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Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights.' (Emily Bronte)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 19940322
Author:Craig, Sheryl

Emily Bronte used her knowledge of birds and bird hunting in 'Wuthering Heights' by creating a hero, Heathcliff, whose character was that of a cuckoo. In the manner of cuckoos, Heathcliff moved into a foster home and usurped the affection of his foster father, Earnshaw. Heathcliff cheats the natural heirs of Wuthering Heights out of their home. While his heartlessness shocks readers, his singular devotion to Catherine Earnshaw Linton is touching, in the manner of cuckoos, who mate for life.

Katherine Frank, in A Chainless Soul: A Life of Emily Bronte, asserts that Bronte was particularly ...

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