Wuthering Heights is not a Love Story Wuthering Heights is not a love story, and it's the people who romanticize it. What it shows is not romance but a fair representation of obsession, specifically obsession with revenge. The relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw is not something I admire (but I desire the intensity though😭). It is something to confront. They are not goals. They are a warning. At the same time, the novel creates a strange conflict in me. While reading, I found myself drawn to Heathcliff, halfway through the book I was like "I'm in love with Heathcliff" or "I'm Heathcliff too", and I was aware that he is not a good person, that his love is destructive and consuming, but part of me did not care. I'm not sure whether discomfort feels intentional. And I think that is what makes Emily Brontë so powerful. She does not give you simple characters to admire or reject. She creates complexity. She forces me into this space where attraction and repulsion co-exist.…