In the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, the character of Heathcliff is often depicted as someone who is cruel and immoral, however, because of his neglectful childhood and his desire for love, the reader is sympathetic towards him. ... Hindley begins to treat him harshly, making him work like a servant, depriving him of education and thrashing him severely if Heathcliff does anything wrong, "He drove him from their company to the servants, deprived him of the instructions of the curate, and insisted that he should labour out of doors; compelling him to do so as hard as any other ...

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"When parents eat unripe grapes, the children's teeth suffer"(Ezek. 18.21). In Romeo and Juliet, Wuthering Heights, The Count of Monte Cristo, and Tale of Two Cities, a recurring theme is how children act as "agents of redemption" for their parents. These books not only explore the theme of "Sins of...

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