... made them suffer anytime before in their lives. One of the most reoccurring themes in Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights was revenge. Heathcliff, the main character, felt this way throughout the novel. His reasons for doing such bad things were, in some instances, a way a victim ... could get back at his past oppressor, and at other times, his treatment of innocent people was just pure evil. Throughout his life, Heathcliff was very often discriminated against. Hindley, Heathcliff ... his sentiments and thoughts become evil and he transforms into a horrible, perverted villain. Hindley Earn...

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... merciless abuse of the innocent Isabella. But though his destructive cruelty makes him the villain of the book, Heathcliff never loses his status as a sympathetic character. Although one can hardly condone his actions, it is difficult not to commiserate with him. This ambiguity in Heathcliff's character has sparked much discussion among critics, who debate whether his role in the novel is that of hero ... , if one is to respond at all to the novel, it is difficult to resist sympathizing with that love. Correspondingly, as a participant in this love story, Heathcliff never becomes an enti...

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... . (37) Through the voice of Nelly as a narrator, we can also appreciate her reacting against him and see her scorn for Heathcliff. This was Heathcliff's first introduction to the family. Without having done anything to deserve rejection, he is made to feel an outsider from the beginning of ... forget me He promised to bring me a pocketful of apples and pears (36) However, Earnshaw did not return with the fruit but with Heathcliff. Moreover, Heathcliff's tolerance of Hindley places him in Mr. Earnshaw's favour, even though the preference is partly due to the fact that Mr. Earnshaw is ......

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... , she gives birth to a daughter called Catherine Linton. This daughter, having lost her mother at birth, is later forced to become Catherine Heathcliff, before choosing to become Catherine Earnshaw "and take her mother's place at the Grange. The first generation tale, concerned with the rebellion ... ultimate rebellion against the adult world. The subsequent tale, concerned with the eventual union of Cathy and Hareton, and their earned liberation form Heathcliff's scheme of revenge, may, nonetheless, hold the novelist's deeper purposes. Before sleeping, and unable to make anything of thi...

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