Heathcliff

a series of destructive; dysfunctional relationships with one another. The worst of these is the destructive nature of the relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine. Catherine knows that Heathcliff is the one she really wants to be with. Catherine says “It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now”. The relationship between Catherine and Heathcliff is self-destructive to an extreme. Lady Macbeth has control of Macbeth relationship wise. She is truly the women behind…

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 Heathcliff so much drives Hindley crazy, making…

associated at the beginning with Lockwood and Catherine’s ghost and now is the setting of Heathcliff’s death. This very morbid place was also a symbol of Catherine to Heathcliff while he was still living. It was a very holy place to him and it is fitting that he may finally be at peace there. -Since Catherine Earnshaw’s death, Heathcliff has changed, as become evident through his empathy here. He has a scornful attitude towards Hareton and his veneration as well as only thinks about how this…

unwelcoming attitude. At the center of all the cruelty lies the novel’s central character; Heathcliff. In the beginning of Wuthering Heights, Heathcliff is brought to the titular Heights by the master of the house, Mr. Earnshaw. He quickly acquaints himself with the Earnshaw family, growing especially…

instincts and character. In this novel, the threat of the unwelcoming spirit is best embodied in the character Heathcliff. Heathcliff’s mysterious…

landlord Heathcliff, Lockwood asks housekeeper Nelly Dean if she knows of him. Nelly tells of being a child at Wuthering Heights, a servant with her mother. Owner Mr.Earnshaw, brings home an orphaned boy on his travels from Liverpool. Earnshaw children, Hindley and Catherine, despise the dark-skinned gypsy boy, Heathcliff. After the death of Mrs.Earnshaw, Mr.Earnshaw begins to dote on Heathcliff more than his own son. Earnshaw sends Hindley to college as punishment his cruelty towards…

curiosity and inquisitiveness of their audience and reader. These mysterious characters are often marginalised from the mainstream society as a result of social prejudice, isolation and their true tragic heroic character. As Othello, Gatsby and Heathcliff are victims, they successfully provide a close insight into the anxieties and conflicts of society in their day by introducing the social stigmas an outsider would have been exposed to in their contemporary times. Othello’s character is a…

ways her society could be harmful to her. It is when she is Isabella Heathcliff rather than Isabella Linton that her fight begins. Having followed the path of marriage, Isabella soon learns that she was naïve in her love for Heathcliff and finds herself in a marriage rife with violence and hatred. This could also be a sort of punishment for Isabella having followed the feminine standards of the time in her decision to marry Heathcliff. In the novel, Bronte dedicates a whole chapter to the letter…

The black dog is a malicious spirit and an omen of death. Heathcliff is the black dog that haunts the moors of Emily Brontë’s novel, Wuthering Heights, and she uses dogs as both hallmarks for Heathcliff’s savage behavior and heralds of his misdeeds. The canine comparisons also bleed into descriptions of Hareton, whom Heathcliff raised in his image. Additionally, the actions of the dogs, as well as Heathcliff’s actions towards them, give insight into his beastly character and foreshadow his…

and destroyed in order for significant ideas to be conveyed, making it a more effective text as audiences are able to understand ideas that may not be in plain sight. Wuthering Heights is set during the Victorian Era and centres around Cathy and Heathcliff 's developing romance and the involvement of the people around them in it. The main idea in Wuthering Heights is the clash of elemental forces, which can be seen through the characters, all of which represent light or darkness within…