Wuthering Heights is undoubtedly a well crafted work of art, composed by the hand of Emily Bronte, during the Victorian Period. Through the novel, the reader is introduced to the story of two generations, two families, two houses and relationships between individuals. The novel itself is powered and in motion because of the energetic forces of passion and love. The author is drawn to those energies as are the characters who experience them, so we can even speak about mutual conditioning. To what period does this novel really belong to, what is this magnetism between characters all about, what effect does it bring and what consequences does it leave? As I said, the novel was written during the Victorian Era, but the story is set during the Romantic period. There are few elements of Romanticism, one of them surely nature, which sometimes shows its wild side, and offers itself as a refuge from the limitations of the whole civilisation. Moreover, Romantic influence is visible in the characters, where Heathcliff takes form of the 'Byronic hero'. He is rebellious, passionate, his origin is unknown, he rejects the conventions of the society and is a lover of nature, whereas later in the novel his character changes and becomes kind of prudish, possessive and diabolical (Victorian traits). Also, we can see Hareton as a 'Noble savage', a person who is not influenced or corrupted by civilisation. The same comparison can be made between the two families, Earnshaw's as Romantics (they are kind of defined by nature, and enjoy nature's gifts, as Catherine and Heathcliff did when they were young) and Linton's as Victorians (Edgar and Isabella didn't play outside, but indoors which puts them in more serious and convention influenced surroundings). Joyce Carol Oates said: 'It is a doomed gothic romance'. Heathcliff is seen as a person who is driven by passion, and has the traits of a hero-villain, he is mysterious and able to 'destroy' a beautiful woman who he loves, thus 'destroying' himself. This is what Oates calls a 'doomed gothic romance'. It is also filled with other classical gothic elements. The motif of imprisonment (which happens on few occasions, one being when Heathcliff 'imprisons' young Catherine'), revenge