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Hello everyone! Ahhhh! I'm so excited because I finally finished reading this beautiful novel by Emily Brontë, which, despite being published in 1847, has become a classic of Gothic novels over the years, with a substantial plot full of conflict and, above all, love and revenge.

¡Hola Hola, gente de internet! ¡Ahhhh! Estoy muy emocionada porque finalmente terminé de leer esta hermosa novela de Emily Bronte que a pesar de haber sido publicada en 1847, con el pasar de los años se convirtió en un clásico de las novelas góticas, con una trama sustanciosas llena de conflictos y sobre todo de amor y venganza.

It all begins when Heathcliff, a lonely orphan, arrives at the home of Mr. Earnshaw, who is moved by his plight and decides to adopt him. There, the boy lives a bittersweet life because of Mr. Earnshaw's children: Catherine (Mr. Earnshaw's daughter) becomes his best friend, but Hindley (Mr. Earnshaw's son) constantly mistreats him. As the years pass, Heathcliff falls madly in love with Catherine, and she with him. They even experience an idyllic romance, as they are not related by blood. However, due to social status, she decides to marry another man, Edgar Linton, which ignites a torrent of anger and jealousy in Heathcliff. He flees to avoid witnessing this romance that will cause him so much pain. Nevertheless, he returns years later, a very rich and powerful man, but with a burning desire for revenge that extends to a second generation and leads everything to a Gothic conclusion.

I loved this novel because it exposes human nature at its most extreme. On one hand, it shows us how mistreatment can affect a child; being treated with contempt can distort their reality and make them obsessed with power and wealth, since they will see these as inherent elements of respect or dignity. And who doesn't want to be respected in this world? 🤷‍♀ But this brings me to the second important point of the story... revenge. Yes, throughout the novel I had a fluctuating mix of emotions because at the beginning, although I was bothered by Hindley's (Catherine's brother) unhealthy attitude, I also felt tenderness seeing the friendship between Heathcliff and Catherine, and the way in which he took refuge in her in search of the affection, respect and love that had always been denied him. She was the only person who listened to him, who gave him affection, and I swear I enjoyed the idyll, with those scenes so well described by Brontë that highlight the elegance of her time.

But then, although I disagree, I could understand why he became obsessed with Catherine and his idea of ​​revenge. He felt betrayed by the only person he trusted, and he discovered that deep down she had always wanted to be a woman of high society. This exposes the hypocrisy of the system and presents two options: living a lie but with an influential surname that grants power and status, or following one's own feelings even if it means living a modest life. All of this ended up distorting Heathcliff's own thoughts and feelings, making him a complex character and perhaps the most profound in the entire novel.

I adored Brontë's narrative style because, in addition to being elegant in her writing, she uses the device of telling a story within a story, and she also changes narrator on occasion. Let's not forget that the plot suddenly shifts protagonists, and so we go from having Heathcliff and Catherine as the central focus, to having Cathy and Hareton as the focus of attention, in this case with Heathcliff as the counterpart or "villain," so to speak. But he goes beyond being a villain as such, a flat being who does harm for no reason. On the contrary, he is a character built with nuances and curves, molded from pain and disillusionment. That's why he is dark, somber, and cold, but at the same time, he is a tormented man, because deep down he has never stopped loving and therefore values ​​what this feeling means.

And well, people, that's all for today's post, I hope you liked it. Thank you very much as always for supporting my work, I welcome new readers, I love you all very much, I send you a hug and I'll see you in another post.

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