Dennis Prager, an American radio host and public speaker, talked about his belief in goodness, saying, “Goodness is about character... it is about how we treat other people”. In other words, the indicator of goodness comes from how people treat other human beings. Similarly, a character from a literary work of art changes his character near the end of the story for a happy ending. Fay Weldon, a British novelist, offered his explanation of happy endings, saying, “The writers, I do believe, who get the best and most lasting response from their readers are the writers who offer a happy ending through moral development...some kind of spiritual reassessment or moral reconciliation…”. In Wuthering Heights, a book about the complex love and hatred
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For instance, near the end of the book, where Heathcliff is starting to decline, he claims that he no longer cares for the two remaining representatives of the Lintons and the Earnshaws. While talking to his long companion Ellen Dean, Heathcliff says, “I get levers and mattocks working like Hercules, and when everything is ready, and in my power, I find the will to lift a slate off either roof has vanished! My old enemies have not beaten me; now would be the precise time to revenge myself on their representatives...But where is the use? I don’t care for striking: I can’t tkae the trouble to raise my hand!” (303). In other words, even though Heathcliff was able to use his influence over Catherine Linton and Hareton Earnshaw to destroy them, he saw no need to do so. Heathcliff was wronged for most of his life by the Lintons and the Earnshaws. Hindley Earnshaw, who is Hareton’s father, abused Heathcliff during the earlier years of Heathcilff’s life; likewise, Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff’s one true love, gave him heartache through leaving him for the richer Linton family. Edgar Linton, who had the opposite personality of Heathcliff, stole Heathcliff’s only love, leaving him in misery and agony during the latter years of his life. Even though Heathcliff could have taken revenge on the two families’ descendents, Heathcliff did not, saying that there is no use for such trifles. After saying this quote, Heathcliff starts seeing the ghost of the former Catherine Earnshaw. When Ellen Dean questions Heathcliff’s health and asks him to take care of himself, Heathcliff says, “It is not my fault that I cannot eat or rest...I assure you it is through no settled designs. I’ll do both, as soon as I possibly can...I’m too happy, and yet
For instance, near the end of the book, where Heathcliff is starting to decline, he claims that he no longer cares for the two remaining representatives of the Lintons and the Earnshaws. While talking to his long companion Ellen Dean, Heathcliff says, “I get levers and mattocks working like Hercules, and when everything is ready, and in my power, I find the will to lift a slate off either roof has vanished! My old enemies have not beaten me; now would be the precise time to revenge myself on their representatives...But where is the use? I don’t care for striking: I can’t tkae the trouble to raise my hand!” (303). In other words, even though Heathcliff was able to use his influence over Catherine Linton and Hareton Earnshaw to destroy them, he saw no need to do so. Heathcliff was wronged for most of his life by the Lintons and the Earnshaws. Hindley Earnshaw, who is Hareton’s father, abused Heathcliff during the earlier years of Heathcilff’s life; likewise, Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff’s one true love, gave him heartache through leaving him for the richer Linton family. Edgar Linton, who had the opposite personality of Heathcliff, stole Heathcliff’s only love, leaving him in misery and agony during the latter years of his life. Even though Heathcliff could have taken revenge on the two families’ descendents, Heathcliff did not, saying that there is no use for such trifles. After saying this quote, Heathcliff starts seeing the ghost of the former Catherine Earnshaw. When Ellen Dean questions Heathcliff’s health and asks him to take care of himself, Heathcliff says, “It is not my fault that I cannot eat or rest...I assure you it is through no settled designs. I’ll do both, as soon as I possibly can...I’m too happy, and yet