A Different Perspective of Heathcliff - 866 Words

What is a traditional hero? In many works of literature, the author portrays a character that is faced with many difficult obstacles, in which the character often prevails and becomes a hero. The challenges, which the character undergoes, allows the reader to appreciate the character due to their bravery, courage, and their willingness to sacrifice. In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontà «, many readers are able to view Heathcliff as a hero, but how? Heathcliff is not a traditional hero. In fact, the term Byronic hero, would fit Heathcliff’s description in every aspect. Now, what are the characteristics of a Byronic hero? In order to be classified as a Byronic hero, the character needs to display: a high level of intelligence, a troubled†¦show more content†¦Heathcliff becomes devastated and begins his outrage. â€Å" †¦I shall pay Hindley back†(65), begins Heathcliff’s long journey of seeking revenge on those who have mistreated him. Heathcliff find s revenge in two ways, hurting the children of those who have hurt him and obtaining the land of those who have mistreated him. Hindley becomes the first person to endure the revenge of Heathcliff. When Heathcliff returns to Wuthering Heights after his three-year period of separation, Heathcliff notices Hindley has a gambling and drinking problem. Hindley obviously runs out of money, which leads to Heathcliff offering to lend him money. This was all apart of Heathcliff’s intelligent scheme on acquiring Wuthering Heights because Hindley was not able to pay Heathcliff back his debt, which in turn handed Wuthering Heights over to Heathcliff. Shortly after Heathcliff’s new inheritance, Hindley passes away due to his drinking problem, which leads to Heathcliff’s next stage on getting revenge on the children. Heathcliff, takes in Hareton, and forces him to be a field hand and deprives Hareton of an education, the same way Hindley did to Heathcliff. Edgar Linton, becom es the next target of Heathcliff’s revenge. The first action of Heathcliff’s revenge towards Edgar, is marrying Edgar’s sister, Isabella. Heathcliff elopes with Isabella and treats her badly and is cruel to her and Heathcliff even hangs Isabella‘s dog.Show MoreRelatedHeathcliff Character Analysis848 Words   |  4 Pagesfrightened reactions to Heathcliff, including her own initial response, Heathcliff and Catherine’s interactions with the Linton family mark the first time the two children experience the reinforcement of Heathcliff’s inferiority—and, specifically, his inferiority in relation to his racialized features—outside of the home. As Catherine is taken into Thrushcross Grange, the Linton family is at a loss with what they’re meant to make of Heathcliff. Between Mr. and Mrs. Linton, Heathcliff is referred to byRead MoreExternal Crisis Throughout Wuthering Heights1518 Words   |  7 Pageson a journey of love and obsession, betrayal and revenge and a tragedy of wasted passion and lost potential. The book Wuthering Heights is told through the perspective of a written diary owned by a man, this man being Mr. Lockwood. In 1801, Mr. Lockwood rents the property Thrushcross Grange, a property owned by the mysterious Mr. Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights. Upon meeting Mr.Heathcliff, Mr. Lockwood is face with a brooding and mysterious man. After spending an eerie night in Wuthering HeightsRead MoreWuthering Heights By Charlotte Bronte1244 Words   |  5 Pagesand Lockwood give there own opinions of interest to the story, which creates for the audience a highly biased account of the story and its characters. Nelly’s role is to be Lockwood’s inside source of information and in doing so, she tells her perspective of the story which Lockwood takes and twists to his own invention. The audience is first approached with Lockwood as a narrator when the opening scene begins with the telling of the home that he has just approached: â€Å"Wuthering Heights is the nameRead MoreTragic Family Relationships in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte 1018 Words   |  5 PagesIntroduction: In 1800 Century, Catherine and Heathcliff grow up together at Wuthering Heights, Catherine family home on the northern English moors. Heathcliff arrives as a gypsy founding. Catherine father Mr. Earnshaw raises him as a son. Catherine is a strong and wild beauty who shares Heathcliff wild nature Alone together on the moors Catherine and Heathcliff feel as if they are soul mates. But to Heathcliff despair outside forces begin to pull them a part. After falling in love with CatherineRead MoreWuthering Heights by Emily Brontà «1111 Words   |  5 PagesIntroduction: Catherine and Heathcliff grow up together at Wuthering Heights, Catherine family home on the northern English moors. Heathcliff arrives as a gypsy founding. Catherine father Mr. Earnshaw raises him as a son. Catherine is a strong and wild beauty who shares Heathcliff wild nature Alone together on the moors Catherine and Heathcliff feel as if they are soul mates. But to Heathcliff despair outside forces begin to pull them a part. After falling in love with Catherine .She reject himRead MoreNever Give up on Love in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte694 Words   |  3 Pagesbitterness and vein. That is how Mr. Lockwood comes to pity and understand Heathcliff. By hearing this love story that Aservant who has lived through it to see it all happen tell him. Thou this foreigner (Mr.Lockwood) is yet alike with Heathcliff because they both share the aspect of not being true people of Wuthering Heights; for they have both come from other city. But in this story we are taking beyond this to understand why Heathcliff is such way. Lockwood is more social and is the person to start upRead MoreThe Meaning of Revenge within Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte902 Words   |  4 Pages   Ã‚     Within â€Å"Wuthering Heights† there are two main narrators; Lockwood and Ellen also known as Nelly Dean. While Lockwood is the narrator to begin the novel, Nelly is the one who is explaining the love story between Heathcliff and Catherine to Lockwood   through her perspective. Since Lockwood is the one who is interested in knowing about this love story and Nelly is the one who recounts the story to Lockwood, it shows how revenge becomes a main theme of the novel. When Lockwood read CatherineRead MoreQuotes Of My Love For Linton 996 Words   |  4 Pagesâ€Å"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. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same; and Linton s is as different as a moonbeam from lightning, or frost from fire.† ( Brontà «, ch.9) 2. â€Å"My love for Linton is like the foliage in the woods: time will change it, I m well aware, as winter changes the trees. My love for Heathcliff resembles the eternal rocks beneath:Read MoreWuthering Heights1634 Words   |  7 Pagesrevenge that is told from the neutral perspective of Nelly Dean to Lockwood. Nelly Dean was the maid to the Earnshaw and Linton family and was a neutral witness to the generational cycle of revenge and suffering. She tells the story of the Earnshaw and Linton families to Lockwood, the new resident of Thrushcross Grange, because he is curious of his neighbors residing in Wuthering Heights. Nelly Dean then begins saying that Hindley’s resentment for Heathcliff at the beginning of the novel is the triggerRead MoreThroughout a lifetime, only so much conflict could be bore upon oneself. There is always a1000 Words   |  4 PagesConflicts in books or stories could show what is going on in the real world or what an author is thinking and making up.In Wuthering Heights there could be two different conflicts man vs. man, with the conflict between Heathcliff and Edgar, as well as a conflict of man vs. self, with the inner conflict that Catherine faces in deciding between Heathcliff and Edgar. Every story has conflicts, similarities, literary devices, cultural happenings, and even more. The question to be asked is ‘Why?’, ‘Why is there