ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Set in a real world, Wuthering Heights adopted many Gothic elements, among which the Gothic theme is the most evident one: revenge and property inheritance. After being robbed of love by Linton, Heathcliff left and devoted himself to planning his revenge, since which has been the only purpose of his living.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wuthering Heights has been described as a Gothic novel, a style of literature which combines horror and romance. It typically features supernatural encounters, graveyards, ghosts, desolate landscapes and crumbling ruins in order to convey the effect of pleasurable terror.

Detailed explanation-3: -Wuthering Heights is a gothic novel. Gothic novels focus on the mysterious or supernatural, and take place in dark, sometimes exotic, settings.