The theme of Destructive love within relationships in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and Bronte’s Wuthering Heights are presented through sexism, jealousy, and betrayal. In Wuthering Heights, characters find themselves unable to understand the meaning of love, but rather engage in a series of destructive; dysfunctional relationships with one another.
The worst of these is the destructive nature of the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine knows that Heathcliff is the one she really wants to be with. Catherine says “It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now”. The relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff is self-destructive to an extreme.
Lady Macbeth has control of Macbeth relationship wise. She is truly the women behind …show more content…
Macbeth’s last chance to think clearly, after it, he gives himself over the powers of emotions, pride, fear, anger, and power. Lady Macbeth has planned Duncan’s murder, and Macbeth is now thinking it out. “I dare do all that may become a man.”
Mr. Earnshaw introduces Heathcliff to his family by saying that he is “as dark almost as if it came from the devil.” Heathcliff determination to gain control of both Wuthering Heights and the Grange is driven by his desire to become master. During a three year absence, Heathcliff is physically transformed. Heathcliff envy of Edgar’s light-skinned handsomeness is part of what fuels his anger about Catherine’s choice. Expectation in a relationship, Heathcliff leaves his beloved Catherine after overhearing her say it would degrade her to marry him. Heathcliff and Catherine are haunted by each other. “Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman”. Heathcliff’s appearance reveals both his ambiguous racial background. He has transcended his background and gained control of both …show more content…
Macbeth using obsession because we knew he was going to be thane of cawdor. Lady Macbeth lead him on to start killing people because the more Macbeth killed, the more he was going to gain the crown. Heathcliff views an ambiguous world as black and white. He have been the outsider. That is why he is determined to take everything away from those at Wuthering Heights who did not accept him for Heathcliff, revenge is a more powerful emotion than love. “The soft thing looked askance through the window. He possessed power to depart as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed, or bird half
The worst of these is the destructive nature of the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine knows that Heathcliff is the one she really wants to be with. Catherine says “It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now”. The relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff is self-destructive to an extreme.
Lady Macbeth has control of Macbeth relationship wise. She is truly the women behind …show more content…
Macbeth’s last chance to think clearly, after it, he gives himself over the powers of emotions, pride, fear, anger, and power. Lady Macbeth has planned Duncan’s murder, and Macbeth is now thinking it out. “I dare do all that may become a man.”
Mr. Earnshaw introduces Heathcliff to his family by saying that he is “as dark almost as if it came from the devil.” Heathcliff determination to gain control of both Wuthering Heights and the Grange is driven by his desire to become master. During a three year absence, Heathcliff is physically transformed. Heathcliff envy of Edgar’s light-skinned handsomeness is part of what fuels his anger about Catherine’s choice. Expectation in a relationship, Heathcliff leaves his beloved Catherine after overhearing her say it would degrade her to marry him. Heathcliff and Catherine are haunted by each other. “Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. He is a dark skinned gipsy in aspect, in dress and manners a gentleman”. Heathcliff’s appearance reveals both his ambiguous racial background. He has transcended his background and gained control of both …show more content…
Macbeth using obsession because we knew he was going to be thane of cawdor. Lady Macbeth lead him on to start killing people because the more Macbeth killed, the more he was going to gain the crown. Heathcliff views an ambiguous world as black and white. He have been the outsider. That is why he is determined to take everything away from those at Wuthering Heights who did not accept him for Heathcliff, revenge is a more powerful emotion than love. “The soft thing looked askance through the window. He possessed power to depart as much as a cat possesses the power to leave a mouse half killed, or bird half