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Earnshaw when he was eight years old. Heathcliff was dirty, swarthy and .
his speech was unintelligible when he was first brought to Wuthering .
Heights. Though no one welcomed him at first, Catherine, who was about his .
age, became his close friend after a few days. But Hindley was jealous .
of his father's love for Heathcliff. When Mr. Earnshaw died and .
Hindley, married by then, became master of Wuthering Heights. He degraded .
Heathcliff into becoming an uncouth servant and encouraged Catherine's .
friendship with the effete Edgar Linton, the son of the family at .
Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff was regarded with hostility, bullied, tormented .
and humiliated. He was overthrown into the lowest level of the society, .
all his fate and freedom was manipulated by Hindley. He was maltreated .
by unfair life, which made him an indomitable, fortitude but dumpish .
character. "He seemed a sullen, patient child; hardened, perhaps, to .
ill-treatment he would stand Hindley's blows without winking or shedding .
a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath, and open his .
eyes as if he had hurt himself by accident, and body was to blame." .
Heathcliff was a strong-minded person. He needed independent personality .
and he should be treated equally. He was not willing to distort his .
personality. Nevertheless, human beings are controlled by "substance" in .
capitalistic society. Heathcliff was broke at that time. He did not own .
money or position. What he owned is strong oppression and strong .
self-abasement. Such feelings made him deeply hate Hindley who was a .
represent of standing high level in society, but he did not have the ability to .
take revenge for the moment. What he could do is just endure, endure .
all the sufferings dumbly. He had to endure hardships through against his .
will. What remained in the endurance is that ------ revenge and love.
Even though Heathcliff did not have the ability to revenge for the .
moment, the seed of revenge had been planted deeply in his heart ------ "I .
