In the tragic novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontët resolution and character motivation depicts revenge in an unorthodox view shedding light on the power it can have in someone's life. Heathcliff’s character motivation to get revenge on Edgar and Catherine Linton for wronging him is apparent throughout the novel. Catherine was clearly in love with Heathcliff, but confided in Nelly that she wanted to marry Edgar due to his higher social status. Obviously, this angered Heathcliff and he spent his entire life getting revenge on them for this. He says to Catherine as she is knocking on death's door “‘I have not one word of comfort for you. You deserve this. You killed yourself. Yes, you may kiss me, and cry…[your tears will] damn you,” (Bronte
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When Mr.Lockwood discovers Heathcliff's body, he remarks “I could doubt no more-he was dead and stark!”(Bronte 320). Heathcliff spent the entirety of his life getting revenge on people he thought had wronged him in one way or another. They truly did nothing to them, but he treated the ruefully out of jealousy. At the end of the novel, the people who were treated poorly by Heathcliff get the ultimate revenge when they discover him dead as a doornail, allowing them to get back what he took from them (Wuthering Heights, happiness, freedom, etc.). This depicts revenge in a new light showing that people don’t even have to try to get obtain revenge, because people will get what is coming to them. This intense power is depicted when Heathcliff is not dead. When Lockwood finds him dead, he seems cold and detached describing Heathcliff as “dead and stark” (Bronte 320). This statement has a cold and detached tone, showing Lockwood wished revenge on Heathcliff and felt he deserved what came to him. Even though Heathcliff did nothing to Lockwood, the power of revenge encompassed because he was disgusted by Heathcliff’s. As shown above, Wuthering Heights is a novel that depicts revenge in a new light. It shows how the power of revenge quickly overtook ordinary people's lives. In doing this, it teaches readers about the power of revenge and how it can quickly overtake someone's life, regardless of who they
When Mr.Lockwood discovers Heathcliff's body, he remarks “I could doubt no more-he was dead and stark!”(Bronte 320). Heathcliff spent the entirety of his life getting revenge on people he thought had wronged him in one way or another. They truly did nothing to them, but he treated the ruefully out of jealousy. At the end of the novel, the people who were treated poorly by Heathcliff get the ultimate revenge when they discover him dead as a doornail, allowing them to get back what he took from them (Wuthering Heights, happiness, freedom, etc.). This depicts revenge in a new light showing that people don’t even have to try to get obtain revenge, because people will get what is coming to them. This intense power is depicted when Heathcliff is not dead. When Lockwood finds him dead, he seems cold and detached describing Heathcliff as “dead and stark” (Bronte 320). This statement has a cold and detached tone, showing Lockwood wished revenge on Heathcliff and felt he deserved what came to him. Even though Heathcliff did nothing to Lockwood, the power of revenge encompassed because he was disgusted by Heathcliff’s. As shown above, Wuthering Heights is a novel that depicts revenge in a new light. It shows how the power of revenge quickly overtook ordinary people's lives. In doing this, it teaches readers about the power of revenge and how it can quickly overtake someone's life, regardless of who they