How Does Heathcliff Change Throughout The Novel

In the novel Wuthering Heights Heathcliff was adopted by the Earnshaw family. He suffered a lot throughout his childhood and even when he was an adult already. He was mistreated and fell in love with Catherine Earnshaw who was the daughter of the family that adopted him. They both lived under the same roof and that later brought many conflicts and injustice into Heathcliff's life. When Heathcliff’s adoptive dad, Mr.Earnshaw past away, Hindley his adoptive brother took over the house and became the new master. Heathcliff went from being his adoptive brother to the house servant. Heathcliff’s nightmare started since then and everything he was used to changed. For example, if Heathcliff would of stayed as their brother he wouldn’t have accumulated so much anger towards his adoptive family.The consequences would be that he would of grown up in a house where he knew they cared about him as a brother, not a servant. The results would of been that he might of even gotten married to Catherine and everyone would of accepted him since he grew up in a nice family. No justice was ever made in Heathcliff’s life and later was the reason for his unhappiness. …show more content…
For example, catherine was the only one that made a little effort for Heathcliff to be okay, but when she would leave everything would change. The consequences of her leaving was that Heathcliff would get treated more badly than when Catherine was around. The results were that Heathcliff started to hate her and love her at the same time and made everything difficult. Later on Catherine married a wealthy man named Edgar even though she was in love with Heathcliff, but money was more important to her. Heathcliff got hurt and tried to seek justice by not loving her anymore, but failed he loved her more than