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A 5 page essay that compares the love relationships in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. The writer discusses how financial and class consideration subverted true love in both novels and also which matches were made based on love. No additional sources cited.
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extremely different in tone and content, when the themes of love in each book are analyzed the authors are extremely similar in their outlooks. In the eras of both Bronte
and Austen, society was extremely class conscious. It was an unwritten social law that the landed aristocrats were not to marry outside of their class. Another factor that often entered
into marriage was that of finances. For a woman, marrying was the only truly viable means for ensuring a financially secure future. Therefore, love in many nineteenth century marriage
arrangements was considered by be a minor factor. Bronte and Austen show in their novels that they disagreed with this evaluation completely. Bronte pictures Cathys betrayal of Heathcliff as
being the tragic downfall for them both and loveless marriages as doomed. Austen stresses "sense" in that lovers should be compatible, but she does not discount love. In both
novels, there are concerns for financial considerations and class. Catherine Earnshaw grew up with an orphaned boy, Heathcliff, who was taken in by her family. In Heathcliff, Cathy sees
mirrored her own wild nature, which she associated with the moors. These two are clearly soul-mates who are meant to be together. However, Hindley, Cathys brother, is jealous of Heathcliff
and feels that he usurped his place in the family. Therefore, when Hindley torments Heathcliff when he gets the opportunity. Cathy admits to Nelly, that "if the wicked man in
there (Hindley) had not brought Heathcliff so low, I shouldnt have thought of it (marrying Edgar Linton)" (Bronte, 2001). But now, all things considered, Cathy says, "It would degrade me
to marry Heathcliff now, so he shall never know how I love him...Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same, and Lintons is as different as
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