Wuthering Heights

In Emily Bronte’s captivating novel Wuthering Heights there are several very important themes that come together to provide an overall theme of unrequited love. These themes are that true love is pure and seemingly unattainable, love is everlasting and profound, and that history repeats itself. The beginning of the novel lays the foundation for all of the themes that are to follow. Catherine and Heathcliff are almost immediately attached to one another. This friendship …

…that is never fully reached by all the parties involved. It is patient and never ending. It is deep and profound. It can only be understood after much pain and hardship. It is hard to find and hard to endure. It is the best and worst of human nature, compassion, and love. None understand this better then Emily Bronte did. Her novel portrays true, unrequited love like no one ever has or perhaps ever will.