Heathcliff

instances that stem from different areas are Hindley’s cruelty towards Heathcliff, Heathcliff’s towards everyone (especially Linton) and Cathy’s towards Hareton until the development…

married with, although her love for him was not comparable to her love for Heathcliff. Every single one of these events led Heathcliff to close and harden himself. He longed for love and thus considered revenge the only justice when he was rejected by others. Isabella, sister of Edgar, shortly after Heathcliff’s return, fell in love with him thanks to her fascination with the Heathcliff’s richly endowed Byronic qualities. Heathcliff, even though he despised her, married her as a mean of revenge.…

young lady” with “infantile manners”, Isabella’s weak and childish nature is what allows Heathcliff to reduce her status and importance to that of a pawn in his plan to acquire the Linton’s property (79). Despite Heathcliff’s revelations to Isabella as to his intentions of pursuing her, Isabella regards Heathcliff as an enigmatic, romantic hero and enters into a loveless, abusive marriage with him. Heathcliff recognizes her innocence and naivete, and exploits them, noting that “ '[Isabella]…

angry with Heathcliff and calls him an "imp of abuse". As a reaction to Mr.Earnshaw's favoritism , Hindley tries to harm Heathcliff by all possible means . It is not difficult for Hindley to dehumanize Heathcliff. In front of his father, this is difficult, but Hindley takes every secret chance he can as a child to get to him. Whenever he thinks that his father is not looking, he torments him . Later, when Hindley becomes the master of the house, his attacks become easier since Heathcliff becomes…

Heathcliff finds himself emotionally attached to Catherine Earnshaw Linton from a very young age up until his last breathe. He holds Catherine very close to his heart, therefore when he finally receives news of her death, he yells, “…Oh, God! it is unutterable! I cannot live without my life! I cannot live without my soul!” (169). Catherine is the essence of his life. Although this is true, Heathcliff disregards the feelings he has towards Catherine…

In The Tragedy of Macbeth and Wuthering Heights, Shakespeare and Bronte introduces relationships with a power struggle between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, Catherine, and Heathcliff. Lady Macbeth is a treacherous and cunning woman. She tricks her husband into killing king Duncan by telling him that he is a coward and that a real man would follow his ambitions so that Macbeth could be king.Catherine Thomas explains “Shakespeare’s Lady Macbeth borrows from earlier “ monstrous women” stereotypes but…

The novel was about the passionate and destructive love between two central characters. One character is named Heathcliff and is raised with the Earnshaw children, Catherine and Hindley Earnshaw. Catherine grows to love Heathcliff but Hindley grows to hate him because Heathcliff replaces Hindley in Mr.Earnshaw’s affection. “ Terror made me cruel. . .” (Shakespeare, William, and Eugene M. Waith.The tragedy of Macbeth. New Haven: Yale U Press,…

In chapter 15, Heathcliff and Catherine see each other for the first time since the fight between him and Edgar. In this chapter there are two parts before Catherine falls ill again. Catherine’s point of view of Heathcliff, and Heathcliff’s point of view of Catherine, and respective blame for Catherine’s Death. “I wish I could hold you” [Catherine] continued, bitterly, “till we were both dead! I shouldn't care what you suffered. I care nothing for your sufferings, Why shouldn't you suffer when i…

young age. Nelly says, “He never … repaid his indulgence by any sign of gratitude. … he knew perfectly the hold he had on Earnshaw’s heart, and [was] conscious he had only to speak and all the house would be obligated to bend his wishes”(page 45). Heathcliff shows no gratitude for any of his…

the literary world tends to love. Spanning throughout the ages, audiences love, or love to hate unlikeable male characters, for example Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff is vengeful, angry, and aims to destroy the lives of those that tormented him in his youth. Yet, the audience seems to side with this destructive and angry character. They want Heathcliff to seek his revenge against Hindley for the abuse he caused, and they want him to win over Cathy. So much so, that many readers…