The latter half of Wuthering Heights was a bit anticlimactic for my taste. After Catherine dies and the haunting of the estate is explained, the story just kind of...peters out. Bronte just seems to sort of kill off her characters while keeping them bickering, or perhaps I wasn't paying enough attention. Granted, it is a happy ending in that young Catherine and Linton grew up knowing nothing of the intense, emotional conflicts from which they came. Maybe I'm too used to today's fiction, but this was definitely not one of my favorite literary endings.
I don't think I will ever fully understand Heathcliff's manipulation over his loved ones, even those who never wronged him! The way he speaks to his son and forces him into courting young Catherine is deplorable. While I respect his cunning and skill in vengeful planning, I doubt I could consider him the hero of the novel.
No comments:
Post a Comment