Discuss the representation of children in "Wuthering Heights".
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 05:11:02
The child characters in the books that we have read for this course are, to me, very interesting characters, each possessing different qualities. I found it quite easy to relate to most of the child characters; however, one character which I found it difficult to understand is that of Heathcliff in the novel "Wuthering Heights". Heathcliff is completely different from any other child character in any of the books that I have read for this
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Catherine. It is almost as though she is the only thing that keeps him going. Heathcliff's character is a complex one, and it is very hard to make sense of him at all. However, as this essay proves, we learn a lot about him from how other characters describe and comment on him; from the images he presents us with; from the language used, and from the context in which this peculiar child is seen.
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