Similarities between Heart of Darkness and Wuthering HeightsAlthough Joseph Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, and Emily Bronte's novel, Wuthering Heights, were written in different eras, they actually share some similarities. First of all, Heart of Darkness and Wuthering Heights compare in how both novels draw on the personal experiences of their respective authors. Emily Bronte, who wrote in the late Romantic period but also had characteristics of a Victorian writer, was left motherless at the age of two and spent much of her life with her father and brothers in Haworth, England. It was here that Emily first experienced the moors which play a vital role in her novel linking Wuthering Heights with Sohcross Grange. The moor was where Heathcliff and Catherine ran away when things got tough. Haworth was an isolated town surrounded by moors, much like the setting of Wuthering Heights is described. Additionally, Emily Bronte parallels her own life in the way she creates motherless characters. For example, Catherine and Hindley lose their mother at a young age and Catherine eventually dies leaving her young daughter, Catherine motherless. Joseph Conrad draws on his personal experiences in his novel Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad has always been fascinated by the open oceans, maps and unexplored territories of the African continent. He was hired by a British company to operate a small steamship in the African Congo. He went on this trip and while there he began keeping journals that would later become the basis for this novel. Secondly, the authors of Wuthering Heights and Heart of Darkness both write their novels in the narrative in the middle of the paper. .....feeling bright and optimistic. It's true for both novels, for every good there is a bad. In Wuthering Heights, the characters are paired together. For example, two opposing families and the contrast of characters in Heathcliff versus Linton. We see the coalition of good and bad verses in Heart of Darkness, in the distinguishable way Conrad writes about black and white. The underlying tone of Heart of Darkness is the oppression of the English over the native Africans in the Congo. In conclusion, many years separate Wuthering Heights and Heart of Darkness. The problems these two authors faced were different, yet they possess similar ways of expressing to their readers the message they hope to convey. Works Cited Bronte, Emily. Wuthering HeightsConrad, Joseph. Heart of DarknessGersh, Marianna. "Heart of Darkness"