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94 pages 3 hours read

Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1847

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Essay Topics

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In an article about Wuthering Heights by British journalist Kathryn Hughes, Emily Brontë is described as “the patron saint of difficult women.” Defend or refute this notion, using Brontë’s depiction of female characters as evidence of your argument.

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Analyze Heathcliff’s status as “other.” To what effect does his dark appearance impact his experience in the Earnshaw family?

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Comment on your particular strategy of differentiating between the female and the male characters, especially the ones with similar or identical names. How do you imagine them as individuals despite their similar names and tones of voice?

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