tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post7447887514316068266..comments2024-01-26T04:19:28.771-06:00Comments on Belle's Library: Wuthering Heights: The Spiritual Significance of MadnessJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772133176546574569noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-38407233685218131992014-09-30T20:10:56.422-05:002014-09-30T20:10:56.422-05:00An excellent and very thoughtful review! I have r...An excellent and very thoughtful review! I have read "Wuthering Heights" truly countless times and read many essays about it as well, and yet you managed to bring new ideas to which I had not before given consideration. Well done! ;) <br /><br />I do love this book, though I find - your review is quite telling - that the book itself seems nearly to haunt me during and after each reading. The depravity...the madness to which characters give themselves over when they exercise passions without restraint seems a gloomy cloud hanging over my head each time. It's been a while since I last read it; your review and thoughts make me want to go pick it up again!<br /><br />I do love how each time I come to the book, I read it in another light. As a young girl, I think I saw only the romantic, unrequited love between Cathy and Heathcliff. Now of course it's shocking to me that I could have taken only that away - he is such a monster! And Hindley, my goodness. I think I saw his horrific nature in clear and plain view only just the last time I read it.<br /><br />Have you seen the PBS Masterpiece Theatre version of this that came out several years ago? It's very well done, although it does play heavily on the romantic elements, and you see the madness only when Catherine and Heathcliff are separated. Nevertheless, I enjoyed it enough to buy it. :) Again, I quite enjoyed reading your thoughts here, thank you for sharing them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-4809165102301606482014-09-04T03:35:56.849-05:002014-09-04T03:35:56.849-05:00I enjoyed reading your thoughts on this book! Than...I enjoyed reading your thoughts on this book! Thanks so much for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday at Mommynificent.com! Hope to see you again soon!<br />TinaTina at Mommynificent.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126804458372736293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-6183847363731097942014-09-03T19:49:35.330-05:002014-09-03T19:49:35.330-05:00Hi Sarah, I never read the book but saw the movie....Hi Sarah, I never read the book but saw the movie. I don't think I could read the book after that... To see other people suffer for a love they didn't have the courage to give in marriage to each other unsettled me... Perhaps it was just the movie version. Either way, your writing is excellent and I enjoyed reading this. Thank you also for joining in on the Art of Home-Making Mondays this week.JEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300505126646960374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-47780156284073419252014-09-03T14:04:23.807-05:002014-09-03T14:04:23.807-05:00Oh, this was wonderful Sarah! I love this movie a...Oh, this was wonderful Sarah! I love this movie and I have tried to read the book and haven't ever finished it. It is too bad I saw the movie first. There is a lot of madness in it! You have done a great job describing it. I have never thought about them thinking they shared a soul, although they do seem to be soul mates. Thanks for joining HSH! The Charm of Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15510594223746911615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-27329829656360565072014-08-29T20:42:52.193-05:002014-08-29T20:42:52.193-05:00Yes, we definitely see the spirit of oppression in...Yes, we definitely see the spirit of oppression in Wuthering Heights. On the flip side, there's a beautiful hope of renewal at the end, as well!Sarah Collerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207022145433487536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4121477931697204778.post-44228004927433391832014-08-29T17:07:04.242-05:002014-08-29T17:07:04.242-05:00Sounds demonic to me! Love & prayers, in Jesu...Sounds demonic to me! Love & prayers, in Jesus, CynthiaCynthiaJSwensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02677435502134218703noreply@blogger.com