Through the duration of Heathcliff’s life‚ he encounters many tumultuous events that affects him as a person and transforms his rage deeper into his soul‚ for which he is unable to escape his nature. Love‚ however‚ seems to be at the centre of his rage. From the beginning of the novel (and most likely from the beginning of Heathcliff’s life) he has suffered pain and rejection. When Mr. Earnshaw brings him to Wuthering Heights‚ he is viewed as a thing rather than a child. Mrs. Earnshaw
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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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individual named Heathcliff was wronged many times. He was treated poorly all of his life by his “brother”. Heathcliff fell in love with a woman who loved him back‚ however she married another man‚ because he was rich and had a higher social rank. All of the times Heathcliff was wronged during his life inspired him to get revenge on those that treated him incorrectly. Overall‚ Heathcliff is a maniacal man who is driven by all of the times that people have mistreated him in the past. Heathcliff was found
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Although Heathcliff was a victim several times within Wuthering Heights‚ does this justify his immoral actions that hurt those around him? It is true that Catherine is extremely selfish‚ but she never intentionally or deliberately planned to hurt anyone in this novel. Heathcliff’s manipulative and vengeful actions are truly those of a villain. Heathcliff as a Victim: Nelly’s unwillingness to acknowledge Heathcliff’s presence to Catherine in a crucial time allowed him to overhear the hurtful things
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Catherine Earnshaw Catherine Earnshaw is the daughter of Mr. Earnshaw and his wife; Catherine falls powerfully in love with Heathcliff‚ the orphan Mr. Earnshaw brings home from Liverpool. She was born at Wuthering Heights and was raised with her brother Hindley. Catherine loves Heathcliff so intensely that she claims they are the same person but does not marry him because Hindley has degraded him after their father’s death so her desire for social advancement motivates her to marry Edgar Linton
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Heathcliff and Isabella Linton Isabella: Edgar’s younger sister. Weak and spoilt as a child‚ she becomes infatuated by Heathcliff‚ seeing him as a romantic hero. He despises her and uses her purely as a tool in his revenge. She is a contrast both physically and spiritually to Catherine. Heathcliff: Catherine’s love and the anti-hero of the story. The book essentially follows his story from first appearance at Wuthering Heights to his death there. He is badly treated by Hindley and his love for Catherine
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think to themselves that the book will be just another romantic novel. They wait for Heathcliff to come around the whole story‚ and for him and Catherine to end up together‚ but it doesn’t happen. This causes Heathcliff to get progressively‚ more and more alienated by the people around him. He only wants what he can’t have and this is why he is referred to as a Byronic Hero. It is my intention to prove Heathcliff as a Byronic Hero by classifying him under the six attributes of the archetype. The
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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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Is Heathcliff a monster‚ or just misunderstood? Heathcliff. He is character that perplexes many with his enigmatic ways. With many film adaptations he is played in near enough the same as how he is in Bronte’s book – as a monster. But what is a monster? Is it that he is a vicious murderer? Is it someone with no sympathy for others? Or is it someone without a care in the world? Arguably Heathcliff is all of these and more.. Throughout Wuthering Heights‚ it can be seen that Heathcliff is a social
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Mrs. Catherine Linton "Nelly‚ I see now you think me a selfish wretch; but did it never strike you that if Heathcliff and I married‚ we should be beggars? whereas‚ if I marry Linton I can aid Heathcliff to rise‚ and place him out of my brother’s power.’" Wuthering Heights is a Victorian novel set within the heart of the English Country with characters just as captivating as the scenery portrayed. On of those characters is Mrs. Catherine Linton. Well intended‚ but having the wrong idea
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