In " Wuthering Heights", by Emily Bronte the whole novel revolves around the cruelty that each character has toward another. Every character in this novel exhibits some type of cruelty to another in some type of way or form whether it may be voluntary or not, with the exception of the narrator being Mr. Lockwood. The cruelty in the story creates the downfall and eventually leads to the death of most of the major characters. Cruelty takes many forms in the novel and has a major influence in the outcome of the theme being, one act of cruelty can lead to an everlasting chain that never stops infill one person decides to portray love instead of cruel affections. The cruelty in the story commences with the welcoming of Heathcliff and with his welcoming
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Inclusively the book itself said it was based on cruel love, cruel passion and cruel obsession which is portrayed throughout the story. It is the cruel ways of each character that influences the story to keep on going for instance it is mainly Heathcliff’s cruel way that brought about crueler ways in other characters. To begin with It shows cruel love in not only the love Heathcliff and Catherine have and the things they have to go through but also in the way Isabella loves Heathcliff and he makes her suffer for the actions of her brother. In addition, it is a cruel passion because even though both Catherine and Heathcliff love each other Catherine is married and they still see each other which eventually leads her to her death because she is torn between two lovers. Finally, the cruel obsession can be seen when Catherine dies he asks for Catherine to haunt him till he is able to reunite with her and he becomes a very wicked man. This cruelty is experienced throughout the book and only dies with the death of the characters that initiated it including Hindley, Heathcliff, Catherine and even Edgar. Like the theme above stated one cruel action lead to a continues until it is stopped by an act of love and this was the case in this novel. An example is seen when Catherine no longer talks back but tries to maintain within her limits for the love of Hareton this is showed when it says "...I don 't believe she has ever breather a syllable, in the latter 's hearing, against her
Inclusively the book itself said it was based on cruel love, cruel passion and cruel obsession which is portrayed throughout the story. It is the cruel ways of each character that influences the story to keep on going for instance it is mainly Heathcliff’s cruel way that brought about crueler ways in other characters. To begin with It shows cruel love in not only the love Heathcliff and Catherine have and the things they have to go through but also in the way Isabella loves Heathcliff and he makes her suffer for the actions of her brother. In addition, it is a cruel passion because even though both Catherine and Heathcliff love each other Catherine is married and they still see each other which eventually leads her to her death because she is torn between two lovers. Finally, the cruel obsession can be seen when Catherine dies he asks for Catherine to haunt him till he is able to reunite with her and he becomes a very wicked man. This cruelty is experienced throughout the book and only dies with the death of the characters that initiated it including Hindley, Heathcliff, Catherine and even Edgar. Like the theme above stated one cruel action lead to a continues until it is stopped by an act of love and this was the case in this novel. An example is seen when Catherine no longer talks back but tries to maintain within her limits for the love of Hareton this is showed when it says "...I don 't believe she has ever breather a syllable, in the latter 's hearing, against her