Wuthering Heights of Bronte

Wuthering Heights is one of the finest novels of Emily Bronte. She portrayed majorly twelve characters in this novel. She mixed many themes with complex ideas. She was born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1818 and died in 1848. Her mother was died when she was just three years old. She  was a leading woman in her family having two sisters without healthy parental care. The central love situation between Heathcliff and Catherine. It is a love of unique intensity and identity. There is no effect on love in this novel. Heathcliff's love for Catherine is as strong after her death as it was during her life and he believes in continuity of strong relationship.So,Catherine's death can never separate him from her life and he believes that she is still alive in some form. She defines love in an uncommon way.She said "Love is an imperishable passion ". The lover in The Wuthering Heights doesn't pursue the object of his love through the entire ages. He is united with his lover in ghostly form in the same venue where he lived. After death, both the lovers walk and live together in the form of ghosts in another existence. 
            Major events happened in the Wuthering Heights as Death of Catherine, Elopement of Isabella and Death of Edgar Linton. She explained this novel so brilliantly and passionately. The strong winds blow around Wuthering Heights are in consonance with the stormy and violent nature of the hero and the heroine. In other words, this novel dominates the Grange and Heathcliff is the master of Heights and also the master of the Grange. The story of this novel begins and ends at Wuthering Heights. In this novel, in the first phase Mr. Lockwood visits Heathcliff there and he again visits the Heights to find that Heathcliff is dead. The younger Catherine and Heroton are about to marry. Comparatively, it is justified at Heights. 
    According to Emily Bronte, human existence can not end with physical death and continued in spiritual form too. It's the faith of Bronte that death is not end of life. Death is the only transformation of material life into a spiritual life. The union of Heathcliff and Catherine was not possible during their physical life. Heathcliff was a domestic servant in her brother's house. So,she could not think about her marriage to him. Though, they loved each other deeply and worldly considered that the union of souls. 
                   In this novel, love and revenge are the major themes,but,a revenge was upon Heathcliff's enemies. His revenge was surpassed to their children. These two themes of love and revenge are closely interwoven. Finally, it is considered to find a scientific solution that Heathcliff's frustrated love takes on the form of perverted energy. 

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