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Wuthering Heights Revenge Analysis
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë is a forbidden love story that has a loveless controversial marriage and a "love after death" scenario. Brontë shows emotions in her novel that force characters to do things that are not a "traditional" behavior for a person. Although the main theme throughout "Wuthering Heights" is love, it is equally based on revenge. Examples of that revenge are mainly between the characters Heathcliff and Hindley. For example, when Hindley decided to make Heathcliff's life a living hell it caused Heathcliff to plan revenge on Hindley. Additionally, when Hindley became so fed up, he wanted to murder Heathcliff and also wanted his soul and blood. An example of revenge in “Wuthering Heights” was also showcased on page 18 where it said, "He has been blaming our father (how dare he?) for treating H. too liberally; and swears he will reduce him to his right place." Here, Hindley wanted revenge on Heathcliff because of how his father treated him. Therefore, to "reduce him to his right place,” Hindley wanted to make Heathcliff's life a living hell. This started a cycle of revenge throughout the story, mainly …show more content…
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!” Heathcliff wanted revenge on Hindley for being treated unfairly at the party. Although he was warned by Nelly that God punishes the wicked, Heathcliff does not budge on the fact he will stop at nothing to get revenge on Hindley. "Wuthering Heights" showcased a lot of hatred between the characters of Hindley and Heathcliff that started from when Mr. Earnshaw brought Heathcliff home and, since then, favored him over Hindley. This relationship is based on jealousy because Hindley feels as if he was neglected of attention from Mr. Earnshaw, so he does anything to neglect Heathcliff, hence “I hope he will not die before I

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