Suggested Topics for Research

on Wuthering Heights

Theme of revenge in the novel

Use of animal imagery in the novel

Significance of weather in the novel

Supernatural elements in the novel

Function of the narrators in the novel

Theme of incest in the novel

Heredity vs. environment in the novel

Significance of dreams in the novel

Use of doubling in the novel

Cyclical nature of history in the novel

Comic elements in the novel

Use of landscape in the novel

Purpose of violence in the novel

Character motivation in the novel

Definition of morality in the novel

Gothic characteristics in the novel

Poetic elements in the novel

Heathcliff and the daemonic tradition

Parent/child relationships in the novel

Biblical allusions in the novel

Compare/contrast the novel and Brontë's poetry

The nature of love in the novel

Heathcliff as vampire

The significance of windows, doors, and gates in the novel

Theme of isolation in the novel

Comparison of the novel to its various derivatives (films, musicals, songs, etc.)

Attitude toward death in the novel

History of criticism of the novel