothic romances’ eerie settings and fantastic characters to feed her thoughts.The mysterious events surrounding Heathcliff’s death and Lockwood’s dream aretwo of the novel’s more notable instances that are classic Gothic in inspiration, butthe actual surroundings and settings have nothing in common with the enigmaticcastles and uncharted lands typical of the Gothic romance. A further feeling of mysteryis added to the novel’s activities by Heathcliff, whose origins are unclear and attimes look demonic.This research paper discusses the notion of youth and maturity in WutheringHeights as it relates to the feminist criticism theory, which affirms the status ofwomen in the Victorian era. The key instances of the novel’s subject of youth andmaturity are thoroughly examined in this research, as are the significant transformationsthat the female characters’ lives and overall fate undergo.
