Wuthering Heights #11: Major Conflicts

There is always something going wrong in novels; there are conflicts. These conflicts usually lead to the climax of the novels. In Wuthering Heights but Emily Bronte, there are quite a lot of conflicts. The first conflict and certainly the biggest conflict, would have to be when Catherine Earnshaw agrees to marry Edgar Linton. She does this even though she is in love with Heathcliff. Catherine just marries Linton for his money and social class. Also, Heathcliff is very immature and does not have as much money or social class as Linton. So because of this decision, it causes a conflict between all three of them. And Heathcliff automatically wants to get revenge on Linton for stealing the love of his life. Then, on top of everything, Catherine passes away. This adds to the stress and bitterness of Heathcliff. This makes the biggest conflict of all mainly because Heathcliff spends the rest of his life trying to get revenge on Linton, and this eventually leads to his death. So he spends his whole life caught up on revenge. The conflict between Heathcliff, Catherine, and Linton is just one of many. But it is definitely the biggest conflict of all because it goes on all throughout the novel.