Revenge and Gothic

Brontë research articles produced in Indonesia and Iraq:

Revenge in Emily Brontë's Novel Wuthering Heights
Lia Safitri, Asnani Asnani
Journal of Language,  Vol 6, No 1

The research seeks to uncover the causal factors and detrimental effects of revenge as depicted in Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights. Given its focus on societal phenomena, the chosen methodology is the descriptive qualitative approach, aimed at elucidating these social dynamics. The analysis draws upon theories of revenge proposed by Barcaccia et al. and Schwartz, which respectively delve into the underlying elements of vengeance. Revenge arises from a potent desire to seek retribution for perceived injustices, often manifesting as the infliction of harm or suffering upon the perceived wrongdoer. However, rather than achieving justice, revenge often perpetuates a cycle of retaliation, as individual interpretations of moral equilibrium seldom align. Wuthering Heights serves as the primary source of data, with textual excerpts informing the analysis. The findings reveal three primary instigators of revenge: betrayal, injustice, and insult, with resultant negative impacts including depression and anxiety.

The Gothic complex spectrality in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights

Haydar Jabr Koban, Asst. Prof., Mazaya University College and  Taif Abdulhussein Dakhil,  Asst. Lecturer., Dijlah University College

International Journal of Health Sciences,  Vol. 6 No. S4 (2022) 

Gothic literature in general and Gothic fiction, in particular, can be defined as a literary piece of writing that uses dark scenery and a whole atmosphere of exoticism, mystery, fear, and terror. This paper aims to explore the elements of Gothic complex spectrality in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights (1847). The novel, known for being one of the greatest love stories ever published, explored many Gothic elements that added a sense of fear and terror to its plot. The Gothic factors were not traditional or similar to other Gothic fiction, even though Brontë was greatly influenced by Gothic fiction in her childhood. Nevertheless, she had created her Gothic world that broke the confines of the traditional and resulted in Wuthering Heights, which is still a topic of interest after more than centuries of its creation.