Morally ambiguous characters/anti-heroes are the most interesting characters to read about. These characters can be seen as both favorable and hateful depending on the point in the story. This constant back and forth of good to bad is what keeps people's interests. Whether this can be attributed to just good writing or all characters of this archetype being interesting, I do not know. However, one element that is apparent are the teeming amounts of characters resembling moral ambiguity included in today's movies, books and TV shows. Emily Bronte used Anti-heroes in her novel, Wuthering Heights to accentuate emotions and story to considerable effect. The epitome of said previously mentioned anti-heroes would be her character, Heathcliff. Heathcliff
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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. Heathcliff detested him for this and vowed heinous revenge. Going so far as to say, ““I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!” (69). To no surprise he does exact his revenge on Hindley. Heathcliff sucks away all of Hindley’s property by taking advantage of his weaknesses. However, Heathcliff truly shows his dark side when he develops a relationship with Isabella Linton. His sole motivation behind the relationship is to make Catherine suffer. Her suffering is made obvious with her saying, “”I’m not jealous of you… I’m jealous for you. Clear your face; you shan’t scowl at me! If you like Isabella , you shall marry her. But do you like her? Tell the truth, Heathcliff! There, you won’t answer. I’m certain you don’t!” (122). She is in mental agony knowing Heathcliff’s relationship is just to torture her as she is doing to him. Every action Heathcliff takes is meticulously planned and exacted for
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. Heathcliff detested him for this and vowed heinous revenge. Going so far as to say, ““I'm trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don't care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!” (69). To no surprise he does exact his revenge on Hindley. Heathcliff sucks away all of Hindley’s property by taking advantage of his weaknesses. However, Heathcliff truly shows his dark side when he develops a relationship with Isabella Linton. His sole motivation behind the relationship is to make Catherine suffer. Her suffering is made obvious with her saying, “”I’m not jealous of you… I’m jealous for you. Clear your face; you shan’t scowl at me! If you like Isabella , you shall marry her. But do you like her? Tell the truth, Heathcliff! There, you won’t answer. I’m certain you don’t!” (122). She is in mental agony knowing Heathcliff’s relationship is just to torture her as she is doing to him. Every action Heathcliff takes is meticulously planned and exacted for