Wuthering Heights Research Paper

With the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, only about two dysfunctional families and their two houses. Through only the two families, of one being the Earnshaws and the other being the Lintons, Bronte is able to exemplify many different themes throughout this novel. Ever since Mr. Earnshaw brought home Heathcliff to be raised as another child, the Earnshaws became a broken family and shows how a family should not act on any standards. “Miss Cathy and he were now very thick; but Hindley hated him, and to say the truth I did the same; and we plagued and went on with him shamefully, for I wasn’t reasonable enough to feel my injustice, and the mistress never put in a word on his behalf, when she saw him wronged.” (38) As you can see here the Earnshaw children hated Heathcliff for no reason, and never stuck up for him. Heathcliff came into the Earnshaw house as a poor orphan, and most of this family continued to look at him like he was still a poor orphan. The Earnshaw children never accepted Heathcliff as a …show more content…
and Mrs. Earnshaw pass away, he soon begins to fall in love with Catherine. “But it was one of their chief amusements to run away to the moors in the morning and remain there all day, and the after punishment grew mere thing to laugh at.” (46) As shown here why Heathcliff fell in love with Catherine and Catherine most likely falling in love with him. Although as said earlier Heathcliff didn’t feel that he was good enough or worthy of her, because he was not wealthy enough. This led to Heathcliff being determined through love to go away and create a fortune for himself. He succeeds in this and quickly returns to wuthering heights. After all of this Catherine eventually marries Edgar Linton, which makes Heathcliff very angry at him, but he still continues to love Catherine. Through the power of love Bronte shows what a broken heart can lead to through Heathcliff’s vengeance on both Edgar and