While The Poems of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell Aylott and Jones, reached a very limited audience, the three sisters each went on to publish novels soon after. In , Emily published her sole work of fiction, Wuthering Heights Thomas Cautley Newby , which is widely regarded as one of the great novels of the English language. National Poetry Month. Materials for Teachers Teach This Poem.
Poems for Kids. Poetry for Teens. Lesson Plans. Resources for Teachers. Academy of American Poets. He also holds distaste for his own son because of his Isabel. Supernatural The ghost of Catherine haunts Heathcliff constantly. Her ghost drives him insane, but he would rather be insane than live in a world without Catherine in it. At the end of the novel Heathcliff is found dead in the Moors after walking with Catherines ghost.
Additionally, Wuthering Heights is by far the most famous of her works. However, she did have a history of talented writing, and was also a poet in addition to being novelist. Brownson, Siobhan Craft. Poetry Foundation, n. Shapiro, Arnold. Student Resources in Context, link. Accessed 28 Apr. Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. New York: Penguin Books, Brownson Emily went on to write almost poems in her life but only a small fraction were published in her life time Brownson.
Symbols Ghosts Catherines ghost drives Healthcliff to insanity. Her ghost reminds him of the pain of not being able to be with her. Yet, it also brings him peace. Knowing that Catherines spirit never left him makes him feel whole. Upon Heathcliffs death he is seen happy and smiling with Catherines ghost.
He died happy and at peace because he was with Catherine. This was the place Heathcliff and Catherine would run away together as children. It represented hope and contrasted with Wuthering Heights where they could not be together and had to uphold to social expectations. In comparison to society, the Moors were wild and unpredictable. Heathcliff, an orphan taken in by the Earnshaws, is the driving force between the action in the book.
He first motivated by his love for his Catherine Earnshaw, then by his desire for revenge against her for what he believed to be rejection. At first, reviewers did not know what to make of Wuthering Heights. She died of tuberculosis on December 19, , nearly two months after her brother, Branwell, succumbed to the same disease. Her sister Anne also fell ill and died of tuberculosis the following May. We strive for accuracy and fairness.
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