Theme Of Anger In Wuthering Heights By Emily Jane Bronte

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Anger is a useful dramatic emotion used by writers for centuries . It is a psychological process in everybody's nature that should not be ignored . It is also a strong feeling of displeasure ,hostility , resulting from injury ,mistreatment and opposition and usually showing itself in a desire to fight back at the supposed causes of the feeling . Allen translates Aristotle's definition of anger as "…a desire ,commingled with pain , to see someone punished , and which is provoked by an apparent slight to the angered person , or something or someone belong to him , when that slight is not justified…."(79) .It may fuels depression so it is not good for the enjoyment of life.

Anger is a normal reaction for being insulted , attacked ,disappointed
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Her novel "Wuthering Heights", which was her only novel ,was her masterpiece that represents anger and its negative reflections on angry people. She was also a great poet who wrote more than 73 poems including "I Am The Only Being Whose Doom", "Come Walk With Me" and "A Day Dream" .She wrote only one novel during her lifetime . The novel was affected by her suffering in life since she had been a child. After her mother's death, she was brought up by her father with her sisters and brothers. During her early life, she was educated at home except for one year that she spent at the Clergy Daughters' school. In 1835, when her sister became a teacher at Miss Wooler's school , she joined her as a student but she suffered from homesickness. However, when she became a teacher , she remains for only 6 months .Her sisters died of cancer and tuberculosis and this was evident and clear in her characters' death when Catherine, one of the characters of the novel , died of tuberculosis like her sisters' death . The novel is one of revenge. It follows Heathcliff's life, a mysterious gypsy-like person , from childhood to death. He was brought up in his adopted family. At first , he was treated in a good way when Mr.Earnshaw was alive, but after Mr.Earnshaw's death, he was treated as a servant. Then he ran away when his beloved Catherine decided to marry another rich and high-class man. He returned back later and decided to take revenge from …show more content…
It is easy to see a lot of Heathcliff's flaws as the direct result of Hindley's abuse.He is always Jealous and angry with Heathcliff and calls him an "imp of abuse". As a reaction to Mr.Earnshaw's favoritism , Hindley tries to harm Heathcliff by all possible means . It is not difficult for Hindley to dehumanize Heathcliff. In front of his father, this is difficult, but Hindley takes every secret chance he can as a child to get to him. Whenever he thinks that his father is not looking, he torments him . Later, when Hindley becomes the master of the house, his attacks become easier since Heathcliff becomes dependent on him for a home , education , and contact with

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