Distortions and Exaggerations in Emily Brontes Wuthering...

Wuthering Heights: Distortions and Exaggerations Heathcliff cried vehemently, I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul! Emily Brontà « distorts many common elements in Wuthering Heights to enhance the quality of her book. One of the distortions is Heathcliffs undying love for Catherine Earnshaw. Also, Brontà « perverts the vindictive hatred that fills and runs Heathcliffs life after he loses Catherine. Finally, she prolongs death, making it even more distressing and insufferable. Heathcliffs love for Catherine transcends the normal physical true love into spiritual love. He can withstand anything against him to be with her. After Hindley became the master of Wuthering Heights, he flogged†¦show more content†¦One of the most dramatic scenes in the book is the death of Catherine. The first signs of her failing health physically and mentally come when she locks herself up in her room after Heathcliff and Edgars fight. She fasts herself into a delirium, pulling out pillow stuffing and seeing faces in the mirror. Unlike ordinary death, which comes quick and painlessly, Catherines slowly wastes her away into a ghost. About seven months later, she dies at childbirth, but returning to haunt Heathcliff. The main cause for Catherines death is not childbirth, although it may have been the final contributor. Ironically, because of the spiritual link between Heathcliff and her, it is their separation that killed her. Brontà « punishes the sinned by slow death, h aving the guilty put the wrath upon themselves. She also brings in the supernatural to prove that even at death, there is no peace. The precise description of the moments before Catherines death emotionally charges and further involves the reader. Like Catherine, Heathcliff dies in a similar fashion, except his sufferings prior to death lasted eighteen years. He explains to Nelly, What does not recall her [Catherine]? Those two [Catherine Linton and Linton Heathcliff] are the only objects which retain a distinct material appearance to me; and, that appearance causes me pain, amounting to agony. This is consistent because he has sinned the most of all