Theme in “Wuthering Heighs” By Emily BronteTheme in “Wuthering Heighs” By Emily Bronte

Theme in “Wuthering Heighs” By Emily Bronte

A.   Introduction

In novella from Emily Bronte “ Wuthering Heights”, a researcher wants to analyze about theme in this novela. Researcher use the theory of Scharbach in book “ Pengantar Apresiasi Karya Sastra” of Drs. Aminuddin, M.Pd.

In the book of  “Pengantar Apresiasi Karya Sastra” pages 91 according to Scharbach, theme is the idea that underlie a story. So, that have a role as the important aspect of the author to appear the fiction work that created by the author. Scharbach explain that theme is not synonymous with moral or message .... theme does relate to meaning and purpose in the sense. Because of theme related between the meaning and the purpose to appear fiction prose by the author.

In the book “Pengantar Apresiasi Karya Sastra” pages 92 Brooks explain about existency of theme is not available in one or two sentences in a explicite manner, but theme spread widely in the all of significant elements or in the appearance media of fiction prose..

Researcher found the theme in this novela is loved, hatred and revenge of. Heathcliff arrival cause jealously because Mr Earnshaw loved Heathcliff far more than his children. It is make Hindley hates to Heathcliff and he wants to hurt him. Hatred of Hindley make Heathcliff wants to reply his revenge because Hindley always have bad treathment to Heathcliff.

This novella tells about condition in Wuthering Heights after Heathcliff’s comes. Mr. Earnsawn took Heathcliff because he was determined not to leave him where he had found him but Hindley hated im. Hated of Hindley make some problem in Wuthering Heights because he causes jealously and become differences condition in Wuthering Heights.

B. Analysis

Researcher finds the theme of  “WUTHERING HEIGHT” is loved, hatred, and revenge.

·         Heathcliff arrival

Loved’s Mr Earnshaw to Heathcliff cause the children jealously. It makes Hindley hates to Hesthcliff and he wants to hurt him. Hindley revenge to Heathcliff because his father loved Heathcliff far more than he loved his children and Heathcliff wants to be a favorite chil for Mr Earnshaw. So from the beginning, Heathcliff caused bad feeling in the house.

“If I pinched him, he would just breathe deeply and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself by accident. Hindley’s behaviour made old Mr Earnshaw very angry. When he discovered his son hurting Heathcliff, he always symphatized with Heathcliff and punished Hindley. It is true that Hindley was usually to blame. The master loved this little stranger far more thanhe loved his own daughter, who was too naughty and mischievous to be a favorite.” (page 3)

·         Heathcliff loves Catherine

After Heathcliff grew to be adult he loves Catherine but Catherine wants to marries with Edgar Linton. It is makes Heathcliff very sad and he be hates Catherine. He wants to reply his revenge to Catherine because she marries with Edgar.

“i thought of you a little more than you have thought of me, he said quietly. I heard of your marriage, Cathy, not long ago. I just wanted to see you once more, and then to settle my affairs with Hindley. Then I wanted to take the law into my own hands and kill myself. Your welcome has put these idea out of my head, but I have had a hard life since I last heard your voice. You must forgive me, for I struggled only for you!” (page 33)

·         Isabella loves Heathcliff

Edgar’s sister, Isabella falls in love with Heathcliff. Edgar not agree if his sister marries with heathcliff because he don’t like with Heathcliff. Heathcliff don’t love Isabella but he wants marriage with Isabella because he wants reply his revenge to Catherine. Heathcliff wants to destroy Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.

“I don’t like her at all, he said.”

“Well, said Heathcliff, though Isabella Linton may be silly, she is not mad. However, we’ll forget the matter, as you say.”

“I determined to watch his movements. I usually took the master’s side rather than Catherine’s because he was kind and trusting and honourable. She was not exactly dishonest, but I had little faith in her, and still less sympathy for her feelings. I wanted something to happen which might free both Wuthering Heights and the Grange from Heathcliff’s influence, leaving us as we had been, before he had come back. His visits were like a bad dream to me, and, I suspected, to my master as well. I hated him living at Wuthering Heights, but I could not explain why. I felt that an evil beast was walking between the Heights and the Grange, waiting for the right time to jump upon us and destroy us.”(page 39)

C.   Conclusion

Based on analysis, we can conclude that the researcher uses the theory of Scharbach in book of Drs. Aminuddin, Mpd, in his book “ Pengantar Apresiasi Karya Sastra”, to know how to analysing the theme of the novella “ Wuthering Heights”. Researcher get a theme from novela “ Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte is loved, hatred, and revenge. It is shown in the quotation above. In this novella Hindley hates with Heathcliff until he death because he don’t like with Heathcliff. Heathcliff wants to be a favorite child and his father always sympathy with him. Mr Earnshaw loved Heathcliff far more than he loved his children and it is make Hindley jealous and make he very hate with Heathcliff. The hatred of Hindley make he wants to reply his revenge to Heathcliff with hurt him and make him go away from Wuthering Heights and make he death.