Charlotte Bronte versus Emily Bronte

  Charlotte and Emily Bronte each display women and men in different ways in their novels. In Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre the main character is a strong woman who knows what she wants and is in no way weak or given to "fainting" or other characteristics that women in that time are usually described doing. The main male character, Mr. Rochester, is also different from what most people of his gender are pictured as during this time period. He displays his feelings openly to Jane Eyre and is very emotional.  He also does not tend to his sick wife very well which is also unusual. Men in that time were supposed to be gentlemen and to be the stronger of the two genders. In the case of Jane Eyre the male is the weaker vessel and the female is the stronger vessel.  Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights is slightly different. The main female character, Catherine Linton, is not a wise person like Jane Eyre. She lets her emotions lead her decisions and she gets sick whenever she gets distressed.  She is not nearly as strong as Jane Eyre. The main male character in Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, is also different from the main male character in Jane Eyre. He is sneaky and very selfish, unlike Mr. Rochester. Heathcliff also does not display his love as well as Mr. Rochester. The only emotion to be seen from Heathcliff is anger.
  The personalities of these characters are very clear in the novels.  Jane Eyre makes wise decisions over and over again and never lets her emotions decide for her. She refuses Mr. Rochester's proposal because that is what she feels is right since he is still married to another woman. She accepts him after his wife dies, he gets injured in a fire, and he looses all his money and possessions. In other words, she marries him because she loves him, not because the money he has or the way he looks. Catherine is very different. She constantly gets into temper-tantrums and locks herself in her room because she feels that  she is wronged. She marries Edward Linton for his money, the way he looks, and because he worships her. She does not seem to love him like Jane Eyre loves Mr. Rochester. I know that Jane Eyre ends with the marriage of Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester, but I can picture their marriage being much happier than that of Catherine and Edward. The males in the novels are also different. Mr. Rochester is different form Heathcliff in that he is more emotional and more kind. He openly displays his love for Jane Eyre and cares for her very much. Heathcliff cares only for himself and keeps visiting Catherine even though he knows that his visits are creating more and more strife in between her and her husband. The strife creates a tax on her health and almost kills her. The visits he makes are for his own selfish interests. He marries his wife to get at Edward, not because he loves her. This is another cruel, selfish action.
  I believe that both Charlotte Bronte and Emily Bronte accurately describe the ways that males and females are in life. Not all girls are like Catherine and not all boys are like Heathcliff. Most girls are not bratty and short-sighted like Catherine. I also know many men that are like Mr. Rochester who care for their wife and would do anything for her. Sad to say, there are also men like Heathcliff who abuse everybody and use them for their own selfish motives.
  I think that it is neat how the two sisters displayed their characters. Maybe each one had a different idea of people and wanted to show what they thought of them. Charlotte Bronte's novel has a happy ending and a sort of boring plot. So far, Emily Bronte's novel has been much more unhappy even though it has a more exciting plot. Maybe Emily Bronte had an unpleasant experience with a man or a girlfriend and Charlotte Bronte had a good experience.