The Gothic theme became very popular after the publication of "The Castle of Otranto" by Horace Walpole in 1764, this theme is important in all of the “Wurning Heights”, although this is more evident during religious ceremonies. The religious ceremony in this novel results primarily in death; “Jane Eyre” also includes it in the novel. Each death is conveyed differently but all have a rather strange element, whether it is the way they die, the description of them after death, the reaction of loved ones or even the place where they rest, like their tombs. Catherine Earnshaw's death in "Wurnwind Heights" seems to be rather peaceful and pure, even Nelly describes her death as "divine", she also tells Heathcliff that she dies "quietly like a lamb". His appearance is also described in a very holy manor by Nelly: “His smooth forehead, his closed eyelids, his lips wearing the expression of a smile; no angel in heaven could be more beautiful than she looked", but before her death her appearance was described completely differently with gothic undertones, an example is Nelly describing her "white cheek and bloodless lips" even if Catherine is alive at this point the description mimics that of a dead person, it is almost a ghostly description because it has no color. This description foreshadows what Catherine will become after her death, which is a ghost. This reveals how similar the supernatural and gothic themes are in this novel, as we see many gothic themes represented with a somewhat supernatural element. Heathcliff's reaction to Catherine's death is very demonic and almost barbaric: "He s. he hit his head against a knotted trunk and, looking up, he screamed, not like a man, but like a sava...... middle of paper... the vampire, they are variously; described as "closed", "grinding", "cannibalistic", "tearing", "visible", "grinding", "sharp" and "sneering". Despite the fact that there is an unsettling atmosphere around death, Nelly describes Heathcliff as "perfectly still", which shows the perfection of death for Heathcliff, that in death he will find his true love. The most gothic part of Heathcliff's death is the unknown: “Mr Kenneth was perplexed as to the cause of the illness in which the master died. » This suggests that there was no real reason for his death. It could be implied about Bertha's "illness" and she is seen as mad in Jane Eyre "that there was a lady – a – a madwoman, kept in the house?" but again, no one knows why. The unknown could relate to the gothic theme as it is quite strange how the causes of their death and illness will remain a mystery..