Hareton Earnshaw

The love between Heathcliff and Catherine, the protagonist of “Wuthering Heights” a novel written by Emily Bronte, has grown to be complicated. This passage used from chapter seven, allows the reader to have a clear idea of how the relationship between this two has developed into a livid relationship. There are many devices in this passage that serve the reader understand the development of the relation. For example, the 1st person point of view used to clarify the argument, the strong diction…

Edgar get what is coming to them. When Heathcliff was brought by Mr. Earnshaw, it was apparent that Earnshaw preferred Heathcliff over his own son. Hindley realized that and began to feel hatred and jealousy towards Heathcliff. Hindley began to bully and even abuse Heathcliff just because his father preferred Heathcliff. Over time, Heathcliff grew more and more agitated and began plotting his revenge on Hindley. When Mr. Earnshaw died, Hindley began to abuse Heathcliff even more now that his…

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…

Passion, love, and desire encourage transgression, which eventually leads to Gretchen’s death sentence in Goethe’s Faust and Catherine Sr.’s and Isabella’s death from fever in Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. The women have passions for passion and desires to be desired that they discover through their involvement in forbidden romantic relationships with the male protagonists. Goethe’s Gretchen acts well-behaved until she becomes tempted by the beauty of “such jewels! [A] rich array” (I.2791), and…

by the urbanization that is happening in the more industrialized areas in England. Heathcliff is a perfect example of how industrialization is effecting Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff was originally brought into the house after he was found by Mr. Earnshaw abandoned to the streets of Liverpool. Despite being taken into a higher society classed family, Heathcliff was not accepted by everyone because of his lower class birth status, until he went away and obtained a fortune probably through an…

Sisterly Love: Nothing More Than Deceitful Manipulation? Claire: Stay here if you hate me so much. Catherine: And do what? Claire: You’re the genius, figure it out. (CLAIRE is upset, near tears. [...] She exits). (Auburn, 78) In the play Proof, by David Auburn, two estranged sisters, Catherine and Claire, struggle to fundamentally understand each other upon reuniting after their father’s death. Furthermore, Catherine characterizes Claire as having a conniving and haughty persona; yet, towards…

The Ones We Love? Family; a blessing, or a curse? In the book Night, Elie Wiesel offers many significant themes, but the question, “is family a blessing or a curse,” is one of the most prevalent and begging themes in the novel. During the novel, Wiesel often questions if he should try and keep his father around, or if life would just be better without him in the picture. “‘Don’t let me find him! If only I could get rid of this dead weight, so that I could use all my strength to struggle for my…

The first flashback is of Hasmukh Mehta in which he tells the audience about his upbringing and how he has been influnced by it. It gives an insight as to why he is so dominating in nature and wants everyone to obey him. The second flashback is of Kiran, who tells the Mehta family about her relationship with Hasmukh and her drunkard husband. Kiran tells Sonal about the different dimension of their relationship and how Hasmukh has been inconsiderate to the feelings of the people around him. She…

The predominant theme of the novel is the destructive effects of revenge and resentment, Bronte utilizes the characterization of Heathcliff and Hindley to develop the theme. The overall effect of such intense and comprehensive characterization is that it emphasizes the caustic consequences of passionate and cruel revenge. Bronte first introduces the theme through the characterization of Hindley and his abusive behavior towards Heathcliff. Not only does his acts of violence against…

consuming jealousy. Heathcliff, after he returns from his journey, slowly starts to take everything away from Catherine as revenge. He swindles Hindley out of his land and money, he marries Isabella to demonstrate he can have anyone else, and he teaches Hareton bad habits to ensure he suffers like he did. Love is a complex emotion that can be twisted into whatever the shape the mind can create. Catherine and Edgar treated their love as a contract of wealth and security. Isabella and Heathcliff…