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This 5 page paper analyzes three classic novels for the themes of nature versus nurture: George Eliot's Silas Marner, E. Bronte's Wuthering Heights, and C. Bronte's Jane Eyre. Quotes cited from texts. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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are three dimensional. They are that curious blend of good and evil, saint and sinner, and have the unmitigated ability to contradict themselves in a type of self deception that
sometimes reveals more about their character than mindless conformity to social situations would. While Heathcliff, in Brontes Wuthering Heights, fully embodies the nature element in this classic battle, Catherine, though
sporting elements of Heathcliffs nature, also has the ability to be influenced by nurturing. This same nature versus nurture theme is also explored to various extents in the novels, Silas
Marner, and Jane Eyre. "It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because hes handsome, Nelly, but because
hes more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same, and Lintons is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost
from fire"(Bronte, IX). In chapter nine of Wuthering Heights, Catherine speaks the above dialogue, indicating that she realizes the differences and similarities between them, and that regardless of
nurture, each has remained true to his or her true nature. This section from chapter nine has occurred after Catherine has come to the realization that nature holds a great
sway over the human condition. She sees the futility of forging an alliance with Linton, while at the same time knowing that she and Heathcliff will never be able to
be together. Likewise, she is saying this to Hareton, who in the beginning had been a terrible brute. In fact, the idea and
most important argument for nurture winning out over nature, is the development of the love between Catherine and Hareton. Before, Catherine had seen Hareton as unromantic a figure as any.
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