The femme fatale is an indispensable element in Romantic Literature. Her hand physically or metaphorically grabs a man who is hopelessly attracted to her. I will explore the ways in which such a fatal female grip is depicted in William Blake’s composite art and Emily Brontës Wuthering Heights in the era of Romanticism as well as six films based on the novel. I will argue that, no matter when the films are made, the image of femme fatale is maintained in the films made in the West. The only exception is a Japanese film based on Wuthering Heights. The film shows the opposite image of the woman who leads a man to life and not to destruction. The symbolic use of the female power is thus quite different in the West and the East.