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 is a gothic novel. Gothic novels focus on the mysterious or supernatural, and take place in dark, sometimes exotic, settings. The double is a frequent feature of the Gothic novel, as well.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole (1764) Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe (1839) Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (1847) The Strange Case of Dr. Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (1898) More items •04-Jun-2020