Despite the fact that they both loved each other, somehow they still found ways to annoy one another in ways that seem completely unnecessary. Heathcliff’s plan to make everyone miserable was working to an extent until his lover catherine died. After her death, Heathcliff became vulnerable and he felt as if his life no longer had any purpose. Yet somehow he still found the will to keep hurting others including his own son Linton and his deceased lover’s daughter Cathy. But soon after that, he still wasn’t feeling satisfied by what he had…
In the novel Wuthering Heights, there is an abundance of injustice as well as the search for justice. Even though the search for justice was not done with good intentions in this situation, revenge and betrayal were used to search by Heathcliff to receive justice. Heathcliff had a great deal of abuse and isolation forthe majority of his life due to his angry step-brother Hindley and his step-sister Catherine. They would insult him, and Hindley would physically hurt him. Once they all got older, Catherine grew less abusive and more caring while Hindley grew more hateful.…
When Mr. Earnshaw is dying he becomes incredibly irritable, especially towards those who mistreat Heathcliff. He felt “painfully jealous lest a word should be spoken amiss to [Heathcliff]; seeming to have gotten into his head the notion that, because he liked Heathcliff, all hated, and longed to do him an ill-turn” (Brontë, 41). Mr. Earnshaw is very fond of Heathcliff, often spoiling him and treating him more like a son than he treated Hindley, his actual son. The fact that Mr. Earnshaw adores Heathcliff so much drives Hindley crazy, making him jealous and causing him to mistreat and abuse Heathcliff often, even more so once his father dies and he becomes in charge. When Mr. Earnshaw actually dies, he dies peacefully and quietly, while the…
Through this imagery Bronte pontificates the annihilative consequences of vengeance and how it not only destroys one physically but how it also destroys one’s soul. Heathcliff is used to develop the theme through his characterization. A significant characterization of Heathcliff is when Catherine declares that “Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation: an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone. I’d as soon put that little canary into the park on a winter’s day, as recommend you to bestow your heart on him!” (Bronte 89) This extensive insight into Heathcliff’s cruel and heartless nature truly cultivates an image of devil like cruelty and guile that…
Heathcliff suffers from antisocial disorder. Heathcliff has a hard time making good choices. Antisocial disorder is when a person shows “disregard for right and wrong”(Relay Health). “That the two cousins may fall in love, and get married. Im acting generously to your master: his young chit has no expectations, and should she second my wishes, shell be provided for at once as joint successor with Linton” (Bronte 427).…
In Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights Heathcliff acts in madness at times because he has no other way to show his true emotions. He hits his head on the tree, seeks revenge on catherine for marrying Edgar by marrying isabella, and wanting to keep hairnton or let edgar have him back but make a baby with his sister. Heathcliff repeatedly hits his head on a tree because he has no way to show his true emotions over catherine’s death because he is supposed to be a hard tough guy that has no emotions and that is cold hearted. He can explain why it is rational because he doesn't want anyone to know that he really has an heart and that he really cared for her more than people knew. Heathcliff seeks revenge…
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…
The family relationship begins to degrade when Mr. Earnshaw brings home an abandoned child, named Heathcliff, instead of the toys he promised to purchase for Catherine and Hindley. After Mrs. Earnshaw dies, Mr. Earnshaw begins to grow fonder of Heathcliff than Hindley. Heathcliff develops a deep, unchanging fascination and relationship with his half sister Catherine, only growing stronger and more intense with age. One night he and Catherine spy on the Linton family, whom they believe to be pathetic. During the adventure, Catherine is attacked by the Linton’s guard dog and she is taken inside where they keep her for several weeks.…
Throughout history, revenge has stood out as an instinctual action that persuades a corrupt mind, often leading to a person committing criminal acts. Commonly seen in literature, revenge has driven an abundance of stories such as Hamlet, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Wuthering Heights. In the case of Wuthering Heights, there are a myriad of major themes, but revenge seems to be preeminent in leading the characters to their fates. Bronte shows us through the character, Heathcliff, that the ending self-injury of revenge may be worse than the original cause. For instance, Heathcliff never finds happiness through his revenge.…
In times of desperation, it is often difficult to see the positives in a situation. More often than not, our survival instinct demands that we obliterate any obstacles in our path, without heeding the potential consequences. However, I believe, using Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights and early American history, that it is indeed possible to use these apparent disadvantages as a means to improve yourself. The hero of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff, was by any account, a man of humble origins.…
Revenge is a common theme in Wuthering Heights. Revenge is the act of hurting or harming somebody for something he or she has previously done. Most people normally look at revenge as a negative act towards other people. A character that is extremely cruel to many people because of his past is Heathcliff. Heathcliff seeks revenge on anyone for his or her previous actions towards him.…
According to Atara Stein, “Heathcliff becomes more of an oppressor than his original tormentors” (5). He crushes Hindley under his foot by encouraging him to drink, gamble away his fortune, and mortgage his property (Bronte 206). He preys on Isabella Linton’s naivety in order to marry her and become Edgar Linton’s heir, even though he doesn’t love her at all, but in fact hates her and uses her as a pawn in executing his grand scheme for revenge (Bronte 121). He again plays with other’s emotions later on in the novel when he hatches a diabolical…
Sadly, Heathcliff did exactly that. Everyone who had wronged him was on his “hit list” and he wasn't going to be satisfied until he had gotten revenge. One of his main “targets” was Hindley. The instant Mr. Earnshaw died, Hindley took over the house. With this power he essentially made Heathcliff a servant.…
This determination can be made since Heathcliff has suffered years of abuse and mistreatment since he was a young child. Heathcliff’s poor childhood causes him to be angry, bitter and even mistreat others later in life. Meursault did not have this childhood, nor was he raised to believe that murder is acceptable, and he did not have any reason to act this way. Although both of the behaviors of these characters are not favorable, it is important to analyze the cause of their behavior before deciding if one’s behavior is repulsive. Focusing of the cause of other’s behaviors can be beneficial to the audience’s life, as it is important to empathize before judging another…
This Heathcliff does not love her but instead married her sister-in-law to hurt her. In this moment, she finalizes her character, before her death, as the source and reason for all pain that she, Heathcliff, and Mr. Linton endured. And after all that she want to be with both Heathcliff and Mr. Linton for two different reasons. And that is her character, a harmful drug, that keeps drawing people…