Neglect and love are two feelings that everyone in the world has felt, the latter being one much more desired. The character Heathcliff in the novel Wuthering Heights, experiences both these feelings. 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.
Heathcliff does many horrible and immoral actions throughout the novel of Wuthering Heights, however, it is often because of revenge. In the beginning of the novel, Heathcliff is brought into the family of the Earnshaw's as an orphan. His life seems already to be harsh since he is an orphan, however, things seem to only get worse for this child. He is treated terribly by his family and they all look at him as someone lower. He is often referred to as "it" (36) by the Earnshaw household and labeled "gipsy" (38). This poor treatment in not much of an improvement from his orphan days, and he quickly becomes a product of all of the abuse and neglect. Because of this, Heathcliff quickly becomes the character with which the reader sympathizes. As the novel goes on, he is treated even worse by his family. After Mr. Earnshaw dies, his son, Hindley, takes over the manor. 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 lad on the farm" (44). This again makes the reader feel bad for Heathcliff. All of these terrible actions done to Heathcliff makes him want to seek revenge. .
After a three year absence, Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights with plans to destroy everyone who hurt him.
Wuthering Heights is the residence of the Earnshaws. ... Earnshaw brings Heathcliff to Wuthering Heights. ... Wuthering Heights is full of malice and hatred that Heathcliff turns revengeful and hateful of all at Wuthering Heights. ... Living in the gloom of Wuthering Heights worsens his sickness. ... When his wife is imprisoned in Wuthering Heights, he does nothing to help her because he is afraid of Heathcliff. ...
Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights. ... Bronte chooses well, the language that she uses in Wuthering Heights. ... Although Wuthering Heights, the land of the storm, sits high on the barren moorland, "The world of Wuthering Heights is a world of sadism, violence, an! ... Both Heathcliff and Wuthering Heights began as lovely and warm, and as time wore on both withered away to become less of what they once were. Heathcliff is the very spirit of Wuthering Heights. ...
The setting used throughout the novel Wuthering Heights helps to set the mood to describe the characters. ... Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange both represent several opposing properties. ... The people of Wuthering Heights aspired to be on the same level as the Lintons. ... Opposite of Wuthering Heights, Thrushcross Grange is filled with light and warmth. ... Bronte made Heathcliff and Wuthering Height as one, by making both of them cold, dark, and menacing, similar to a storm. ...
Wuthering Heights gives the story of events occurring on the estates of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. ... Through Hindley's behavior and attempt at revenge, the happiness of Catherine and Heathcliff prove to be unattainable at Wuthering Heights. In contrast to Wuthering Heights, Thrushcross Grange is like heaven. ... Upon Heathcliff's death, the happiness of The Heights is finally restored (Chapter 32). ... The readers gains a sense of the pleasant feeling of Wuthering Heights. ...
Wuthering Heights In Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, there are two main estates of Thrushcross Grange and Wuthering Heights. ... Wuthering Heights was built to be very strong to endure harsh storms. ... Wuthering Heights is nowhere as beautiful as the Grange. ... Everything relating to Wuthering Heights is almost always negative. ... Wuthering Heights, on the other hand, had no such boundary. ...
When looking at the repercussions of desire in Bronte's Wuthering Heights, the outcome is almost entirely a negative one. But if taken in perspective and out of the context of Wuthering Heights, desire can be seen to change lives for the better; rather than the root of evil it becomes the cause of good. ... But when looked at in Wuthering Heights, desire is the cause of evil and vengeance, and specifically Heathcliff's fall from grace and transformation into a vengeful, heartless man. Catherine's intense desire for Heathcliff, and his in return, is a static concept that rema...
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights, portrays the different human relationships that the characters have within the novel. ... Lockwood visits Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. The strange behaviors of the people at Wuthering Heights make him curious about them. ... At the beginning of the novel, Wuthering Heights is described duringstormy? ... Wuthering Heights would be the demonic world and Thrushcross Grange the peaceful world. ...
From the time Heathcliff is unofficially adopted and brought into Wuthering Heights to the time Heathcliff obtains Wuthering Heights, he is constantly criticized and never completely accepted into the Earnshaw Family. Heathcliff is completely transformed through living at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. ... Hindley commands that Heathcliff lives as a servant to him and the residents of Wuthering Heights. ... " (101) Heathcliff, hearing this, leaves Wuthering Heights furiously at once. ... Throughout the story of Wuthering Heights, it is obvious that Heathcliff changes dramatical...
Wuthering Heights was the estate that belonged to Mr. and Mrs. ... Wuthering Heights was a hell to all who resided there, especially to Heathcliff during his time there because it seemed as though he could never escape the deep sorrows and revengeful spirit that this new life brought upon him. ... As she grew older and her love for Heathcliff matured, Wuthering Heights became more of a burden and a place to escape than a place of refuge. ... Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grove were in contrast to one another in evil and in good. The moorlands served as a certain kind of medium to brin...
