Hindley Earnshaw

and his blatant favor for Heathcliff over his own father, Hindley deems the boy an “unnatural cub” (Brontë 96), and threatens to crop his ears, like a dog’s, because it “makes a dog fiercer” (Brontë 96). Then Hareton quite literally falls from grace into Heathcliff’s grasp after the child “delivered himself from the careless grip” (Brontë 96) of his father. Thereafter, Heathcliff actively seeks to “twist” (Brontë 191) Hareton the way Hindley twisted him so that the boy will “grow as crooked”…

Wuthering Heights, a novel written by Emily Brontë, illustrates the drama of the Earnshaw and Linton families over two generations. Heathcliff, a formerly abused orphan from Liverpool, influences many of the key events described in Wuthering Heights. His undying love for Catherine Earnshaw drives the plot of the novel accompanied with his prior history of abuse lead Heathcliff to commit acts, such as abusing his own relatives and forcing a marriage between his niece and son. In Emily Brontë’s…

“Loving you was the most exquisite form of self-destruction” (David Jones). Destructive love is caused by many aspects of a relationship. Those aspects are women get control in the relationship, jealousy leads to betrayal, love becomes an addiction, destructive power, and men try to regain control. The theme of self-destructive love within relationships in Shakespeare's Macbeth and Bronte's Wuthering Heights are presented through sexism, jealousy, and betrayal. Women who have sovereignty are…

backflash on the childhood of Heathcliff and Hindley. Heathcliff was an orphan and Hindley disliked that he got more attention from Mr.Earnshaw…

as Heathcliff and Hareton are deprived of books and education when their superiors want to lower their social standings within the community. After Mr. Earnshaw’s death, the “continual hard work” that Hindley forces upon Heathcliff “extinguish[es]... any love for books or learning” (63; ch.8). Hindley treats Heathcliff as a servant, which causes him to behave accordingly. Servants lack any selfish desires such as education or pleasure because they must abide by the laws of their superiors.…

the Grange, she repeatedly crosses to Wuthering Heights because as the daughter of Catherine I and Edgar Linton, she has the capacity to travel between worlds. Hareton has spent his whole life at the Heights, but he is the son of Frances and Hindley Earnshaw, who envied and tried to emulate the Grange. Hareton is a lamb, so he can be framed, but the frame still must suit him. Catherine II is not a lamb, but she can survive both in and out of a frame depending on the frame itself. She was…

character even wonders if “[Heathcliff] is a ghoul or a vampire” (791). Bronte makes the answer clear, he is. Heathcliff is the source of the conflict in the book and continually takes from the other characters, especially his supposed love, Catherine Earnshaw. As a young child, she becomes injured because of Heathcliff, and heals when she is separated from him for five weeks. It is also pointed out that her temperament improved with their separation. Later she claims that she is Heathcliff,…

by the Earnshaws, rises to power throughout the years because he seeks revenge against his family and the Lintons. Heathcliff’s revenge is driven by hate for his social standing- he is unable to be with his true love, Catherine, because he is too poor. The assassination of Heathcliff right before he fulfills his wish to take over both Wuthering Heights and the Grange would allow both houses to live in peace. Heathcliff has possession of Wuthering Heights, after swindling Hindley Earnshaw out of…

House, Landis, and Dr. Umberson show that isolation is linked to and affects all age groups (quoted by Cornwell). The second generation portrays this effect with Catherine Linton, the daughter of Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar, and Hareton Earnshaw. Growing up, Catherine Linton has not a care in the world; she emotionally connects with her father and Nelly as they raise her with doting love. For the first few years of his life, Nelly raises Hareton the same way; causing him…

It is first of all interesting to note that Hindley is the first character to be associated with revenge. Which in turn leads to each character into having their own branching revenge schemes that intertwine with one another. Hindley’s prime motivation being the lack of love he received as a child. Hindley decides to persecute Heathcliff for this, sewing the seed for Heathcliff’s deferred revenge. Heathcliff’s long process…