Clashing Contrasts in "Wuthering Heights"

The juxtaposition of sharply disparate elements, i.e. "clashing contrasts," can give rise to violence. Such is certainly true of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. In fact, the entire novel could be analyzed using comparison and contrast. Examples of the "clashing contrasts" are found in the violence between Heathcliff and Edgar, Heathcliff and Linton, Heathcliff and Hindley, Catherine and Isabella, and Heathcliff and Isabella. Other contrasts which serve to explicate the plot and relationships are the …showed first 75 words of 2718 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2718 total…rise to violence. Such is certainly true of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. In fact, the entire novel could be analyzed using comparison and contrast. Examples of the "clashing contrasts" are found in the violence between Heathcliff and Edgar, Heathcliff and Linton, Heathcliff and Hindley, Catherine and Isabella, and Heathcliff and Isabella. Other contrasts which serve to explicate the plot and relationships are the differences between Heathcliff and Edgar, Hareton and Linton, and Nelly and Lockwood.