08-01-2011, 02:11 AM
The film Wuthering Heights with Olivier was as faithful to the book as a rock star is to one woman. To say Olivier played the character well is true, but that character was the one invented by the film, not Emily Bronte. The Heathcliff of the book was a cruel and sadistic monster obsessed with revenge against everyone, not a whining yuppie. Anyway, rant over
I agree with you about the difficulty of defining exactly what passion is. Charlotte's perception of passion seemed to be courtly love, stilted Victorian romance.
I agree with you about the difficulty of defining exactly what passion is. Charlotte's perception of passion seemed to be courtly love, stilted Victorian romance.
"We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges." - Gene Wolfe