Charlotte Bronte wrote: "Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff, I don't know. I scarcely think it is." *
If you're not familiar with Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, allow me to sum it up for you:
1. Guy and girl are in love.
2. Guy is bad for girl due to his general monsterness.
3. Guy protects girl from himself by being mean to her and running away.
4. Girl goes with other guy out of desperation and isolation.
5. She is miserable. Spends lots of time in the rain contracting weather-induced diseases.
6. First guy comes back for her and she sees that his skin is sparkly in the sunlight.
7. He is too late.
8. She dies of a weather/child induced illness.
9. He vows to make everyone's life miserable for like, forever.
10. Done and done.
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Let me tell you, those Brontes must have been a riot to live with. Unrequited love, dreams of death, crazy people abounding. No wonder it is Bella and Edward's favorite book...
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