Essay About Story Of Love And Thrushcross Grange

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Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights, a story of love and vengeance between two families for
two generations. The Earnshaw family of Wuthering Heights, the Lintons of
Thrushcross Grange, and the woman that stands between them, Nelly. These
two families joined by love but separated by Heathcliffs desire for vengeance
against Edgar Linton who married the women he loves, Catherine. Wuthering
Heights takes you on a ride through two generations seen through the eyes of
one women, Ellen Dean (Nelly) telling the story to one man, Mr. Lockwood. Emily
BrontД« depicted wonderfully the dark nature of mankind brought out by their
unforgiving nature and their desire for revenge.
The story starts off with Mr. Lockwood going to Heathcliffs house in
Wuthering Heights interested in buying Thrushcross Grange. Mr. Lockwood
meeting hostility in the house, had to stay overnight at the house because of
dense fog. When Mr. Lockwood went to sleep, he made a encounter with a
ghost in his dreams signaling the start of this wonderful story. Wuthering Heights
is the home to Mr. Earnshaw, Hindley, Joseph, Nelly, Heathcliff and Catherine.
At Thrushcross Grange, consisted of the Lintons with two children name Edgar
and Isabel. The plot in this story starts off simple as the reader would think that
this story is just another one of those stories which the disadvantage guy falls in
love with the girl he loves and ends up getting married. True, but the plot that
built up this ending is what made this story truly special. The characters of Nelly,
Cathy (daughter of Catherine and Edgar), Hareton, and Heathcliff the villain
which we must all sympathize with is the most shining characters in this story.
Nelly, the constant character in this story, we all must admire because of her
morals and values, sometimes had me hating her mainly because I can
sympathize with Cathy at her age, being naive with love while Nelly refusing to
keep a secret between the two. Cathy stands out as the most strongest
character in this story. Her brightness, strong will and rebellious attitude outshine
her own mother in character. She stands in the middle of the quarreling between