Don't Look!: Falling into Wuthering Heights

After reading a number of different books and much deliberation, I have decided to write my final paper on Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.  I haven't finished it yet--I'm about a third of the way through--, but I find the novel and its themes incredibly fascinating.  Superficially, it seems like such a basic and frankly boring story.  However, Catherine's passion and Heathcliff's anger/resentment seem supernatural.  Their moments together create so much tension and electricity, you almost expect a spark to go off or an explosion of some sort.  At this point, my favorite moment from the book is when Catherine is talking to Nelly about her feelings for Heathcliff.  She says, "If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be, and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger....  Nelly, I am Heathcliff!"

As I said, I have not finished reading the book, but at this point, I think that I'm going to talk about Catherine and Heathcliff's love and its impact on other characters in the novel, especially on themselves and their spouses.  If it turns out that the topic is too broad, then I'll most likely focus on the thematic relationship between the two families (besides the obvious connection...).