(Dys)Function in the Moors: Everyone's a Villain in Wuthering Heights
2013; University of Iowa; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.17077/2168-569x.1410
ISSN2168-5738
Autores Tópico(s)Short Stories in Global Literature
ResumoEmily Brontë's classic Wuthering Heights combines legends, myths, and notions of romance, but it is also full of villains, dastardly acts, betrayal and revenge.Criticism of the work often centers around the characters of Heathcliff and Catherine 1 and their perceived feelings for one another, thwarted by fate, chance, and bad decisions. 2Many scholars point fingers at Heathcliff as being the ultimate "villain" of the story 3 ; I, however, believe that the term "villain" is controversial, and this term can apply to all of the characters, not just Heathcliff-at least in the context of the world where the story takes place.In general, the villain can be a character who wishes evil things to happen and who helps to make these evil things happen.The villain may also be the dark side of human nature, the opposite of the hero, or what the hero could become if s/he ever fails.If we indeed have no heroes in Wuthering Heights, then the characters in the novel must all have a dark side (which may or may not be obvious), or be outright malicious in their intentions through their actions.The novel has no "good" characters-even the Lintons, whom Nelly our narrator describes as virtuous, have cruel intentions as they are introduced fighting
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