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hateful, revengeful and self-destructive. Damaged and split from the very same roots, Heathcliff and Catherine are limp flowers unable to flourish and be nourished in their own garden. Suffocated, they begin to wither and wither under the agonies of Victorian puritanism: insecticide. Since there is no outlet for release of their virginal and passionate vicissitudes and loves, they self-destruct by struggling between their natures and the demands of conventions of class and culture, social expectation, and the inner strife between passion and reason.
While Wuthering Heights represents the harsh, ruthless, wild precipice high on the barren moorlands (the natural dwelling of the Earnshaws and Heathcliff 3⁄4 the untamed children of stormy passions), Thrushcross Grange represents the gentle, friendly, tamed plains high on the luxurious crimson carpets and furnishings enclosed under a “pure white ceiling bordered by gold” (the natural dwelling of the Lintons 3⁄4 the cultured and cultivated world of the children of calm, restraint, order, and passivity). Brontë’s penchant for naming is wonderful. It is important to mention that “thrush,” a British bird known for its melodious song, effectively symbolizes Thrushcross Grange’s harmonious surroundings as much as “wuthering” symbolizes tempestuous surroundings. It is precisely because these two drastically divergent environments represent a flowing Blakean unity between their elements 3⁄4 characters, places,
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