What Is Heathcliff's Search For Justice

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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. His response to the injustice Hindey would cause him was fury and vengeance, and this fury he felt is what caused him to react so brutally. Heathcliff decides to seek justice

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