What are the key themes in Wuthering Heights and which do you think is the most important?

Themes include any from the given list: Supernatural - seen most powerfully when Heathcliff is grieving Catherine when he asks for her spirit to walk the earth. Nelly refers to Heathcliff as many things including a goblin and ghoul. These Gothic elements are treated as real not emphasised. Doubling - a motif seen in both narration, setting, names and generation. Nature vs Civilisation - key theme of romanitcism. Seen in many forms in the novel, nature represented in Heathcliff and civilisation the middle class family he joins. Both can be seen in Catherine she rusn wild on the moors until she is injured then is civilised by the Lintons. Catherine and Hareton can represent each, Hareton being naturally raised by Heathcliff whereas Catherine is a completely civilised child. Revenge - a key theme all characters seek at some point. It becomes a cycle and is only broken through the 'good love' of young Catherine and Hareton. Love - both obsessive and 'good love'. The obsessive love between Catherine and Heathcliff is destructive, it destroys both them and their family. They describe each other as on person, and each others 'soul'. 'Good Love'shown best by Catherine and Hareton, they grow together, admit when they are wrong and forgive enabling each to change, and become better people.

Which the student thinks is the most important is a matter of opinion the aim of the question is to get them to justify there choice with examples.