I have to be in heaven; and if the wicked man in there had not brought Heathcliff so low‚ I shouldn’t have thought of it. It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that‚ not because he’s handsome‚ Nelly‚ but because he’s more myself than I am (86). Catherine admits to Ellen that she loves Heathcliff but cannot think of marrying him because he has been degraded by Hindley. Heathcliff hears this speech‚ and he leaves Wuthering Heights‚ not to return for
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The Story of Catherine and Heathcliff began when Catherine’s father goes on a trip and instead of bringing back gifts he brings back a gypsy boy with dark skin and even darker hair. While others hated the newcomer‚ Catherine took a liking to him right away and they became inseparable. But after an injury Catherine or “Cathy” was forced to reside at the Linton’s‚ a pristine family who re-molded Cathy into a well mannered‚ well behaved‚ well spoiled girl. At her stay with the Linton’s Catherine learned
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Charlotte Brontë described Heathcliff as a ‘man’s shape animated by demon life – a ghoul” To what extent do you think this is an accurate assessment of the ways in which Heathcliff is presented in the novel? Heathcliff is presented in this novel in various different ways. He is a character that arguably shifts from having human qualities‚ to presenting traits of the Byronic hero and finally becoming a typical gothic villain. The doomed central character of Heathcliff in this gothic novel could
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Throughout Wuthering Heights‚ it can be seen that Heathcliff is a social outcast‚ not fitting in with anything the other inhabitants of Wuthering Heights do. Any reader of the book produces completely different views on Heathcliff which represents even more so that he is misunderstood by many people. There are different characteristics that critics have labelled Heathcliff‚ some include a social misfit‚ a devil from hell‚ or something completely different by labelling him a romantic or gothic hero
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Outcast The novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson is about a 9th grade girl called Melinda Sordino whose life is being terrorized by her memories from a bad incident at an end-of-the-summer party. It is the first day of 9th grade for Melinda at Merry Weather High School‚ nobody likes her because she called the cops at the party‚ making her an outcast and speechless. By the end of the novel Melinda finally speaks to her mom and her ex-friends about the party‚ and the narrator learns that having the
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The Outcast The character archetype of the outcast is described as a figure that is banished from a community for some crime (real or imagined). “The outcast is usually destined to become a wanderer” . Society often times shuns people deemed different‚ making them feel like an outcast. This can be positive or negative‚ depending how the individual reacts to it. Being viewed as an outcast could inspire a person to resist popular opinion and encourage them to do great things in their life. While for
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Huston Outcasts in Society Outcasts are often alienated due to the fact that they do not follow the social norm. They are often judged without the consideration of their circumstances. We as a society view outcasts as damaged goods and don’t give them a chance. We as a society should give everyone the courtesy of an open mind. Outcast are often those who don’t conduct themselves in the manner society thinks they should. As shown: Hester committed adultery‚ a crime that is a serious sin to
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Wuthering Heights‚ one of the main characters‚ Heathcliff‚ makes this transition from the beginning of the story to end. At first ‚ he is sympathetically portrayed as a boy who was shoved into the Earnshaw family‚ then he becomes this innocent boy who has this never ending love for Catherine Earnshaw‚ and finally he transforms into this extremely revengeful man who will stop at nothing to try and undo all the wrong things that were done to him. Heathcliff goes from being the victim of the story‚ to
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The first time Heathcliff is introduced to the reader in the novel is through Lockwood’s narrative‚ where he is established in the very first sentence. Lockwood has just returned from a visit‚ and he describes him as a ‘solitary neighbour that I shall be troubled with’ and hints about him being a misanthropist. This is followed by a much stronger statement ‘A capital fellow!’ The fact that Lockwood claims that his heart warmed towards him‚ implies that Heathcliff is a strong‚ but reasonable man although
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Concerning Heathcliff‚ the antagonist of Emily Bronte’s masterpiece “Wuthering Heights‚” man or monster seems to be the resounding question. Throughout the book Heathcliff is shown to be a bitter fiend‚ but his story may also draw sympathy from the reader; his battle throughout life to be with the woman he loves is perhaps one of the most wretched love stories in all literature. Although raised by an upper-middle class family‚ Heathcliff cannot hide the fact that his ancestry is anything but gentry
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