Topic > Comparison between The Jewel in the Crown and Wuthering Heights

Similarities between The Jewel in the Crown and Wuthering Heights"He was a stranger in this pulsating world, a wandering spirit cast from another... what had he been? What was he? was he, so unknown? Who lived in their world, his lineage was unknown George Gordon, Lord Bryon (1788-1824) This, with the exception of one poem from the Romantic period, could be used to describe two characters from two different works? of different times Heathcliff - the "dark-skinned gypsy" with the "manners of a gentleman" (WH 5) is the villain/hero of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights (1847) and Hari - the very English, Hindu hero/outcast -Indian. from The Jewel in the Crown (1966) by Paul Scott share many common characteristics. Both represent a lower class of dark-skinned people who are disadvantaged by the times and societies in which they live own internal battles. to determine self-worth Heathcliff and Hari find themselves in love with white-skinned women who represent the upper class...